Baroness Neville-Rolfe
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Business Rates Reform
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Lord Livermore (Lab)
I am very happy to take that away and discuss it with my colleagues in MHCLG.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con)
My Lords, we on these Benches broadly support BIDs and would not want to upset the good arrangements that exist. I welcome the Minister’s assurances on these issues, as far as they go, but could he undertake to come back to the House and inform us if developments suggest that their future is in doubt, given their importance right across the country?
Lord Livermore (Lab)
Yes, absolutely, although I do not quite see why their future would be in doubt; as I said, we have set out our intention to strengthen them. We will bring forward proposals to do exactly that. I do not see that the wider business rates reform agenda we have set out would in any way impact the important work that they do.