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Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy that Carbon Capture and Storage plans are assessed under principle H of schedule B of the Subsidy Control Act 2022.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
7 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy that Carbon Capture and Storage plans are assessed under principle H of schedule B of the Subsidy Control Act 2022.

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Where a subsidy relates to the decarbonisation of emissions linked to industrial activities in the United Kingdom, My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State is required by the Subsidy Control Act 2022 to consider Principle H – it is not a question of poli...

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