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Proceeding contribution from Anne Main (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 10 May 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on Rating (Empty Properties) Bill.

I welcome the fact that the Economic Secretary appears to want to target this relief. If he has the information, will he say now whether an assessment has been made of where most of these empty properties are and what sort they are? For example, are they historic buildings or commercial premises built for speculative let?