Abena Oppong-Asare has published the first 20 written submissions to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee's inquiry into England's high streets.
Contributors include Boots, Primark, McDonald's, the Post Office, the Local Government Association and planning, licensing and public-health organisations.
The evidence addresses business rates, online competition, high-street crime, alleged tax evasion and the concentration of businesses including vape and betting shops.
The committee has also begun oral hearings, examining trading-standards enforcement, so-called phoenix companies and concerns that some premises may be used to facilitate money laundering.
Oppong-Asare said the inquiry would focus on practical steps to renew town centres and the powers councils and central government need.
Further written evidence is due next week. The committee has not yet reached conclusions or made recommendations.
