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News Release from: Hambleside Danelaw | Subject: Building products manufacturer
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Team on 21 February 2007
Pre-Budget representations from building
industry
Hambleside Danelaw, the environment award-winning building products manufacturer, has made submissions on the issue to the select committee and the Stern review.
A Treasury minister has told a House of Commons select committee that he would consider representations from the building industry that presented a case for tax incentives to encourage the construction of energy-efficient commercial and public buildings The representations are required urgently in advance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget, expected sometime during March
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 19 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The invitation to make submissions came from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, John Healey MP, when he appeared before the Environmental Audit Committee to give the Government's views on the Stern Report on the Economics of Climate Change.
The minister was responding to an MP's question on whether the Government's decision last December to use the stamp duty regime to encourage the building of zero-carbon homes could be followed by tax incentives in respect of commercial and public buildings.
Hambleside Danelaw , the environment award-winning building products manufacturer, has made submissions on the issue to the select committee and the Stern review.
The Group also met Mr Healey last October to discuss the matter.
Its proposals focus principally on reshaping the Industrial Buildings Allowance regime to incentivise sustainable development in the non-domestic building sector.
Robin Jeffery, Hambleside's vice-chairman, said: "It is really encouraging that the select committee took up Hambleside Danelaw's case for new tax incentives to encourage sustainable development".
"I urge others in the industry to respond to the minister's invitation to submit representations in advance of the Budget".
"Given that non-compliance with the energy efficiency provisions in the Building Regulations remains a huge issue, we need a fresh approach.".
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