SMALL BUSINESS RATE RELIEF

Early day motion 2111, tabled 20 October 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 13 members.

That this House welcomes the current initiative to provide business rate relief to businesses that occupy a single property or several properties where the rateable values are less than £2,200; but notes that this excludes many important high street businesses which, although relatively small, operate from two or more properties; and therefore calls on the Government to extend small business rate relief to cover enterprises which have a turnover of less than £500,000 in addition to the current eligibility criteria.

Signatures by party: Labour 5, DUP 4, Conservative 1, Independent 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Plaid Cymru 1.