Roz Savage MP: written questions 2025

Written questions

• Business: South CotswoldsTreasuryTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24617More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on businesses in South Cotswolds constituency.

  Answer: Consistent with past fiscal events, HMT has not produced a constituency-level breakdown of the impact of Autumn Budget 2024 (AB24).At AB24, the government set out the first major steps in its approach to regional growth, and confirmed an extension of the ...

  Answered 24 Jan 2025

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• Business: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24616More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support rural businesses.

  Answer: Prosperous rural businesses will be underpinned by improvements to rural connectivity and productivity, access to public services and a thriving farming sector. To this end, we are restoring stability and investment in our public services as the best way ...

  Answered 22 Jan 2025

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• Home EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24396More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure accurate representation of (a) cases involving children already known to social services and (b) other aspects of home education in (i) public statements and (

  Answer: Public statements issued by the department are reviewed for accuracy by policy officials, communications specialists, special advisers and, where needed, lawyers.The department also draws on information from external sources such as local authorities’ chi...

  Answered 24 Jan 2025

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• Beverage Containers: Deposit Return SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24395More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help the wine and spirits industry manage the implementation of a UK-wide Deposit Return Scheme.

  Answer: The UK Government is fully committed to a Deposit Return Scheme and will continue to work closely with the Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland to launch the scheme across England...

  Answered 30 Jan 2025

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• Rivers: AccessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24394More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which legislation created the requirement for individuals to obtain permission from every riparian property owner to pass through their land while using a waterway; and whether he plan

  Answer: Determining access rights onto rivers is complex. There is no general waterway access right and the matter has not been tested in the courts. It is not government’s role to offer legal advice, and at present those seeking to navigate inland rivers for rec...

  Answered 21 Jan 2025

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• Land UseDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23107More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its land use framework.

  Answer: The Government plans to publish the first steps of its land use strategy in due course.

  Answered 16 Jan 2025

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• Macquarie Infrastructure GroupDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21956More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential risk of investment by Macquarie in (a) Lime Down Solar Park and (b) other Nationally Significant Infrastructure Developments.

  Answer: Ofgem and DESNZ have robust market monitoring schemes to assess electricity generation licence applications. Ofgem’s principal objective is to protect the interests of existing and future consumers through maintaining security of supply and reducing green...

  Answered 13 Jan 2025

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