| Heading: |
Factories: Energy |
| Question ID: |
1813790 |
| UIN: |
HL8550 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1796 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Taylor of Warwick
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| Asking Member handle: |
Lord_ofWarwick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Lord_ofWarwick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of energy costs on factory activity in the UK. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5373 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Gustafsson
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Gustafsson
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| Answer text: |
The Government recognises that high energy costs impact factory activity and undermine investment in manufacturing. Therefore, we announced in the Industrial Strategy the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme, to reduce industrial electricity prices b... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |