Written Question·Treasury·UIN 109207

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

Tabled: 28 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenues generated by the inclusion of domestic maritime within the UK Emissions Trading Scheme will be ringfenced for maritime decarbonisation.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
The government is committed to maintaining an ambitious carbon pricing scheme to ensure that polluters continue to pay for their emissions. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme is our key lever to do so. This supports a cost-efficient transition toward net zer...

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