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Shipping: UK Emissions Trading Scheme

Commons · Question 113910 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 2 Mar 2026

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Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2026 to Question 110104 on the Emissions Trading Scheme, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing in the expansion of the Emissions Trading Sch

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 2 Mar 2026

The Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy (MDS), published in 2025, sets out how we will decarbonise UK maritime transport, including through the inclusion of domestic maritime sector in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from July this year. Given the lon...