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Carbon Emissions: Infrastructure

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 115464, tabled on 16 November 2020

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will create a net zero test for all infrastructure policy and spending decisions.

Answered on

24 November 2020

The UK’s climate change framework enables the Government to determine how best to balance emissions reductions across the economy. Any net emissions increase or decrease from infrastructure projects is managed within the Government’s overall strategy for meeting carbon budgets and the 2050 net zero target.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy