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Transport: Isle of Wight

Commons · Question 380 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 20 May 2026

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Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime, (b) rising fuel prices and (c) other increased transport costs on tourism to the Isle o

Answer

Answered by Keir Mather, 20 May 2026

As set out in the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, emissions pricing is a vital policy to decarbonise the sector, and the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to domestic maritime was assessed on a scheme wide basis. The Impact Assessment ...