Written Question·Treasury·UIN 80361
Environment Protection: Fines and Taxation
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 17 October 2025
Question
Dr Scott Arthur
Labour — Edinburgh 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 TomlinsonThe 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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