Business Rate Appeals Debate

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Department: Wales Office

Business Rate Appeals

Baroness Maddock Excerpts
Monday 25th February 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Portrait Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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My Lords, no Question is complete without a contribution from the noble Lord. This is one of the many areas where we are making good progress—as we are on Brexit too.

Baroness Maddock Portrait Baroness Maddock (LD)
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My Lords, the Minister dismissed the idea of land value taxation. Is he aware that it operates in many countries entirely successfully, so it is not something that does not work?

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth Portrait Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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My Lords, I did not dismiss it; I just added a note of caution, saying that we should not rush into these things. From memory, I think that was the position of the Liberal Democrats in the coalition years. These things have to be thought through.