Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Nick de Bois and Robert Neill
Dan Byles (North Warwickshire) (Con)
12. What steps he is taking to assist small businesses with payment of business rate bills.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill)
We are doubling the level of small business rate relief in England for one year, from 1 October 2010. More than 500,000 businesses in England are expected to benefit, with approximately 345,000 businesses paying no rates. That will be a valuable reduction in fixed costs for new and existing small businesses.
Nick de Bois
In Enfield North, we have been campaigning hard to bring in new businesses and start-ups and to encourage people to relocate to the area. What practical steps will the Under-Secretary take to allow my local authority to get behind that campaign?