Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made in setting up a mirror system that is linked to the EU Emissions Trading System.
The Political Declaration sets out that the UK and the EU have agreed to consider cooperating on carbon pricing through linking a UK national greenhouse gas emissions trading system with the EU Emissions Trading System. The details of these arrangements will be a matter for the next phase of the negotiations. The Government will consult in due course on carbon pricing, including options to implement such a linked emissions trading system.