Written Question
Tuesday 13th June 2023
Asked by:
Jo Gideon (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the potential revenue generated by by extending the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to include (a) milk-based drinks and (b) fruit juice; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Gareth Davies
- Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The exemption for milk-based and certain milk substitute drinks will next be considered after the Office for Health Inequalities and Disparities completes its voluntary sugar reduction reporting programme, expected later in 2023.
The primary aim of the SDIL is to encourage producers to remove added sugar from soft drinks. There are no current plans to review the exclusion of fruit juices packaged and sold without added sugars.
Written Question
Friday 21st April 2023
Asked by:
Jo Gideon (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will offer targeted support to businesses which agreed energy contracts in 2022 when wholesale energy prices were high and which are now having difficulty in meeting their operating costs.
Answered by James Cartlidge
- Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) will provide all eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills for 12 months from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024. It will also provide businesses in sectors with particularly high levels of energy use and trade intensity with a higher level of support.
EBDS will help those locked into contracts signed before recent substantial falls in the wholesale price manage their costs and provide others with reassurance against the risk of prices rising again.
The Government is aware that some businesses are having difficulties securing the benefit of falling wholesale prices from their energy suppliers. The Government welcomes Ofgem’s recent update on their investigation into the non-domestic retail market. We encourage them to complete their review at pace and welcome their commitment to take swift compliance and enforcement action against any supplier who has breached market rules.
Written Question
Wednesday 19th January 2022
Asked by:
Jo Gideon (Conservative - Stoke-on-Trent Central)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of local climate bonds in funding local environment projects.
Answered by Helen Whately
- Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Government considers current funding options for local authorities to pursue environmental projects to be appropriate. Local authorities have full, independent control over their borrowing choices and are free to issue local climate bonds if they wish. It is for local authorities to determine the most appropriate financing mechanism for their projects.
The Government provides accessible, low-cost lending via the Public Works Loan Board which can be used to finance environmental projects, and environmental projects could also be funded via the UK Infrastructure Bank where they meet the bank’s mandate.
In addition, the UK Green Financing Programme has raised £16bn to date, which will be used to finance projects that help tackle climate change and other environmental challenges – some of which local authorities may benefit from.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"T8. I, too, thank my right hon. Friend for the £56 million for three innovative levelling-up bids in my home city of Stoke-on-Trent. We warmly welcome this as the biggest investment in Stoke-on-Trent for 50 years. However, investing in our social fabric and growing our local social infrastructure must be …..."Jo Gideon - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Stoke-Leek Line: Reopening
"It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Karen Bradley) on securing this debate. Members may think that, having pulled the graveyard slot, there would not be anything to add—quite frankly, I think we have named …..."Jo Gideon - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Apr 2021
Finance (No. 2) Bill
"The Bill recognises both the short-term demands of the covid crisis and the long-term needs of global Britain’s economic future, and I am delighted to support it. I shall keep my comments brief.
As we emerge from lockdown in a cautious and gradual way, it is right that provisions are …..."Jo Gideon - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 11 Jan 2021
Economic Update
"I welcome the £4.6 billion in grants announced last week for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors. As my right hon. Friend will be aware, businesses in the hospitality industry have been subject to restrictions since the beginning of the pandemic, leaving the sector as one of the hardest hit …..."Jo Gideon - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Dec 2020
UK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition Period
"In light of the Opposition’s recent refusal to make any decision—as their constituents sent them to this place to do—in support of or opposition to the tier restrictions, what assessment has my right hon. Friend made of demands from some parts of the House for the Government to reach any …..."Jo Gideon - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 13 Oct 2020
Public Health Restrictions: Government Economic Support
"Stoke-on-Trent is currently in medium risk tier 1, but we all know that any area can see an increase in infection rates. With the introduction of the tier system, many workers in the highest tier will once again be unable to go to work and make a living for themselves …..."Jo Gideon - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Oct 2020
Areas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic Support
"In my constituency of Stoke-on-Trent Central, more than 11,600 jobs have been protected so far through the furlough scheme and more than £50 million has been made available to businesses to bounce back through various loans and grants. Recently, Stoke-on-Trent was removed from the watchlist and avoided a local lockdown, …..."Jo Gideon - View Speech
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