Question follow-through · 96106
Shipping: UK Emissions Trading Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to provide certainty to industry in relation to the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 8 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Transport
- UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Northern Ireland · 5 Feb 2026
- UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping · 5 Feb 2026
- Heathrow Airport: Construction · 11 Mar 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to provide certainty to industry in relation to the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Dec 2025
Answer published
In November, the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Authority published the main Authority Response to the 2024 consultation detailing how the UK ETS will expand to the maritime sector. This main Authority Response included final policy details ahead of im...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Northern Ireland
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what analysis her Department has undertaken on the potential impact of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme expansion to maritime on the competitiveness of Northern Irish ports in attracting cruise business.
UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the proposed expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to international maritime voyages is not in addition to the International Maritime Organisation’s exp
Heathrow Airport: Construction
11 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the building of the third runway at Heathrow on flights from non-London airports.