Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change to the Welsh Minister for Climate Change, dated 7 January 2022, when his Department plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Coal Authority’s statutory duty to promote an economically viable coal industry, as set out in the Coal Industry Act 1994.
The Government is considering how best to ensure a future coal mine licensing regime is compatible with the country’s broader Net Zero and climate change goals. This may include changes to current legislative arrangements to meet those ambitions.