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The Minister of State, Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury (Lord Stockwood) (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 January 2026

Debate

Hospitality Businesses

Contribution

My Lords, hospitality businesses are fundamental to the life of our communities. As such, we are introducing permanently lower business rates for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, and a £4.3 billion support package over three years to shield rate payers from bill increases following the revaluation. In addition, the Chancellor announced earlier today that every pub and live music venue will receive 50% off their new business rates on top of this support, and bills will be frozen for two years. Moving forward, we will review the valuation methodology for pubs and hotels as well.

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