Written questions

Consumer Goods: Carbon Emissions

Commons · Question 16660 · Tabled 27 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 3 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing advertising restrictions on high carbon emission products (a) on television and (b) online.

Answer

Answered by Kerry McCarthy, 3 Dec 2024

The Government is committed to reducing emissions from high carbon products and will continue to bring forward proposals to do so. The Committees of Advertising Practice and Advertising Standards Authority regulate the content and targeting of advertising...