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Select Committee
Letter from the Chair to Jeremy Miles concerning his appearance before the Committee on 1 May 2024

Correspondence May. 23 2024

Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: encountered when working with the UK Government to progress existing and new economic programmes, such as Freeports

Lords Chamber
Company Directors: Identification - Wed 22 May 2024
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Baroness Kramer (LD - Life peer) My Lords, one area where open registers and public registers do not exist is for companies in freeports - Speech Link
2: Lord Johnson of Lainston (Con - Life peer) Freeports are no different and it is important to quash the idea that somehow there is a free-for-all - Speech Link

Secondary Legislation

Laid - 22 May 2024 In Force 12 Jun 2024

Designation of Special Tax Sites (Forth Green Freeport) Regulations 2024
Department: HM Treasury
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

These Regulations designate areas, known as “special tax sites”, as special areas for the purposes of Parts 2 (plant and machinery allowances) and 2A (structures and buildings allowances) of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 (c. 2) (“CAA 2001”).

Found: The map is available electronically at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maps-of-uk-freeports

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Scotland Office

May. 21 2024

Source Page: UK Government confirms increase to Scottish Government borrowing
Document: UK Government confirms increase to Scottish Government borrowing (webpage)

Found: high-skill jobs, investment and future opportunities for local people, such as through Investment Zones and Freeports

Select Committee
Letter from the Secretary of State relating to an update on the Smarter Regulation Programme, 16 May 2024

Correspondence May. 21 2024

Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: the work of my department, and for the recent ‘Fourth Report - Performance of investment zones and freeports

Select Committee
SSE, Orsted, Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd, and Equans

Oral Evidence May. 21 2024

Inquiry: Industrial policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

Found: , in the absence of an industrial strategy, as we have it at the moment, does the introduction of freeports

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Public Administration in the Scottish Government - Tue 21 May 2024

Mentions:
1: None to revise the fiscal framework with His Majesty’s Treasury and delivering programmes such as green freeports - Speech Link
2: None We work well together.On green freeports, for example, Gregor Irwin co-chairs the board with the second - Speech Link
3: None It is no accident that we co-chair the green freeports programme or were able to revise the fiscal framework - Speech Link

Select Committee
Scottish Government
 ICS0006 - Intergovernmental Relations: The Civil Service

Written Evidence May. 20 2024

Inquiry: Intergovernmental Relations: The Civil Service
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Scottish Affairs Committee (Department: Scotland Office)

Found: officials on international agreements and structures which touch on devolved policy matters32. 25 Green freeports

Deposited Papers
Department for Business and Trade

May. 20 2024

Source Page: Smarter regulation: One year on. 45p.
Document: Smarter_Regulations_One_Year_On.pdf (PDF)

Found: Creating hotbeds for innovation remains a core objective of the Freeports programme, which aims to

Departmental Publication (Policy and Engagement)
Department for Business and Trade

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Smarter regulation: one year on
Document: (PDF)

Found: Creating hotbeds for innovation remains a core objective of the Freeports programme, which aims to