Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Communiqué: 21 February 2024
Updated 2 May 2024
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The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 21 February 2024. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS (Welsh Government).
1. Attendees
The attending Ministers were as follows.
1.1 From the UK Government
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance), Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Lord Davies of Gower
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Gareth Davies MP
1.2 From the Scottish Government
Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy, Màiri McAllan MSP
1.3 From the Welsh Government
Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS
1.4 From the Northern Ireland Executive
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir MLA
Minister for the Economy, Conor Murphy MLA
2. What was discussed
The Interministerial Group discussed the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, specifically the UK ETS Authority’s plans set out in July 2023 for expansion of the scope of the scheme to additional sectors of the economy.