Empty Business Property Rates (EDM534)

Empty Business Property Rates

EDM number 534 in 2008-09, proposed by Lorely Burt on 21/01/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Taxation and Empty property.

That this House notes the Government's empty property rate relief is causing some perfectly good properties to be destroyed or let at a peppercorn rent to reduce the rate burden for the owner; further notes that empty property rate relief is a tool which can be used to reduce attrition in the property market during times of economic difficulty and prepare the market for economic upturn; welcomes the introduction of rate relief for properties with a rateable value of up to Â£15,000 but is concerned that Â£15,000 is insufficient; and urges the Government to increase the threshold at which an empty property becomes liable for business rates.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lorely Burt	21/01/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	21/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	22/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Nick Harvey	22/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Paul Holmes	22/01/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	22/01/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	26/01/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	27/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Philip Davies	27/01/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/01/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	27/01/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	27/01/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	27/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	28/01/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	28/01/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	02/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	05/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	05/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	23/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	27/03/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	19/05/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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