United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 59940
Clean Energy: Taxation
Introduced
20 October 2021
Last action
25 October 2021 · Answer
Status
Answered
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Subjects
Energy, Taxation
Source updated
25 October 2021
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to use the UK tax system to accelerate the transition to clean energy in response to the European Commission's 2019 finding that the UK had the biggest fossil fuel subsidies in the EU.
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20 October 2021
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to use the UK tax system to accelerate the transition to clean energy in response to the European Commission's 2019 finding that the UK had the biggest fossil fuel subsidies in the EU.
Source: Commons
25 October 2021
Answer
This Government is committed to net zero and takes its legally binding climate commitments very seriously. Carbon pricing (including through tax) is one of the most efficient tools for promoting decarbonisation and already plays a key role in helping the ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-10-20/59940
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1361868
- uk · wq-1361868 · source updated 25 October 2021