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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 February 2025

Debate

Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill

Contribution

It could certainly hit what we call anchor occupiers in urban centres. They have choices about where they can go and, to some extent, nearly everybody who operates a retail outlet has some sort of online presence—a website, email address or a facility for people to look at their product, place orders or collect in store. They do not necessarily have to collect a box with Amazon written on it from somewhere tucked around the back of a post office. The whole world has changed this, and I think that anchor occupiers will redefine what they do when they see that they are being hit.

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