Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the amount of money raised from small and medium-sized businesses through business rates; and if he will make a statement.

Autumn Statement 2014 reduced the burden of business rates for 575,000 small businesses by doubling the Small Business Rate Relief until April 2016.

Budget 2015 launched a wide-ranging and ambitious review of business rates that will report by the end of 2015. I encourage all interested stakeholders to engage with the review.