Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 13908

Construction: Materials

Tabled: 12 November 2024
Answered: 20 November 2024

Question

Tom Hayes

LabourBournemouth East

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support industry to reduce the embodied carbon emissions related to the (a) production and (b) use of new construction materials.

Answer

Sarah Jones
Ministers are considering options to reduce embodied emissions in industry by growing the demand for construction materials such as low carbon steel, cement and concrete. This includes resolving questions such as how embodied emissions in products are mea...

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