Question reference: S6W-25967
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 4 March 2024
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Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 March 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what work it or its agencies have done on modelling for a tax based on carbon emissions on landholdings in Scotland, and whether it will make the outcomes of any such work publicly available.
Answer
At the 2024-25 Scottish Budget, the Scottish Government announced that it will work with our partners in COSLA and local government, and other stakeholders, during 2024-25 to examine how further policy measures – regulatory and fiscal – can support existing policies and interventions to improve a wide range of land management outcomes, including the restoration of peatlands and the creation of more woodlands. This will also include consideration of a proposal for a Carbon Emissions Land Tax, as has been suggested by the John Muir Trust.
The Scottish Government will provide an update on its progress against this commitment before the end of the 2024-25 financial year.