Emma Hardy
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(1 year, 5 months ago)
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Andrew Griffith
Representing a rural constituency myself, I am familiar with the challenges to our food producers that the hon. Member talks about. I will ensure that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs writes to him setting out what we are doing to ensure that we continue to have security of food supply in this country.
Emma Hardy (Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle) (Lab)
High street SMEs keep telling me how unfair the current business rate system is, and of course Labour agrees, so as we enter a Conservative recession, will the Chancellor follow Labour’s lead by lifting the small business rate relief for 300,000 businesses to give our high street businesses the boost they need?
Andrew Griffith
The Government have committed to review business rates, but it would be wrong for me to pre-empt the outcome of that review here today.