Steve Baker
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Tuesday 19th July 2016
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Mr Steve Baker (Wycombe) (Con)
The business rates system sometimes interacts with the planning system to leave premises empty, but incurring tax. Will the Government work to ensure that councils are appropriately incentivised to ensure that premises are productively occupied so that business owners have a chance of paying the tax they incur?
Jane Ellison
I hear the point that my hon. Friend makes. That is clearly something to which further consideration will be given.