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Carbon Budgets

Asked by Fabian HamiltonLabourDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 19 May 2025UIN 51108

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to include costed policies to meet the (a) fourth, (b) fifth and (c) sixth carbon budget as part of the forthcoming climate action plan.

Answered by Kerry McCarthy

Under the Climate Change Act 2008, this plan must set out this government’s package of policies and proposals needed to deliver carbon budgets 4-6. By October 2025 we will deliver an updated plan out to the end of carbon budget 6 in 2037.

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