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	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to tackle climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	134136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s announcements at the Spending Review support the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution to help the UK achieve net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review commits to spend £12 billion of public investment, kickstarting our transition to net zero and boosting the UK’s global leadership on green infrastructure and technologies ahead of COP26 next year.</p><p> </p><p>The Ten Point Plan will support up to 250,000 highly-skilled green jobs in the UK, and spur over three times as much private sector investment by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The Government uses a range of levers to meet its environmental objectives. For example, the Chancellor has announced the UK government’s intention to issue its inaugural green gilt in 2021, subject to market conditions. The green gilt will help to finance projects that are critical to achieving the UK’s ambitious environmental and climate goals, particularly its commitment to Net Zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Treasury has launched the Net Zero Review to explore how the transition to a net zero economy will be funded, and where the costs will fall. The Review will look at options for a balance of contributions between households, businesses and the taxpayer, and how to maximise economic growth opportunities from the transition.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 12/01/2021 10:23:23 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1290246

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his response to the publication of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, published on 2 February 2021, what plans he has to use the UK’s (a) co-presidency of COP26 on climate change action and (b) presidency of the G7 to help ensure that the natural world is prioritised in the global agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	159271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the recent publication of the Dasgupta Review as a strong example of UK thought leadership on an important environmental issue with clear – but often overlooked – economic consequences. The Government will closely examine the Review’s findings - including those concerning measures of economic success. It will call on international partners, including through the UK’s Presidencies of the G7 and COP26, to do the same and will respond formally to the Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 February, the Chancellor co-hosted the first G7 meeting with the Governor of the Bank of England and called on the G7 to take the lead in shaping support for vulnerable countries in 2021. He stated that climate and nature considerations will be a central priority for this year’s Finance Agenda, paving the way to a truly green global economic recovery. The Chancellor urged his counterparts to match the UK’s ambitions ahead of COP26 and stressed the importance of working together to support a smooth and effective transition of our economies to net zero.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 159269 159270 159273 question first answered 08/03/2021 09:50:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1290249

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how he plans to integrate the findings of the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity into his plans for the COP26 on climate change relating to (a) the need for Governments to change their primary measures of economic success away from GDP and (b) other priority areas for action outlined in those findings.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	159273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the recent publication of the Dasgupta Review as a strong example of UK thought leadership on an important environmental issue with clear – but often overlooked – economic consequences. The Government will closely examine the Review’s findings - including those concerning measures of economic success. It will call on international partners, including through the UK’s Presidencies of the G7 and COP26, to do the same and will respond formally to the Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p>On 12 February, the Chancellor co-hosted the first G7 meeting with the Governor of the Bank of England and called on the G7 to take the lead in shaping support for vulnerable countries in 2021. He stated that climate and nature considerations will be a central priority for this year’s Finance Agenda, paving the way to a truly green global economic recovery. The Chancellor urged his counterparts to match the UK’s ambitions ahead of COP26 and stressed the importance of working together to support a smooth and effective transition of our economies to net zero.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 159269 159270 159271 question first answered 08/03/2021 09:50:57 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1488362

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to mitigate against climate change.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	34962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34964 34965 34967 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1488366

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take fiscal steps to support behaviour that mitigates against climate change.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	34965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to achieving its net zero emissions targets under the Climate Change Act. The Net Zero Strategy sets out the Government’s plans to meet these targets, including on empowering the public and business to make green choices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Budget and Spending Review 2021 confirmed that since March 2021 the Government has committed a total of £30bn of domestic investment for the green industrial revolution.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside investment in green infrastructure set out in Spending Review 2021, the Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with £22 billion of financial capacity to invest in infrastructure to help tackle climate change and to support regional and local economic growth across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the UK’s Third Climate Change Risk Assessment earlier this year, the Government is now developing the third National Adaptation Programme, to be laid in Parliament in 2023, which will address the risks facing the UK from climate change. This work is led by the Department for Environment, Food &amp; Rural Affairs in consultation with relevant departments, including HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak grouped question UIN 34962 34964 34967 question first answered 15/07/2022 11:21:59 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1168462

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, when the first meeting of the cross-Cabinet Committee on climate change will take place.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>I want us to become the cleanest, greenest society on earth, and inspire countries around the world to follow our lead, and to continue building on the excellent progress this government has made in tackling climate change and improving our environment. The Committee will bring together ministers responsible for domestic and international climate change policy, provide a forum to hold departments to account for their actions to combat climate change and oversee the UK’s preparations to host the UN’s major climate summit COP26, in November 2020. As has been the practice under successive Governments, information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees is not disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 07/01/2020 16:12:08 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1176344

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, when he plans to hold the first meeting of the Cabinet sub-committee on climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	12815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member the Member for Oxford East on 7 January 2020, UIN 224.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-12-19/224/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-12-19/224/</a></p> answering member constituency Uxbridge and South Ruislip answering member printed Boris Johnson question first answered 14/02/2020 12:34:50 answering member 1423 label Biography information for Boris Johnson
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1679104

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2023
	answering body	Prime Minister
	answering dept id	23
	answering dept short name	Prime Minister
	answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Prime Minister, on what occasions he has been briefed on climate science by the Chief Scientist in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	7546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 16 February 2022, Official Report, PQ 120718.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/01/2024 16:14:46 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1170741

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for devolved institutions to further their commitment to climate change action by creating a development finance institution similar to the CDC.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	3178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>DFID has made no assessment of the potential for devolved institutions to create their own development finance institution.</p><p>CDC is the UK’s development finance institution, wholly owned by the UK government. CDC’s mission is to support the growth of businesses in Africa and South Asia, to create jobs and make a lasting difference to people’s lives in some of the world’s poorest places. It does this work on behalf of the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/01/2020 17:06:23 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1279810

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to urge G7 countries (1) to spread awareness of, and (2) to increase technical assistance regarding, new ways of addressing climate change, including trade in environmental goods and investment in green technologies.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Sandwich
	uin	HL12553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>On 17 January, the Prime Minister launched the UK's G7 Presidency in 2021. We are in consultation with our G7 partners on plans for coordinating our objectives and work on climate change issues. We are committed to placing climate and nature at the heart of the multilateral agenda, and plan to mainstream climate and environmental policy across the G7. This will include supporting the transition to a low carbon economy through increased investment and cooperation in green technologies; as well as looking at ways to enhance and promote sustainable trade as we seek to join forces to protect the planet. The UK has itself taken an important first step towards more sustainable trade by lowering tariffs on environmental goods under the UK Global Tariff. The Foreign Secretary regularly speaks with G7 countries as part of his overall engagement on climate issues, including most recently Japan and the US.</p> answering member printed Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park question first answered 08/02/2021 17:37:00 answering member 4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
	tabling member	2109 label Biography information for The Earl of Sandwich