Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jeremy Hunt and Chris Loder

Tuesday 7th May 2024 Commons Chamber

[Jeremy Hunt]

We are doing everything we can to support small businesses. Businesses like the one that the right hon. Gentleman mentions have received, for two years in a row, a 75% discount on their business rates. That is a massive leg up for businesses recovering from the pandemic. We have also made sure that any increases in corporation tax apply only to larger businesses. There is only one major party in British politics that wants to bring down the tax burden for businesses, and it is the Conservative party.

[Chris Loder (West Dorset) (Con)]

7. Whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of its guidance entitled “The Green Book.”