United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 90854
Fossil Fuels: Taxation
Introduced
10 December 2021
Last action
17 December 2021 · Answer
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Answered
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Taxation
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17 December 2021
Summary
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to conduct an assessment of (a) the UK’s support for fossil fuels through the tax system and (b) the compatibility of that support with the Glasgow Climate Pact.
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10 December 2021
Written question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to conduct an assessment of (a) the UK’s support for fossil fuels through the tax system and (b) the compatibility of that support with the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Source: Commons
17 December 2021
Answer
The UK does not give any subsidies to fossil fuels, and follows the approach of the International Energy Agency, which defines fossil fuel subsidies as measures that reduce the effective price of fossil fuels below world market prices. The International E...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-12-10/90854
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1387017
- uk · wq-1387017 · source updated 17 December 2021