§ 28. Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will consider the payment of allowances to start-up small businesses to cover their rate payments, as happens in enterprise zones.
§ Mr. MacGregorI have no plans to pay allowances to start up small businesses to cover their rate payments outside enterprise zones. In enterprise zones all industrial and commercial property is exempt from local authority rates as part of a 10-year experiment to encourage industrial and commercial activity.