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Public Houses: Business Rates

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainTreasuryTabled Answered 15 January 2026UIN 103999

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of business rates liabilities on trends in levels of pub closures since 2010.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 101363.

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