Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that British steel is not undercut by high-emission imports.

As set out in the steel strategy, the government is committed to creating a fair and competitive market for UK steel by addressing carbon leakage.

The Government will introduce the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from January 2027. The UK CBAM is an environmental measure designed to tackle the risk of carbon leakage by ensuring that some of the most emissions intensive industrial goods imported to the UK face a comparable carbon price to what is paid domestically.

UK CBAM is led by HM Treasury, and the Department for Business and Trade are engaging with them on this measure.