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HANSARD COP30My hon. Friend speaks incredibly well about this issue, and it is worth pausing and recognising what she has said. Since I have been involved in this issue, all the way back to…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30I could not disagree more with the hon. Lady. Honestly, this is a really important point: either we engage in international action on the global stage or we do not. We are 1% of…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30I definitely disagree with the last part of the right hon. Lady’s question, because net zero is actually the greatest economic opportunity that we have, which is why we are going…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30That would be telling. Those are the discussions that we need to have with colleagues across government, including in the Treasury, as we look at the ICF programme and others in…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30I have huge respect for the right hon. Gentleman and his work under the previous Government on a whole range of development and climate issues, and I thank him for his question. I…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30On the second point, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Walthamstow (Ms Creasy). On the first point, I think she is being a little…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30My hon. Friend makes a really important point, and I will concentrate on the first bit of her question. This is very much about the just transition. Seventy thousand jobs were…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30I just do not agree with the right hon. Gentleman—he and I have been having this disagreement for 20 years. I will concentrate on his first question. The truth is—I say this to…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30That is a good point to end on. I congratulate the students at Ashlawn school for their interest. With the greatest of respect to all Members of this House, the young people at…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30My hon. Friend is entirely right about that. With the UK at 1% of global emissions, as I said in my statement, engaging with the world is incredibly important. There is huge…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30On that question, I refer to the answer I gave a few minutes ago. My hon. Friend made a really important wider point. All hon. Members should ask this: when people look back in 10…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30First, I thank my hon. Friend, who is the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, and my hon. Friend the Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson), the Chair of the Energy…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30I agreed with much—not all—of what the hon. Lady said. On her overall point about the fact that we have so many countries driving forward with action, she is absolutely right. On…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30My hon. Friend asks a good and important question about keeping climate change on the agenda all year round. This is partly about international negotiations, but it is as much…25 Nov 2025HANSARD COP30My hon. Friend has enormous expertise on these issues, which he showed with his question. BOGA, as it is known, has played a really important role in assembling this coalition of…25 Nov 2025HANSARDUK COP30 PrioritiesBritain is going to COP30 to fight for our national interest and protect our way of life by working with other countries. In the UK, we have put clean energy at the heart of our…04 Nov 2025HANSARDClean Energy and Climate Action PlansToday, I am making a statement on the Government’s approach to meeting our carbon budgets, and the benefits this brings to the British public and industry—delivering growth,…29 Oct 2025HANSARDNet Zero: Evidence-based PolicyThis Government’s approach is founded on the bedrock of the best scientific evidence, which, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says that net zero by 2050…14 Oct 2025HANSARDNet Zero: Evidence-based PolicyMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Unfortunately, the Climate Change Act 2008 is now an issue that divides this House. I think Rain Newton-Smith, the director general of the CBI,…14 Oct 2025HANSARDNet Zero: Evidence-based PolicyI will give the hon. Gentleman the answer I gave him last time. Action by the UK makes a difference here. Of course, we are 1% of global emissions, but our action means that other…14 Oct 2025