Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to set out a timetable for the introduction of strict limit values on embodied carbon emissions for all building developments.

Considering embodied carbon of buildings is an important aspect of net zero. Progress is being made on tackling the operational carbon emissions, which will continue with the Future Homes and Buildings Standards. We have committed to consulting this year on our approach to the issue of embodied carbon.