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HANSARDTopical QuestionsTwo weeks ago, I chaired the G7 Climate and Environment Ministers track with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. At that meeting,…09 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are committed to getting the transition to net zero right for all consumers. We are committed to driving savings and making our homes better insulated with more…09 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the right hon. Gentleman knows, the UK is doubling its international climate finance commitment to support developing countries; I can tell him that that has been very much…09 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: the $100 billion is a totemic figure. We are doing everything we can to ensure that we are able to deliver it by COP26. I can assure…09 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMay I commend my hon. Friend for all the work that he is doing in Dudley on supporting the local economy and green jobs? As I set out earlier, I co-chaired the G7 climate and…09 Jun 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) raised this issue with me, and I have set out the position on overseas aid. In terms of our schools, we are engaging,…09 Jun 2021HANSARDGreen Investment and Public TransportI have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues about decarbonisation. My right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary is putting a green recovery for transport at the centre of…14 Apr 2021HANSARDGreen Investment and Public TransportI say to the hon. Lady that the role of the COP presidency is to ensure that we are working with all 197 parties to ensure that we are making progress on keeping the 1.5° C limit…14 Apr 2021HANSARDGreen Investment and Public TransportI will ensure that the hon. Lady’s specific point is taken up with my right hon. Friend the Transport Secretary. She will know that, last month, the Transport Secretary launched a…14 Apr 2021HANSARDVirtual Participation in COP26The hon. Gentleman, again, raises an important point. He will have seen the letter I wrote to UNFCCC members on the progress we want to make over the coming months. COP26 has…14 Apr 2021HANSARDBusiness ConsultationI commend both my hon. Friend and the leader of Derbyshire County Council, Barry Lewis, for championing this excellent initiative. This is precisely the type of scheme we want to…14 Apr 2021HANSARDBusiness ConsultationI have engaged with hundreds of global and UK businesses through a combination of speaking at high-profiles events and bilateral meetings, and my COP26 business leaders advisory…14 Apr 2021HANSARDCivil Society and Youth Groups: ConsultationI want COP26 to be the most inclusive ever. The voices of young people are vital to this process. That is why I have set up an international COP26 Civil Society and Youth Advisory…14 Apr 2021HANSARDHighest-Emitting Countries: Policy ObjectivesMy hon. Friend is a consistent and strong champion of both the nuclear sector and the Wylfa site in her constituency, and I commend her zeal. As I have said to her previously,…14 Apr 2021HANSARDCivil Society and Youth Groups: ConsultationI thank my hon. Friend for the work that she does to promote climate action. I would be very happy to hear from young people and youth groups in her constituency. We will be…14 Apr 2021HANSARDCivil Society and Youth Groups: ConsultationI thank my hon. Friend for championing the views of young people in his constituency. I pay tribute to the pupils of John Blandy and GEMS Didcot primary schools for their…14 Apr 2021HANSARDHighest-Emitting Countries: Policy ObjectivesI have so far engaged with Ministers and negotiators from more than 80 countries and briefed all parties to the UN on a number of occasions. This, of course, includes discussions…14 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman himself is obviously a very good dancer and therefore unlikely to take part in dad dancing; we should try it together at some point. Of course every…14 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman knows that we agree on many of these issues on tackling climate change, but when it comes to Government money, we have also ensured that we leverage in…14 Apr 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI refer the right hon. Gentleman to the 10-point plan, which sets out clearly the progress that we want to make on decarbonising buildings and homes, and heat pumps will of course…14 Apr 2021