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Baroness Barran (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 February 2025

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Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill

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I thank the Minister for his remarks and for addressing the points I made in relation to each of these amendments, in particular Amendment 58. I heard the Minister say that relatively few schools or private providers will be at the margins of “wholly or mainly”. I thank him for the example of the international students who might be fee-paying. On Amendment 68, I understand the Minister’s push-back in relation to exempting a whole school—I hope I addressed that in my opening remarks—but I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for her explanation of how local authorities can separate out different parts within a hereditament. I would be grateful if the Minister could take back to the department that this measure just feels really illogical. It will not be a significant amount of money that is raised by withdrawing the relief where an independent nursery is part of a school but not withdrawing it where an independent nursery is not part of a school, particularly in the light of the noble Baroness’s expert insights into how that could be achieved. With that, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
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