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Baroness Buscombe (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 September 2026

Debate

Business Rates Avoidance Schemes

Contribution

My Lords, is there not a problem with the two-tier system that we have on our high streets? Many thousands of shops are opening up all over our villages, towns and cities, most of which do not have to pay any taxes and are cash only. We know that they do not even require any customers because their focus is organised crime. Why should legal shops have to pay their taxes when they are right next door to others that are committing crime and no one is touching them?

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