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HANSARDNet Zero Transition: Rural EconomiesIf rural communities are to benefit from the clean energy transition, it is important that they play a role in hoping to host the infrastructure. When the Great British Energy…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is the subject of ongoing discussions between our Department and, in particular, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: we want to ensure that we are not giving…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government’s licence exemption schemes already allow small-scale suppliers, including many community energy groups, to come to market to supply local customers. The Secretary…10 Jun 2025HANSARDUN Climate Change Conference 2025My hon. Friend is right. Other countries are looking to us. The conference last week was a good example of us being back in the business of global leadership. Whether it is…29 Apr 2025HANSARDUN Climate Change Conference 2025We are working closely with the Brazilian presidency to support a high-ambition outcome at COP30 in Belém which reflects the scale of the challenge and our shared 1.5° goal. That…29 Apr 2025HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipI am glad to hear that the children at SS Peter and Paul primary school are taking such an interest in this issue. I can assure them that we are doing all we can to make Britain a…29 Apr 2025HANSARDUN Climate Change Conference 2025I would dispute that it is threatening the environment, but we will be looking at the wider issue the right hon. Gentleman raises through the solar industry taskforce.29 Apr 2025HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipInternational leadership on climate change is critical for this Government, which is why we announced a world-leading nationally determined contribution at COP29 and were at the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipI welcome my hon. Friend’s support for the Government’s climate leadership. We are doing all we can to mobilise climate financing in support of the new collective goal agreed at…29 Apr 2025HANSARDUN Climate Change Conference 2025That is absolutely the case. It was heartening to see so many countries and so many representatives from business come together at the conference last week. We are showing global…29 Apr 2025HANSARDUN Climate Change Conference 2025First of all, I am sure the whole House will want to send support to Spain and Portugal following the incidents yesterday. There were no effects in the UK, but we will continue to…29 Apr 2025HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipI cannot pre-empt what is in the report. We will wait for it to come out, and then respond in due course. On local leadership, the hon. Lady and I share a local authority, and I…29 Apr 2025HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipMy right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, assures me that the deal was not signed. He will keep the House informed as and when it is appropriate to do so.29 Apr 2025HANSARDClimate Change: International LeadershipAs I understand it, the solar road map has not yet been published, so watch this space. I have been having conversations in the past couple of weeks with international…29 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is a real champion for his constituency, and for the benefits that the development of fusion will bring. We continue to invest and to have discussions with…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCOP29I thank my hon. Friend for her continued interest in this issue. Despite significant challenges, COP29 agreed a new climate finance goal and finalised guidance on international…18 Mar 2025HANSARDCOP29My hon. Friend is right: we earn the credibility that enables us to show international leadership by delivering at home. In due course we will publish a cross-economy plan for…18 Mar 2025HANSARDCOP29It is always a pleasure to answer questions from the hon. Member. We remain committed to international climate finance, and to the new climate finance goal agreed at COP29. The…18 Mar 2025HANSARD Renewables Obligation Certificate SchemeI should have known the hon. Gentleman would be on top of things and would be aware of the Minister for Energy’s visit, but it is important that we have that continual dialogue…05 Mar 2025HANSARD Renewables Obligation Certificate SchemeIt is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Dr Murrison, as always. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South West Norfolk (Terry Jermy) for securing this important debate. I…05 Mar 2025