Call for evidence outcome

Commercial rents and COVID-19: call for evidence

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This call for evidence has closed

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Summary of responses and analysis of the call for evidence on commercial rent debts, which ran from 6 April to 4 May 2021.


Original call for evidence

Summary

This supports the government’s decision to review measures on commercial lease evictions established by section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020.

This call for evidence was held on another website.

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Call for evidence description

This call for evidence will support the government’s decision making on the best way to withdraw or replace these measures while preserving tenant businesses and the millions of jobs that they support.

If there is evidence that productive discussions between landlords and tenants are not taking place, and that this represents a substantial and ongoing threat to jobs and livelihoods, the government will not hesitate to intervene further.

The measures which are the subject of this call for evidence are:

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Published 6 April 2021
Last updated 4 August 2021 + show all updates
  1. Added Summary of responses and analysis of the call for evidence on commercial rent debts.

  2. First published.

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