questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the cumulative impact of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones on the UK’s overall regulatory framework, including the extent to which different parts of the country operate under materially different legal regimes.
answerText: The Modern Industrial Strategy published in June 2025 will increase business investment and grow the industries of the future in the UK. Industrial Strategy Zones (ISZs) are the UK’s primary place-based growth interventions, I will therefore refer to ISZs...
heading: Business: Capital Investment