Alison Bennett
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Business Rates
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Dan Tomlinson
I will continue to keep those important cultural and social assets in mind as we work on our policy for supporting businesses across the country.
Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex) (LD)
The Minister talks about the definition of a pub. In the village of Hurstpierpoint in my constituency, Morley’s Bistro has a very similar product offering to food-led pubs on the same high street. They are competing for the same customers, and they are, ideally, all employing young people and giving them their first job. How does the Minister justify this?
Dan Tomlinson
We 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.