Carbon Emissions: Taxation
Commons · Question 53419 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of taxing high-polluting corporations to help support net zero initiatives.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 2 Jun 2025
The Government is committed to maintaining an ambitious carbon pricing scheme to ensure that polluters continue to pay for their emissions. The UK’s main carbon pricing scheme is the Emissions Trading Scheme, which covers emissions from power generation, ...