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HANSARDEnergy Planning ProjectThis statement concerns an application made by Orsted Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited under the Planning Act 2008 for development consent for the construction and operation of…08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsThank you very much, Mr Gray. I have to say that this has been an excellent debate, and I sincerely commend my hon. Friend the Member for Truro and Falmouth (Sarah Newton) for…08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsThe hon. Gentleman will recognise that the target has changed. The Climate Change Act 2008 set an 80% reduction, but this year we have set a net zero carbon target. There is…08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsI am not going to give way any more; I have to sum up. It is absolutely right that we should debate these subjects. There has been considerable progress with a bipartisan…08 Oct 2019HANSARDGovernment Plan for Net Zero EmissionsFirst, we need to get other countries to sign up to the net zero carbon target. They have not done that. This is one thing that will absolutely be at the top of our agenda at COP…08 Oct 2019HANSARDEnergy CouncilThe UK did not attend the EU Energy Council in Brussels on 24 September 2019. The UK Government have decided that from 1 September until exit day, UK Ministers and officials will…08 Oct 2019HANSARDEU Environment CouncilMy noble Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, the Minister for Climate Change (Lord Duncan of Springbank) has today made the following statement: The next EU…03 Oct 2019HANSARDSecurity Co-operationOf course, I have always championed the deal and the right hon. Gentleman has voted against the deal three times. In the case of no deal, we will absolutely co-operate with our EU…27 Jun 2019HANSARDSecurity Co-operationI assure my hon. Friend that that is absolutely the case. We have a long history of co-operating with our partners in Europe and are working closely with many of our EU partners…27 Jun 2019HANSARDSecurity Co-operationI assure the House that we continue regularly to meet our counterparts from across the EU and its member states on a number of issues, including our security relationship after…27 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat I endeavoured to suggest was that the Government would continue to support those industries. We cannot guarantee a specific payment, as the right hon. Gentleman suggests, but…27 Jun 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his record of championing the aerospace industry in his constituency; he is a fine advocate of its interests. Working together through the…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCustoms Union: British Ceramics ConfederationMinisters continue to carry out extensive engagement on EU exit across all sectors of the economy, including with the British Ceramics Confederation, in meetings that in many…27 Jun 2019HANSARDSecurity Co-operationWe are absolutely mindful of the risk that the hon. Gentleman describes. He knows that the Government are fully committed to ensuring that the dark days of the 1970s do not return…27 Jun 2019HANSARDNo Deal: AgricultureWe have already made a commitment in this House to support our agricultural industries and our farmers under any circumstances, whether that is a deal or no deal. We have an…27 Jun 2019HANSARDNo Deal: AgricultureWe have had a deal, which the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends and colleagues rejected three times. It makes absolutely no sense for them to complain about the prospect of no…27 Jun 2019HANSARDNo Deal: AgricultureWe continue to have regular conversations with ministerial colleagues across the Government on all aspects of exiting the EU. To provide certainty to farmers and landowners, the…27 Jun 2019HANSARDNo Deal: AgricultureWe have made a lot of progress on trying to replace a lot of the EU’s funds and the regional way in which they allocate money. We have the UK shared prosperity fund, details of…27 Jun 2019HANSARDSecurity Co-operationI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s questions, as always, but I would like to point out that he has wrenched my comments completely out of context, and they were made not yesterday…27 Jun 2019HANSARDCustoms Union: British Ceramics ConfederationI am pleased to note that the hon. Gentleman has belatedly come around to the merits of a deal. I hope that we can get a deal and leave in an orderly way. I am always happy to…27 Jun 2019