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Carbon Capture and Storage

Commons · Question 74625 · Tabled 3 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 12 Sep 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing the level of carbon removal on the UK's ability to meet it's net zero targets by (a) 2030 and (b) 2050.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 12 Sep 2025

The Government will deliver an updated plan that sets out the policy package out to the end of Carbon Budget 6 in 2037 for all sectors of the economy, including Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs), by October 2025. The Government will also set Carbon Budget 7 ...