Written questions

Quarrying: Small Businesses

Commons · Question 95665 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 9 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Law

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of energy costs and industrial tariffs on small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK stone and quarrying industry.

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 9 Dec 2025

The Government continually monitors the UK economy and is bearing down on business energy prices by reducing Great Britain’s reliance on volatile international gas prices, and through a new framework to scrutinise energy levies, ensuring they are affordab...