Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report Powering up Britain, published on the 30 March 2023, whether he plans to introduce a Net Zero mandate.

In 2019 the Government amended the Climate Change Act legally to mandate the UK to achieve net zero by 2050. The Government has met every Carbon Budget target to date and the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan, published as part of Powering Up Britain, provides details on the package of proposals and policies which will enable the UK to meet Carbon Budgets 4, 5 and 6, up to 2037.