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Committee Material Published 24 Oct 2025 ↗ View on Parliament

The Government should ensure that the aviation sector pays its fair share towards mitigating its carbon emissions and the benefits it receives in comparison to other sectors. Aviation should be included in Emissions Trading Schemes and the government should include the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels within the ETS. (Recommendation, Paragraph 112)

The Government should ensure that the aviation sector pays its fair share towards mitigating its carbon emissions and the benefits it receives in comparison to other sectors. Aviation should be included in Emissions Trading Schemes and the government should include the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels within the ETS. (Recommendation, Paragraph 112) Type: recommendation | Number: 25 | Response status: accepted Government response: The Government is driving cost-effective decarbonisation of the aviation sector through carbon pricing schemes, including the UK ETS and CORSIA. These schemes are aligned with the ‘polluter pays’ principle, whilst giving businesses the flexibility to decide how to decarbonise cost-effectively, incen