Non-Domestic Rates

Mr. Letwin
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on small and medium-sized businesses of the ending of transitional relief for business rates from April 2009 under the Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) England Regulations 2004.

Ms Rosie Winterton
I have been asked to reply.

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Hollobone) on 2 June 2009, Official Report, column 145.