Ellie Chowns
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James Murray
I or a colleague of mine would be happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss that much-needed investment in her constituency. More widely, we would urge the Scottish Government to replicate in Scotland the business rates changes that we have announced for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England.
Dr Ellie Chowns (North Herefordshire) (Green)
Last week’s Budget papers assume that significant tax revenues will be generated by new drilling at the Rosebank oil field. Although I understand it is common practice to rely on these sorts of projections, are the Government not worried that this signals that they have already made a decision on Rosebank and are prioritising short-term gains over protecting us all from the medium and long-term catastrophic economic damage associated with climate breakdown and burning new oil and gas?
Dan Tomlinson
I have already answered similar questions on this topic. This revenue has been in the forecast since 2019, and the decision is a quasi-judicial one for the Environment Secretary.