§ Lord Hoyle,asked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the announcement in the Budget on 9 April that the Government are willing to consider alternative criteria for defining which energy-intensive sections of industry are eligible to enter 99WA into climate change agreements, and therefore pay a reduced rate of climate change levy, what consideration they have given to the heat treatment sector which pays climate change levy costs of over £5 million per annum. [HL4175]
§ Lord McIntosh of HaringeyFollowing the Government's Budget announcement, they have received submissions from several different sectors of industry, including information from the heat treatment sector. All of these submissions are currently being considered.