Consultation on Carbon Tax
22nd July 2020
SI 2020/791
27th July 2020

July news letter

In our July news letter we report on new legislation controlling pollution from merchant shipping. We cover amendments to legislation on energy, environmental protection, food, health and safety and planning. We note that the Public Bill Committee is scheduled to report its deliberations on the Environment Bill 2019-21 by Tuesday 29 September. There are two consultations; The Department of Transport on plans for a CO2 emissions regulatory schemes and HM Treasury on a carbon emissions tax.