Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 68457
Transport: Carbon Budgets
Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat — Richmond Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the UK Climate Change Committee's report entitled the Sixth Carbon budget, published in December 2020.
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodAs the UK’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, transport has an important role in the UK economy meeting the Sixth Carbon Budget. Transport emissions reduced by 10% between 2019 and 2023, but must fall faster to achieve our legal targets. The Gov...
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