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Public Houses and Retail Trade: Business Rates

Asked by Gregory StaffordConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 21 January 2026UIN 106054

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the financial impact of business rates increases on (a) pubs and (b) retail businesses.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

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

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