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Cement: Carbon Emissions

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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 3140, tabled on 22 November 2023

Question

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Liberal Democrat
Orkney and Shetland
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding to support the development of the low-carbon cement sector.

Answer

Graham Stuart
Conservative
Beverley and Holderness
Commons

Answered on

27 November 2023

My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State regularly discusses a range of issues with my Rt hon Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer. Carbon Capture Usage and Storage will be crucial for decarbonisation of industries, such as cement, which otherwise lack viable alternatives to achieve deep decarbonisation. CCUS and low carbon hydrogen are vital to transforming these sectors. In March, the Chancellor announced £20 billion investment in the early development of CCUS to help meet the Government’s climate commitments. The Government is taking forward the Hanson Padeswood Cement Works to proceed to negotiations for support under the Industrial Carbon Capture business model.

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