Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 126788
Ceramics: Energy Intensive Industries
Tabled: 13 April 2026
Answered: 16 April 2026
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent and sustained increases in energy prices on energy-intensive manufacturers in the ceramics sector, including companies such as
Answer
Chris McDonaldThe Government is aware of the pressure on ceramics businesses created by high energy prices, and that the gas-intensive nature of the majority of ceramics businesses means they do not currently qualify for the Government’s electricity price support schem...
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