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Food: Manufacturing Industries

Commons · Question 34554 · Tabled 27 Feb 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Charlie Maynard

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support food manufacturing sites with (a) energy costs and (b) business rates.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 7 Mar 2025

This Government has a cast iron commitment to food production. We have committed £5 billion over this year and next to the farming and countryside programme which includes the largest ever amount for sustainable food production. We have also committed to ...