Written questions

Business: Rural Areas

Commons · Question 21463 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 8 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether het has made a recent assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the difficulties that rural businesses face.

Answer

Answered by Gareth Thomas, 8 Jan 2025

Rural businesses offer significant potential for growth and are central to our economy. DBT works with other departments such as Defra, helping people living and working in rural areas to realise the full potential of rural businesses and communities plac...