Written question asked by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Thursday, 17 October 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2019. It was answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank (Conservative) on Thursday, 31 October 2019 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Carbon Emissions
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their commitment to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050, made on 27 June, what plans they have to require that all new (1) policy, (2) legislation, and (3) regulations, are accompanied by impact assessments setting out their effect on carbon emissions.
- Answer
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The template government officials use when completing a regulatory impact assessment for government policy already requires that information is provided to answer the question “what is the CO2 equivalent change in greenhouse gas emissions” for the respective policy.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- HL177
- Session
- 2019-19
- Subjects
- Carbon emissions Impact assessments
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- 2019-12-11 16:32:47 +0000
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