Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report by the Climate Change Committee entitled 2023 Progress Report to Parliament, published on 28 June 2023, if he will accept the Committee's recommendation to make an assessment of the impact of (a) current and (b) planned future road building projects on the Government's environmental targets; and if he will make a statement.

The Government is considering the views of the Climate Change Committee and will respond in the Autumn.

With regards to road building and environmental targets, the Government has a clear plan to reach net zero, as set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan. In this plan, the Government set out its approach to decarbonising cars and vans through the introduction of a world leading zero emission vehicle mandate. Alongside this, the Government has already spent more than £2 billion in supporting the switch to zero emission vehicles through delivering infrastructure and grants to reduce the upfront cost of these vehicles.

The Government remains committed to continuing its road investment strategy in a way that is consistent with the UK’s environmental targets.