Debates between Mims Davies and Nusrat Ghani during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Mims Davies and Nusrat Ghani
Monday 21st March 2016

(8 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies (Eastleigh) (Con)
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1. What estimate he has made of the amount of revenue that councils will be able to collect through devolved business rates.

Nusrat Ghani Portrait Nusrat Ghani (Wealden) (Con)
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4. What estimate he has made of the amount of revenue that councils will be able to collect through devolved business rates.

Greg Clark Portrait The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark)
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Councils currently retain just under £12 billion of the business rates that they collect. As a result of our reforms, we estimate that, by the end of this Parliament, councils will retain the full £26 billion raised from business rates.