Empty Property Business Rates
EDM number 2271 in 2007-08, proposed by Lorely Burt on 16/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Companies and Taxation.
That this House notes with concern the increasingly detrimental effect of the Government's policy of charging full business rates on empty commercial properties; further notes that some property owners are trying to lease property for as little as 50 pence per square foot because they cannot pay the rates, and other companies are profiting from needlessly demolishing empty properties whose owners cannot afford to pay the tax; and calls on the Government to review this policy in the light of the current economic circumstances and the damage it is doing to the commercial property infrastructure and economic viability of UK business.
This motion has been signed by a total of 15 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Lorely Burt | 16/10/2008 | Solihull | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
Andrew George | 16/10/2008 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Peter Bottomley | 16/10/2008 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
Bob Russell | 16/10/2008 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Mike Hancock | 20/10/2008 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
John Leech | 21/10/2008 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Paul Holmes | 21/10/2008 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 21/10/2008 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
Mark Durkan | 21/10/2008 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 21/10/2008 | Finchley and Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Mark Hunter | 21/10/2008 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Dai Davies | 21/10/2008 | Blaenau Gwent | Independent | Signed |
William McCrea | 27/10/2008 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
Vincent Cable | 03/11/2008 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Mark Williams | 03/11/2008 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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