Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Tuesday 18th July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mel Stride Portrait Mel Stride
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This Government have done a great deal in terms of providing business rate reliefs, which were announced in previous Budgets and are, I think, well known to the House. There will be more to come on that in the Finance Bill.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Will the Minister tell the House by how much the corporation tax take has gone up since the corporation tax rate was cut?

Mel Stride Portrait Mel Stride
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This is an important point. As the corporation tax rate has decreased to 19%—it will go down further to 17%—we have seen a 50% increase in the take, which is an amount in the order of £18 billion.