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Quarrying: Costs

Asked by John LamontConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 2 December 2025UIN 94032

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review (a) tax and (b) energy cost burdens facing small quarrying businesses in rural constituencies.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The government keeps all tax under review as part of the policy making process.

The government is bearing down on business energy prices more widely by reducing Great Britain’s reliance on volatile international gas prices, and through a new framework to scrutinise energy levies, ensuring they are affordable and value-for-money.

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