Fossil Fuels: Subsidies

(asked on 17th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the UK is taking in multilateral and plurilateral forums to eliminate harmful fossil fuel subsidies; and whether she plans to apply for the UK to participate in the initiative towards an Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability as a means of promoting that goal.


Answered by
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Ranil Jayawardena
This question was answered on 20th May 2021

The United Kingdom has been a longstanding supporter of multilateral efforts to promote fossil fuel subsidy reform (FFSR) since these were first proposed in 2009.

In December 2020, the United Kingdom announced her endorsement to support for the “Statement on Global Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform” of the Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform group led by New Zealand, aiming to build political consensus on the importance of fossil fuel subsidy reform.

The United Kingdom will continue her efforts to progress FFSR, including through trade policy, and is considering options for how best to do so.

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