| Heading: |
Small Businesses: Costs |
| Question ID: |
1811785 |
| UIN: |
59253 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5169 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Charlie Dewhirst
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| Asking Member handle: |
charliedewhirst
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@charliedewhirst
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support sole traders and small family-run businesses with the cost of (a) inflation and (b) living; and if she will review VAT thresholds and business rates for small enterprises. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-19 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
The Government recognises the important role that small businesses and sole traders play in the economy, and the impact that inflation can have on them. We are putting the public finances on a sustainable path and investing in the future, creating a stabl... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |