Question follow-through · 81416
Overseas Trade: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of changes to Soft Drinks Industry Levy thresholds on trade with the Republic of Ireland.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of changes to Soft Drinks Industry Levy thresholds on trade with the Republic of Ireland.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2025
Answer published
An assessment of economic and other impacts is included as part of the ‘Strengthening the Soft Drinks Industry Levy’ consultation document. This is available athttps://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-the-soft-drinks-industry-levy. The in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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