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Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 4 June 2026UIN 4263

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, whether other arm’s-length bodies in her Department have adopted the 2050 target.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Net Zero target in the Climate Change Act 2008, is a target for the whole of the UK, not individual departments or arms-length bodies.

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