<p>Business Rate Revaluation</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 14 March 2017.

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Photo of Caroline Jones Caroline Jones UKIP 1:34, 14 March 2017

Leader of the house, the business rate revaluation is putting our high street at risk. Many small businesses are facing huge hikes in their rates bills, yet their turnover is not increasing. For many, the only alternative is to seek rental properties with smaller rateable values off the high street, and this could be the final straw that breaks the camel’s back for small, independent high-street retailers. The UK Government’s latest budget proposes a cap on the business rates increases for those small firms set to lose their rate relief. Leader of the house, will your Government consider doing something similar for small high-street retailers here in Wales?