Question follow-through · 69913
UK Emissions Trading Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he considered introducing (a) carbon leakage protections and (b) carbon border adjustment mechanisms before extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme beyond 2030.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2025 · 43 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he considered introducing (a) carbon leakage protections and (b) carbon border adjustment mechanisms before extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme beyond 2030.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government is taking action to continue to mitigate the risk of carbon leakage for UK industry, including working with our international partners to develop a coordinated approach to carbon leakage. The Government also continues to provide protection ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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