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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

The impact of Business Rates on business inquiry

Inquiry by the Treasury Committee, 31 January 2019 to 31 October 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 7 May 2019: John Boulton, Technical Strategy Department Manager, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Tom Emlyn Jones, President, Rating Surveyors AssociationNeil Leitch, Chief Executive, Early Years Alliance, Paul Crossman, Multiple pub operator, Kate Nicholls, Chief Executive, UK Hospitality, Mandy McNeil, Vice Chair, Save UK Pubs
  • 22 May 2019: Meryl Halls, Managing Director, Booksellers Association, Chris Harris, Group Property & Development Director, John Lewis Partnership, Sebastian James, Chief Executive, Boots UKCatherine Gras, Spokesperson for Gas Storage Operators Group and Chief Executive, Storengy UK, Adam Blaskey, Founder, The Clubhouse, Seamus Nevin, Chief Economist, Make UK, Eleanor Griggs, Land Management Adviser, National Farmers Union
  • 4 June 2019: Andy Street CBE, Mayor, West Midlands Combined Authority, Cllr Richard Watts, Islington Council Leader, Local Government Association, Prof. Chris Turner, CEO, British BIDs, Ojay McDonald, CEO, Association of Town and City Management
  • 19 June 2019: Jerry Schurder, Head of Business Rates, Gerald Eve LLP, Rachel Kelly, Senior Policy Officer, British Property Federation, Kevin Muldoon-Smith, Lecturer, Northumbria University, Tej Parikh, Chief Economist, Institute of Directors, Steve Rigby, Group Property Director, Tesco
  • 10 July 2019: Melissa Tatton, Chief Executive Officer, Valuation Office Agency, Alan Colston, Chief Valuer, Valuation Office AgencyJesse Norman, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury, Rishi Sunak, Minister for Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Mike Williams, Director Business and International Tax, HM Treasury