Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of business rates on high street businesses.”
Tabled: 15 January 2020Answered: 21 January 2020
Asked by
Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat — Richmond Park
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mike Tapp)
Under the previous Government, we saw 2.5 million people arrive in just four years—that is one in 30 people in the country at this time. This Government have brought migration down by 82% since its peak and by 41% in the past year.