Question follow-through · 18726
Carbon Emissions: Offshoring
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on preventing large organisations from offshoring emissions.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on preventing large organisations from offshoring emissions.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government is working cohesively to address carbon leakage risk across international and domestic actions. The UK’s current main measure to address carbon leakage is free allocation under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which is under review by...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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