Written Question·Treasury·UIN 86897
Carbon Emissions: Taxation
Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025
Question
Sarah Hall
Labour (Co-op) — Warrington South
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that the carbon border adjustment mechanism will support a reduction in carbon leakage in all the sectors in scope of the legislation.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonThe carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) will be introduced on 1 January 2027 to address the risk of carbon leakage. Carbon leakage occurs when production and associated emissions shift from one country to another due to different levels of decarboni...
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