Question follow-through · 4485
Climate Change: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of climate change on the operating costs of small and medium-sized businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- National Grid: Infrastructure · 2 Jun 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of climate change on the operating costs of small and medium-sized businesses.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The independent Office for Budget Responsibility found that the UK’s economy would decline by nearly 8% by the early 2070s, if the world warms by just below 3C this century, compared to a no climate change baseline. That is why we are supporting SMEs to r...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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National Grid: Infrastructure
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Renewable Energy: Nottinghamshire
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support investment in net zero and renewable energy production facilities in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.