Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions
Commons · Question 21306 · Tabled 19 Dec 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what targets his Department has set to help achieve the Government's commitments to net zero.
Answer
Answered by Kerry McCarthy, 7 Jan 2025
The Climate Change Act sets our commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050 in law. The UK has halved its emissions, having cut them by around 53% between 1990 and 2023. As my Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister announced on 12th November, the UK has pled...