Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of effect of the fifth carbon budget on progress towards net zero emissions.

Our existing carbon budgets are amongst the most ambitious targets in the world. We have met our first two carbon budgets and our latest emissions projections show that we are on track to meet the third. However, we recognise the need for further action to meet the fourth and fifth carbon budgets.

2020 will be a Year of Climate Action, and we will bring forward ambitious new plans throughout the year to reduce emissions across key sectors of the economy – including an Energy White Paper and Transport Decarbonisation Plan.

The Committee on Climate Change will advise on the level of the sixth carbon budget in September this year.