Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“If he will provide further support to energy transition projects in Scotland.”
Tabled: 30 June 2021Answered: 6 July 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray)
The Government announced a range of measures at the autumn Budget to support SMEs, including in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. They include more than doubling the employment allowance, freezing the small business rates multiplier, extending RHL relief to 40%, maintaining the small profits rate and reducing the duty on qualifying draught products, which represent 60% of alcoholic drinks sold in pubs.