Environment Protection: Coronavirus

(asked on 9th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2020 to Question 57169 on Economic Situation: Coronavirus, whether the Government's assessments of the impacts of potential interventions against their contribution to environmental goals, including climate change and air quality targets will be published; and whether any of those assessments have taken place.


Answered by
Kemi Badenoch Portrait
Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 17th July 2020

The Coronavirus is the biggest threat this country has faced in decades. Alongside the focus on supporting the economy, the Government continues to take its environmental responsibilities very seriously.

We assess the impacts of potential interventions against their contribution to our environmental goals, including our climate change and air quality targets.

Companies receiving support as a Last Resort Business Intervention will need to agree to appropriate conditions, including on climate where we expect companies to commit to ambitious conditions on Net Zero targets. The first company to receive any such support committed to ambitious conditions on climate change and Net Zero targets.

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