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 DemocratSouth 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 Shanks
Carbon 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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