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Small Businesses: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the autumn Budget 2024 on costs for small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) the rest of Engl

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Treasury
Tabled
27 Jun 2025
Target answer date
1 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the autumn Budget 2024 on costs for small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) the rest of Engl

  2. 1 Jul 2025

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  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The government’s priority mission is to deliver strong, secure and sustainable economic growth to boost living standards in every part of the UK. The Spending Review marked a key step in the growth mission, allocating substantial new capital investment to...

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