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Carbon Budget Delivery Plan
12 November 2025
Lead MP
Abtisam Mohamed
Sheffield Central
Lab
Responding Minister
Chris McDonald
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EmploymentClimate
Word Count: 9991
Other Contributors: 11
At a Glance
Abtisam Mohamed raised concerns about carbon budget delivery plan in Westminster Hall. A government minister responded.
Key Requests to Government:
Abtisam Mohamed calls on the Government to publish and implement an ambitious warm homes plan, reduce policy costs from electricity bills, and address the uncertainty surrounding green levies. She also questions the approval of the Rosebank oilfield extraction project and its impact on climate change and energy security.
How the Debate Unfolded
MPs spoke in turn to share their views and ask questions. Here's what each person said:
Lead Contributor
The debate highlights the urgent need for bold action to address climate change, citing warnings from the World Meteorological Organisation and the Climate Change Committee. It mentions that Sheffield will continue to be the only major UK city without electrified rail, despite growing demands for faster decarbonisation. The cost of energy remains a significant worry for people in Sheffield Central, with many families struggling to make ends meet due to rising bills.
Barry Gardiner
Lab
Lambeth and Southwark
The carbon budgets we set represent a threshold we should not breach, not a target to aim for. The Government’s new plan lacks credible policies to meet its obligations under the Climate Change Act. Asked whether the policy costs mentioned by the shadow Minister are regressive taxes.
Ellie Chowns
Green
North Herefordshire
Expressed disappointment in the Secretary of State's absence and highlighted the need for more ambitious climate action. She advocated for minimising embodied carbon, maximising on-site energy generation, and ensuring new homes are built to high standards.
Roz Savage
LD
South Cotswolds
Welcomes the publication of the carbon budget delivery plan but is concerned about the scaling back of targets for tree planting and peat restoration. She also mentions a heavy reliance on speculative technology such as carbon capture and storage.
West Dorset
Acknowledged progress made but called for immediate action on a 10-year emergency home upgrade programme and free insulation for low-income households to accelerate growth in the green economy.
Greg Smith
Con
Mid Buckinghamshire
The carbon budget delivery plan ignores affordability and reality, focusing on net zero targets regardless of costs to hard-working taxpayers. It fails to deliver the promised £300 reduction in household energy bills.
Jim Shannon
DUP
Strangford
Emphasised the need to ensure that meeting carbon budget targets is financially viable for struggling families in constituencies across the UK.
John Milne
LD
Horsham
Asked if the expansion of Heathrow, Luton, and Gatwick airports suggests that the Government is serious about meeting their carbon budget.
Honiton and Sidmouth
Asked Abtisam Mohamed about the Government's potential to address policy costs in electricity bills through the Budget.
Wolverhampton North East
Linked the national carbon budget delivery plan with Wolverhampton’s green innovation corridor, which aims to create over 1,000 skilled roles including apprenticeships and retraining opportunities.
Susan Murray
LD
Mid Dunbartonshire
The hon. Member discusses the need to fully exploit Britain's capacity for green energy production through wind, tidal, and solar power by taking advantage of domestic manufacturing opportunities, upgrading the grid, and supporting community energy projects.
Tom Hayes
Lab
Bournemouth East
Welcomes the progress towards a cleaner, fairer and more secure Britain with the introduction of the carbon budget delivery plan. He also highlights the benefits for the UK economy from increasing ambition in clean energy.
Government Response
Chris McDonald
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Government Response
Emphasised that the Government’s approach to transition is about incentives rather than punishments. Highlighted the economic benefits of net zero, including job creation and consumer cost reductions. Reiterated the focus on multilateralism at COP and the importance of clean energy for national security.
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