Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 4
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Acknowledged
The Government should consider additional measures that offer an opportunity to provide resilience and headroom...
Recommendation
The Government should consider additional measures that offer an opportunity to provide resilience and headroom against delivery risk, without damaging public consent for the measures. (Recommendation, Paragraph 33)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states that the elements of the recommendation, including contingency planning and policy instruments, will be "considered carefully" as it develops the delivery plan for the seventh carbon budget. It also notes that many of these are already under consideration and delivery risks are regularly reviewed.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government · verbatim extract
Acknowledged
Alongside the draft Seventh Carbon Budget Order, the Government should publish draft sector delivery plans setting out how each sector is expected to contribute to delivery of the budget. These plans should: Set out the policy instruments that will be used and when they will take effect; Identify the funding routes, including the balance between public support and private investment;
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