Save Our High Streets Campaign
EDM number 1212 in 2008-09, proposed by John Mann on 27/03/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Service industries and Small businesses.
That this House welcomes the Daily Mirror and Federation of Small Businesses' Campaign to Save Our High Streets which calls for monthly instead of quarterly rents to ease bills, the abolition of upward only rent reviews, and measures to force banks to lend to small business firms again; believes that local town centres are the lifeblood of the local community, providing jobs, services and entertainment; and calls on the Government to work with partners to save the UK's high streets and help communities through this difficult period.
This motion has been signed by a total of 54 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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