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Chamber and committees

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [Draft]

Meeting date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026


Contents


Corrections

Gillian Martin has identified errors in her contribution and provided the following corrections.

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy (Gillian Martin)

When it comes to their competitors outwith the UK, the new mechanism that the UK is bringing in—the CBAM—will be phased in as the free allocations drop, which will effectively protect businesses from competition from imports that come from countries that do not have the same emissions trading function or procedure that we have in the UK.

When it comes to their competitors outwith the UK, free allocations will gradually drop from when the new mechanism that the UK is bringing in—the CBAM—is implemented, which will effectively protect businesses from competition from imports that come from countries that do not have the same emissions trading function or procedure that we have in the UK.

Obviously, the ETS and the CBAM are UK Government measures, although the four nations are kept in the loop by the UK Government on the direction of travel.

Obviously, the CBAM is a UK Government measure, although the four nations are kept in the loop by the UK Government on the direction of travel.