Written Question·Treasury·UIN 72889

Carbon Emissions: Imports

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment reduces carbon leakage in relevant sectors.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The UK government is introducing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) to address the risk of carbon leakage, which occurs when production and associated emissions shift from one country to another due to different levels of decarbonisation effort (...

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