Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 71660

Business Premises: Rents

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what public consultation her Department has undertaken in relation to the proposed prohibition of upward-only rent reviews for commercial leases in the English Devolution and Com

Answer

Alex Norris
No formal public consultation was undertaken prior to the announcement of the policy. However, upwards only rent reviews are an issue of a longstanding concern that artificially inflated rents make it harder for businesses to access commercial property. T...

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