Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 16059

Agriculture: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 25 November 2024
Answered: 5 December 2024

Question

Julia Buckley

LabourShrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help family-run farms with any increased costs associated with the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Overall, the Government expects any impact on UK farmers to be modest. The level of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and impact on fertiliser prices is a function of the effective carbon price under the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) for ferti...

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