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Methane: Pollution Control

Commons · Question 45781 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2025

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Asked by Wera Hobhouse

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what resources his Department has allocated to the policy (a) development and (b) implementation of the UK’s commitments to the Global Methane Pledge.

Answer

Answered by Kerry McCarthy, 29 Apr 2025

Tackling methane emissions is a priority for the department including as part of the Global Methane Pledge's target (to collectively reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030), and under the Climate Change Act. Resource is spread across a number of d...