VoteClimate: Business Rates - 13th June 2018

Business Rates - 13th June 2018

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Business Rates.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-06-13/debates/A9705060-CEF7-49A8-821A-01C1FCBE5EF5/BusinessRates

09:30 Rachael Maskell (Labour)

Other organisations have been brought to my attention that are even worse affected than those with the 600% increases I have cited. For instance, there are organisations that have had rooftop solar panels installed and then seen their business rates rise by as much as 800%, and all for doing the right thing. The Valuation Office Agency is discussing similar measures for battery storage, all at a time when green energy and microgeneration should be promoted; instead, people are being deterred from doing their bit for the environment.

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