Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 115074
Carbon Capture and Storage: Cement
Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 3 March 2026
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what comparative assessment he has made of the international competitiveness of (a) the UK and (b) countries that deploy carbon capture at scale in low-carbon cement production.
Answer
Michael ShanksCarbon capture, usage and storage is integral to decarbonising the cement sector’s production of clinker and making the sector competitive in a net zero economy. Government has signed the UK’s first industrial carbon capture contracts with Heidelberg Mate...
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