Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 8459

Housing: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024

Question

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal DemocratBath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Building Regulations Act 2010 to introduce mandatory reporting on embodied carbon emissions for

Answer

Rushanara Ali
Reducing embodied carbon emissions from the built environment is a key part of meeting the country’s net zero targets. These emissions predominantly come from the supply chains leading to new buildings, and there is work across government to decarbonise t...

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