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HANSARD Business RatesWe are, in the usual way, using long-standing definitions set out in business rates guidance to define pubs, and similar venues to which the relief will apply.27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesThis Government want the best for Britain’s high streets. We know how central they are to the strength and vibrancy of our villages, towns and cities. We know how hard small…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesI hope that I will be out of trouble before too long. We will double the hospitality support fund, providing £10 million of funding over the next three years. That fund aims to…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesIt is not for me to tell the devolved Administrations how to spend their money, but if the right hon. Gentleman writes to me, I will be happy to write back to him with the details…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesI hope the microphone picked that up. We will make further announcements this afternoon specifically focused on pubs, but I understand that there are businesses across the economy…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesI would be happy to discuss that matter with my hon. Friend. Indoor play is a really valuable and growing part of our economy, but there are challenges. With more free childcare,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesI am very fond of my constituency neighbour, who has the privilege of sharing a part of Barnet with me. There will be news this afternoon—I am just trying to find my words, Mr…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesI thank my hon. Friend for the work that she is doing to champion salons and the beauty industry in her constituency and elsewhere. She will know that VAT is a broad-based tax; in…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesWe have considered the challenges that hospitality businesses and businesses on our high streets have been facing. That is why we put in place £4.3 billion of support at the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesThere are a number of questions on this topic, and I am sure there will be more this afternoon when I make a statement to the House on a package of support in relation to business…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesI do not think that Mr Speaker would like me to pre-empt the announcements that will be made later, but the right hon. Member has given me the opportunity to reiterate that at the…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesI have got the idea, Mr Speaker! The key thing to note here is that there is a significant difference between the change in the rateable value and the change in the business…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesThat is a really important point. There are many independent pubs up and down the country, as well as bigger chain pubs, and it is right that the support that the Government are…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesI thank my hon. Friend for her representations on behalf of businesses and constituents in Sheffield. One of the important things to note about the business rates system is that…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesI thank my hon. Friend for his representations on behalf of businesses in his constituency. The Government are clear that we will look at the pub and hotel methodologies…27 Jan 2026HANSARDSupport for BusinessesThe Government will have more to say a bit later today when it comes to pubs and the support that the Government can provide for them. We knew that the revaluations would be…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesMy hon. Friend is a powerful and strong advocate both for the businesses in his constituency and for the hospitality sector more broadly. I thank him for our conversations; I…27 Jan 2026HANSARD Business RatesMy hon. Friend is a proud and strong champion of the businesses in his constituency—the brewers, pubs and all those in the hospitality industry. I am sure that businesses in his…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have extended the temporary 5p fuel duty cut until the end of August 2026, and rates will then gradually return to early 2022 levels. The planned increase in line with…27 Jan 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important to note that there is a 40% relief in the system for smaller and independent businesses. It will be phased out over the coming years; we have put in transitional…27 Jan 2026