Environment Protection: Fines and Taxation
Commons · Question 80361 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce environmental (a) taxes and (b) fines to reinvest in (i) green infrastructure and (ii) low carbon innovation.
Answer
Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 17 Oct 2025
The government has in place ambitious environmental taxes as part of its commitment to make polluters pay for their emissions and support investment into decarbonisation. The UK’s leading carbon pricing policy is the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The...