Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.

Our Plan for Small and Medium Sized Businesses places high streets at the centre of economic renewal, recognising them as vital centres of growth and employment.

We are reforming licensing laws and making high streets safer from retail crime and money laundering and making it easier to access business support through our Business Growth Service.

The government is working with local partners and businesses to develop a new MHCLG-led High Streets Strategy that will set out how we will support communities to create vibrant high streets.