Written Question·Treasury·UIN 80361

Environment Protection: Fines and Taxation

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025

Question

Dr Scott Arthur

LabourEdinburgh South West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce environmental (a) taxes and (b) fines to reinvest in (i) green infrastructure and (ii) low carbon innovation.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The government has in place ambitious environmental taxes as part of its commitment to make polluters pay for their emissions and support investment into decarbonisation. The UK’s leading carbon pricing policy is the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The...

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