PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(27 November 2024)

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing advertising restrictions on high carbon emission products (a) on television and (b) online.

Asked by:
Dr Simon Opher (Labour)

The Government is committed to reducing emissions from high carbon products and will continue to bring forward proposals to do so.

The Committees of Advertising Practice and Advertising Standards Authority regulate the content and targeting of advertising in the UK, both on television and online, and the advertising codes include rules on environmental claims. The ASA system operates independently of the Government.

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