Question follow-through · 416
UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the risk of carbon leakage under the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, particularly in relation to imports from countries with high carbon intensity production.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the risk of carbon leakage under the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, particularly in relation to imports from countries with high carbon intensity production.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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22 May 2026
Answer published
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will be introduced from 1 January 2027. CBAM is a new tax which will ensure that highly traded, carbon intensive goods which are imported into the UK face a comparable carbon price to what is paid by manufactu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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