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 TomlinsonThe 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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