Question follow-through · 75001
Movement Assistance Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the decision not to extend the Movement Assistance Scheme a third time was compliant with his obligations under Section 46 of the Internal Market
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to ensure that the decision not to extend the Movement Assistance Scheme a third time was compliant with his obligations under Section 46 of the Internal Market
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Movement Assistance Scheme (MAS) was always intended to be time limited. It was originally set up for a period of three months, and on review it was renewed for a further three months before being extended until December 2023. The decision to extend M...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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