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date	27/10/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Spirits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department is providing to the spirits industry in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	13594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting the spirits industry in Scotland. The duty on spirits was cut by 2% at March Budget 2015, building on the duty freeze at Budget 2014. These measures have benefited the Scotch whisky industry in addition to the overall spirits industry across the UK.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 02/11/2015 15:47:46 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

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registered interest
date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Climate Change Levy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made in advance of the Summer Budget 2015 of the effect on the UK's carbon footprint of applying the climate change levy to renewable electricity.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	8150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Removing the Climate Change Levy (CCL) renewables exemption will have no direct impact on the UK’s ability to meet its climate change and renewables targets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and is committed to meeting its climate change commitments as cost effectively as possible. We are currently making good progress on this, with emissions down 30% since 1990.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>One third of the value of the CCL renewables exemption was going to support renewable generation projects based overseas. These projects do not contribute to our climate change commitments and so provided poor value for money for UK taxpayers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/09/2015 10:28:16 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron