Retail Sector

Vicky Ford Excerpts
Wednesday 6th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rebecca Long Bailey Portrait Rebecca Long Bailey
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With the hon. Gentleman’s knowledge of the sector, I am surprised that he says that, given that business rates are one of the critical issues affecting the high street. Retailers often tell me about the unfairness of businesses such as Amazon receiving skewed business rates valuations due to the size of their operations, so I have dealt with that point.

Vicky Ford Portrait Vicky Ford (Chelmsford) (Con)
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I have listened carefully to the hon. Lady, who has accused British retailers of lacking innovation. However, the UK is the third largest e-commerce market in the world. Digital taxation needs to be done on a cross-border basis, so will she join me in congratulating our Chancellor on getting 100 countries across the world to look at implementing a digital tax to allow us to address the level playing field between online and offline?