Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities written question – answered at on 21 February 2024.
Kerry McCarthy
Shadow Minister (Climate Change and Net Zero)
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Net Zero Strategy, last updated on 5 October 2022, what recent progress he has made on his assessment of a maximum level for embodied carbon in new buildings; and when he plans to consult on proposals to reduce those levels.
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The 2021 Net Zero Strategy set out Government’s ambition to help the construction sector improve reporting on embodied carbon in buildings and confirmed we are exploring maximum embodied carbon levels in new buildings in the future.
Government intends to seek views on possible approaches to the measurement and reduction of embodied carbon in due course.
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