Written questions

Carbon Emissions: UK Trade with EU

Commons · Question 36329 · Tabled 6 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 14 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of compliance with the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism requirement for accurate carbon emissions data from complex supply c

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 14 Mar 2025

We recognise that reporting requirements of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) are having incidental impacts on some UK businesses exporting to the EU.EU CBAM implementation and guidance remains fundamentally a matter for the European Commis...