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Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Friday, 2 September 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 September 2022. It was answered by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Coal Authority: Climate Change

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2022 to Question 39801 on Coal Authority, and with reference to Climate Change Committee’s Sixth Carbon Budget, published in December 2020, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of revising the duties of the Coal Authority in respect of licensing metallurgical coal developments to (a) support the transition green steel and (b) deliver on commitments in the Climate Change Act 2008.

Answer

The Government has published an Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy setting out a technology-neutral approach that does not rule out the use of coking coal in an integrated steel making process together with carbon capture as a net zero compliant option going forward, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industrial-decarbonisation-strategy The strategy notes that coking coal is currently essential for primary steel manufacturing using the basic oxygen furnace route.

The Government keeps the Coal Authority’s duties under review. There are currently no plans to revise its duties with respect to licensing coal extraction.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
45763
Session
2022-23
Related items
Coal Authority
Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Climate change Coal Authority
Link
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