A question on #BusinessRates #TaxAllowances tabled by Ian Roome on 26-03-2025 has been answered by James Murray.

Heading: Business Rates: Tax Allowances
Question ID: 1788791
UIN: 41563
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-26
Asking Member ID: 5138
Asking Member display name: Ian Roome
Asking Member handle: IanRoomeMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @IanRoomeMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending business rate relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses beyond March 2026.
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Date answered: 2025-04-02
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4797
Answering Member display name: James Murray
Answering Member handle: jamesmurray_ldn
Answering Member Twitter reference: @jamesmurray_ldn
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Answer text: Retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) relief has been extended year-by-year by previous governments since the pandemic. It has been a stopgap measure, and we recognise that businesses need longer term certainty on their liabilities. Without any government...
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Answering body ID: 14
Answering body name: Treasury
Tweeted: true