Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 18 June 2021 to Question 13025 on Nitrogen Trifluoride, for what reason his Department has not brought forward legislation to amend the definition of greenhouse gases in the Climate Change Act 2008 to include nitrogen trifluoride; and what the revised timetable is for doing so.

Legislation will be introduced to Parliament as soon as parliamentary time allows. The Government has completed its statutory requirements under sections 24 and 25 of the Climate Change Act 2008 to consult national authorities and obtain the advice of the Climate Change Committee. The Climate Change Committee has published its advice online at https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/letter-inclusion-of-nitrogen-trifluoride-nf3-as-a-targeted-greenhouse-gas/.