Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 26
26
Accepted
Conduct wider review of aviation taxation to ensure 'polluter pays' principle is upheld.
Recommendation
Government should also conduct a wider review of aviation taxation to ensure that the ‘polluter pays’ principle is upheld, and the aviation industry does not receive benefits which are denied to other important industries. The aviation industry will then be incentivised to decrease emissions. (Recommendation, Paragraph 113)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government stated that Air Passenger Duty and carbon markets like the UK ETS and CORSIA already incorporate the ‘polluter pays’ principle and drive decarbonisation, without committing to a wider review of aviation taxation.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted
As noted in response to recommendation 11, the Government uses carbon markets, such as the UK ETS and CORSIA, to drive decarbonisation of the aviation sector. By pricing CO2 emissions, market-based measures can drive cost-effective and technology-agnostic emissions reductions, making operational efficiencies, sustainable aviation fuel and zero emission flight more economically attractive. They also implement the ‘polluter pays’ principle – that those who engage in activity that has an environmental impact should bear the cost of that impact.
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