| Heading: |
Empty Property: Business Rates |
| Question ID: |
1790561 |
| UIN: |
42726 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4603 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Preet Kaur Gill
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| Asking Member handle: |
PreetKGillMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@PreetKGillMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help tackle the practice of landlords repeatedly occupying properties for short periods of time in order to claim further Empty Property Relief. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4797 |
| Answering Member display name: |
James Murray
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| Answering Member handle: |
jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@jamesmurray_ldn
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| Answer text: |
This government will not tolerate tax avoidance. We are committed to ensuring that every person and every business pays their fair share. Most businesses pay the rates that are due, but a minority abuse the system, through either avoidance or evasion, to ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |