Written Question·Treasury·UIN 86896

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Hall

Labour (Co-op)Warrington South

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the carbon border adjustment mechanism supports the international competitiveness of businesses.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The CBAM is an environmental policy designed to support decarbonisation and mitigate the risk of carbon leakage. It will be introduced on 1 January 2027. Carbon leakage can undermine efforts to reduce global emissions and curtail private investment in dec...

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