Minister questioned on carbon pricing and Brexit

• Letter from Lord Teverson to Rt Hon Claire Perry MP
• Inquiry: Post-Brexit carbon pricing
• Parliament TV: Post-Brexit carbon pricing
• EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee

On 27 February, Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, the Rt Hon Claire Perry MP, attended a meeting of the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, accompanied by Robert Jenrick MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. The aim of the session was to discuss the Government's plan for replacing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) after Brexit, to help ensure the UK continues to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

The Committee has now written to the Minister, asking for further detail and clarification. The letter addresses both a ‘deal' scenario, in which the UK establishes a domestic ETS and seeks to link it to the EU ETS, and a ‘no deal' scenario, in which the Government intends to implement a Carbon Emissions Tax. Some of the questions it asks are:

• Whether the EU-Switzerland linking arrangements are a good model for the UK
• Whether the UK would stay part of the EU ETS if the transition period extends past 2020
• How the rate of the Carbon Emissions Tax would be set
• What the Tax would mean for the Single Electricity Market on the island of Ireland and the UK's carbon budgets.

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