HC Deb 12 April 2000 vol 348 c161W
Dr. Starkey

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost would be of extending the 80 per cent. discount on the climate change levy to horticulture for the financial year 2000–01. [118584]

Mr. Timms

As announced in Budget 1999, the Government intend to bring forward legislation in the Finance Bill 2000 to introduce a climate change levy with effect from April 2001. The levy will not be applied in the financial year 2000–01.