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Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Commons · Question 9907 · Tabled 15 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the economic potential of the greenhouse gas removal sector.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 23 Jun 2026

The National Infrastructure Commission highlighted that GGRs could become “a major new infrastructure sector for the UK” worth billions of pounds per year by 2050. The Government intends to capitalise on this opportunity and seize the economic benefits of...