Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the recommendation on page 22 of the Committee on Climate Change's 2020 Progress Report to Parliament, published in June 2020, whether he plans to formally include international aviation and shipping emissions within UK climate targets when setting the sixth carbon budget.

Emissions from these sectors are a global problem requiring a global solution, and it is vital that we find an answer that reduces emissions globally - rather than simply displacing emissions elsewhere across the world.

The UK will continue to lead the way to secure a solution that reflects the truly international nature of these sectors, and we are minded to include the targets in legislation subject to future progress in the International Maritime Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization.

Last year, the UK became the first major economy to pass laws to require the UK to bring its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.