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HANSARDClimate ChangeI thank my hon. Friend, who has raised this issue on many occasions in this House, and who is a friend of mine from across our great city. It is really important that we work at…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: International DiscussionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend on his work before he came to this place; he was an international leader on this matter. This Government have put Britain back into leadership on…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: International DiscussionsI agree with my hon. Friend’s comments on public support. Ultimately, pretty much everybody in this House cares about the people and places that we love. This issue comes up time…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: International DiscussionsMy understanding is that the Peak Cluster needs to develop the project itself; it is not a Government-backed project. This Government have made more progress on carbon capture and…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: Resilience PlanningThe Secretary of State will publish an energy resilience strategy later this year. Last week, alongside the Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, I launched a…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: Resilience PlanningAs I am the one answering the hon. Member’s question, I cannot comment on those decisions. The OBR has put forward various reports to look at the impacts of climate change on our…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: Resilience PlanningI thank my hon. Friend for her contributions on climate change in the debate last week on carbon budget 7. The recent heatwave showed us for the first time the implications that…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: Resilience PlanningI can.07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate Change: Resilience PlanningI thank my hon. Friend, who contributes to many of these debates. We want to ensure that we have a system that supports reductions in emissions, while also maintaining supply. I…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate ChangeI would like to highlight three things that this Government have done to tackle climate change. First, we have brought forward carbon budget 7. I pay tribute to many Members of…07 Jul 2026HANSARDClimate ChangeI will absolutely congratulate Winchester city council on leading on this. Councils play a hugely important role, and I am looking forward to meeting many of them to discuss this…07 Jul 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend—another fantastic speaker in the carbon budget debate the week before last—and Ranelagh school students for presenting their ideas. They are not alone; this…07 Jul 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeThe right hon. Lady used the Committee on Climate Change to discredit some of the figures and questioned food bills, but she knows that bills have already gone up by £361 as a…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI will keep going for a bit if that is okay. This is a market solution to a generational challenge, providing certainty about the destination while allowing competition,…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI beg to move, That the draft Carbon Budget Order 2026, which was laid before this House on 2 June, be approved.24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeThis week has been like no other. At this very moment, people across our country are experiencing another reminder of the world we now live in. If anyone in this Chamber still…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI will make some progress. Postponing difficult decisions has never been how our country has met its greatest challenges. We have always been strongest when we have looked beyond…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeI will keep going. In determining the level of the seventh carbon budget, we assessed different pathways for Britain’s future. What the analysis showed was remarkably clear:…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeNo, I will make some progress. Those benefits include greater protection from flooding, cleaner rivers and greater biodiversity. But this is not simply about what we avoid; it is…24 Jun 2026HANSARD Climate ChangeLet me just finish. Back then, it often felt like a cause that sat at the margins of politics, rather than at its centre. Progress felt slow; success felt uncertain. If someone…24 Jun 2026