Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence the Department has that the inclusion of emissions at berth in the UK ETS will lead to emissions reductions in the absence of widespread shore power and alternative fuel availability.

The Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy sets the strategic direction to reduce all domestic maritime emissions, which includes all emissions at berth, and therefore it is important that these emissions are brought into the scope of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The key policies of the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, including the expansion of the UK ETS to cover maritime, alongside the investment of a further £448 million in maritime decarbonisation, will both drive investment and encourage the development of alternative fuels and shore power, increasing their availability. An analytical annex was published alongside the Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy, which sets out the evidence on emissions reductions across the sector.