{"value":{"id":1908414,"askingMemberId":5318,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-05-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-05-21T00:00:00","uin":"900089","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.","answeringBodyId":214,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business and Trade","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1446,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-05-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Our Plan for Small and Medium Sized Businesses places high streets at the centre of economic renewal, recognising them as vital centres of growth and employment.</p><p>We are reforming licensing laws and making high streets safer from retail crime and money laundering and making it easier to access business support through our Business Growth Service.</p><p>The government is working with local partners and businesses to develop a new MHCLG-led High Streets Strategy that will set out how we will support communities to create vibrant high streets.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Retail Trade: Urban Areas","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1908414","method":"GET"}]}