Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonisation, published on 30 March 2023.

The consultation ‘Addressing carbon leakage risk to support decarbonisation’ closed on 22 June 2023, and received significant interest and a large number of responses. The consultation sought views and evidence from a broad range of stakeholders on the best possible mix of policies to manage carbon leakage risk in a fair and transparent way.

The Government will consider the responses to the range of complex policy issues within the consultation and issue its response as soon as possible.