Arts: Business Rate Relief

Lord Howarth of Newport Excerpts

Thursday 10th March 2016 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

It is the same process. The review will cover six key areas, including considering the role of business rates within the wider tax system and their responsiveness to economic conditions.

[Lord Howarth of Newport (Lab)]

My Lords, will the Government in the course of this review take a coherent view of the funding needs of arts organisations and museums and ensure that they are not casualties of a broader-based reform that is not focused on their needs?

[Viscount Younger of Leckie]

As I said, the sector covering museums and arts organisations is very much already in the minds of those involved in the review.