Net zero and climate: this week in Parliament and GOV.UK

Week of Monday 26 October 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026. Updated automatically every Monday from Policy Radar's archive of official sources; next update Monday 9 November 2026.

This week at a glance

Debates, statements and motions

• First Minister's Question Time: Climate Action

  Scottish Parliament · Meeting of the Parliament · Thu 29 Oct · parliament.scot

• International Climate Justice

  Scottish Parliament, 2 items · Meeting of the Parliament · Tue 27 Oct · parliament.scot

• Consultation on carbon dioxide stunning of pigs

  Written statement, 2 items · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

Select committees

• Letter to the Chair from Matt Toombs, Director for International Net Zero - Climate Finance and Strategy, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, dated 26 October 2026

  Committee · International Agreements Committee · Thu 29 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• Climate adaptation and emergency response

  Committee evidence, 29 items · Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee · Tue 27 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

Written questions and answers

• Climate Security Taskforce

  3 written questions and answers · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Insurance: Climate Change

  3 written questions and answers · Treasury · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Climate Change

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to…

  2 written questions and answers · Treasury · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Turkey: Climate Change Convention

  Written answer · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland

  Written answer · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Railways: Climate Change Levy

  Written answer · Treasury · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Shipping: Carbon Emissions

  Written answer · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Tree Planting: Climate Change

  Written answer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Iron and Steel

  Written answer · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of public understanding of (a) climate risk, (b)…

  Written question · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

  Written answer · Treasury · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

And 31 more question topics this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

GOV.UK: consultations, news and publications

• Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): a consultation on sectoral scope expansion to include refinery products

  Consultation · HMT, HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Phasing out carbon dioxide stunning of pigs

  Consultation · Defra · Mon 26 Oct · gov.uk

• New plans to end carbon dioxide stunning of pigs to prevent suffering

  News · Defra · Mon 26 Oct · gov.uk

• Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund statistics

  Publication · DESNZ, BEIS · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund statistics: October 2026

  Publication · DESNZ · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Creating a carbon management plan for a transport project

  Publication · DfT · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Transport infrastructure carbon benchmarks

  Publication · DfT · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Climate Change Levy rates from 1 April 2028

  Publication · HMRC · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Greenhouse gas emissions, UK: provisional estimates, 2025

  Publication · ONS · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• VAT and Climate Change Levy on electric vehicle charging deemed not to be for domestic use public EV charging

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Climate Change Levy rates from 1 April 2028

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Revenue and Customs Brief 13 (2026): VAT and Climate Change Levy on electric vehicle charging for non-domestic use

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

And 3 more items this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

How this page is made

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