| Heading: |
Carbon Emissions: Taxation |
| Question ID: |
1814681 |
| UIN: |
61343 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4806 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Claire Coutinho
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Claire Coutinho
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of aligning with the EU Emissions Trading System on the price of carbon in the UK. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-27 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4631 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
LabourSJ
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LabourSJ
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| Answer text: |
The price of carbon allowances in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme is set by the market. Linking the UK and EU ETSs is expected to create a larger, more stable market, which will lower the costs of decarbonisation for UK businesses. Many industry stakehold... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |