Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 89183

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 13 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim Allister

Traditional Unionist VoiceNorth Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the functioning of the UK Internal Market for (a) the period 1 January 2026 - 31 Dec

Answer

Chris Bryant
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will apply in its definitive regime from January 2026 but will not apply in Northern Ireland. It could only apply with UK agreement and under Windsor Framework democratic safeguards. From 2027, UK CBAM will...

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