Treasury written question – answered at on 2 December 2025.
John Lamont
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer, whether she plans to review (a) tax and (b) energy cost burdens facing small quarrying businesses in rural constituencies.
Dan Tomlinson
The Exchequer Secretary
The government keeps all tax under review as part of the policy making process.
The government is bearing down on business energy prices more widely by reducing Great Britain’s reliance on volatile international gas prices, and through a new framework to scrutinise energy levies, ensuring they are affordable and value-for-money.
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