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Aggregates Levy: Northern Ireland

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Question for HM Treasury

UIN 207470, tabled on 29 August 2014

Question

Ms Margaret Ritchie
Social Democratic & Labour Party
South Down
Commons

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has held with European Commission officials on the Aggregate Credit Levy scheme.

Answer

Priti Patel
Conservative
Witham
Commons

Answered on

4 September 2014

Officials have been in regular discussions with the European Commission in regards to their decision on the Aggregates Credit Levy Scheme. Further to this on 7th August 2014, the European Commission released a short summary of their decision on the investigation in to the compatibility of the scheme with State Aid guidelines. Their decision finds that the aid met the Environmental Aid Guidelines. The full, detailed, decision will be published once commercially sensitive information has been redacted.

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