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Esther McVey's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Esther McVey

• 04 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Putting Miliband & power together was always a bad idea. Yet Starmer has made this man the Minister for Power. A man so obsessed with net zero, he is prepared to risk blackouts and bankrupting the country to pursue his ideological student politics. https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1957028/ed-miliband-uk-power-energy [Source]

• 29 Jul 2024: Tweet

  Pull the other one Labour!Of course you knew the state of the country’s finances all provided by OBR. Truth is Labour were always planning massive tax hikes to pay for pet projects like hiking up overseas aid, buckling to their union paymasters’ demands &their net zero fanaticism https://twitter.com/EstherMcVey1/status/1817853083893829813/photo/1 [Source]

• 27 Jul 2024: Tweet

  RT @LeeAndersonMP_: Here it is. The cheaper fuel bills you were promised. Net Zero will make the poor poorer and the rich richer Who Kne… [Source]

• 08 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @camillahmturner: ???? EXC: Labour’s net zero plans ‘risk blackouts’ Energy Secretary says Starmer pledge to convert Britain to clean powe… [Source]

• 08 Feb 2024: Tweet

  Sir Flip Flop Starmer strikes again Telling journalists he’s keeping his £28bn Green energy splurge without any plan as to how he’d pay for it Meanwhile behind the scenes Labour sources are briefing that it is being ditched A new low even for Starmer More flop than flip-flop https://twitter.com/ed_miliband/status/1667079092712226817 [Source]

• 03 Aug 2023: Tweet

  I can't be the only one enjoying the screeching U-turns politicians are making over Net Zero. Many of us have been raising the alarm over its timetable and estimated trillion-pound-plus cost for a while. https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1798426/net-zero-ulez-rishi-sunak-economy-u-turn-esther-mcvey [Source]

• 31 Mar 2023: Tweet

  The mad rush for Net Zero, when we have neither the technology nor the infrastructure to deliver it – and we certainly don’t have anything like the huge sum of money it will cost – is lunacy… full story ???????? https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1753062/net-zero-environment/amp [Source]

• 27 Oct 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  Food security is a perennial concern. Even the meaning of “food security” causes concern and disagreement, but I will use this definition as a starting point—being able to feed the population at a reasonable cost, even in the face of future shocks such as a global pandemic, massive harvest failure or a general crisis of agricultural productivity caused by climate change. However, colleagues may well wish to expand on that definition and talk about a whole array of issues, for this is such a vast topic with so many important implications for farmers and for families and household food bills, particularly now that we see them rising with the cost of living crisis.

  Food production is essential for the delivery of the environmental benefits on which the Government plan to centre in their agricultural support policy, but unless we recognise the dual role of farmers as food producers and conservationists, we risk turning farmers into environmental contractors with little incentive to continue farming. That would do enormous damage to the jobs and communities that depend on farming, as well as weaken our food security. The strategy needs to be clearer in linking food production to action against climate change and enhancing the natural environment.

  Full debate: National Food Strategy and Food Security

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

  Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 13 Mar 2022: Tweet

  RT @GBNEWS: 'The idea that we increase the percentage of renewables to replace gas is really naive.' Director of Net Zero Watch, Dr Benny… [Source]

• 18 Jan 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  It is also important to highlight one particular opportunity and one particular challenge in the east of England. The opportunity is presented by the UK’s net zero target, with East Anglia right at the forefront of the Government’s plans. Half of the UK’s offshore wind fleet will be anchored off our coast. There is the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power station, and there is the potential to retrofit the gas infrastructure, both in the southern North sea and on land via the Bacton gas terminal. Some 30% of the UK’s low-carbon electricity will in due course come through Suffolk alone. There is potential to completely transform the economy of the whole of coastal East Anglia, where many deep pockets of deprivation are found. To make the most of the opportunity from which the whole of the UK will benefit, the Government need to provide the necessary seedcorn funding. If that is done, we are not just talking about levelling up; we can provide a global exemplar as to how decarbonisation can be delivered to benefit local people and local communities.

  I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and making such an excellent contribution to this debate. I notice that on transport infrastructure, he seems to be looking at a very 20th-century model, as if the climate crisis was not happening. Will he talk a little more about the kind of rapid transit systems that he envisages would take individuals off the roads in their cars and move them on to buses and trains, freeing up more of that road network system and helping the environment and ecological systems that are in place?

  Full debate: Levelling Up: East of England

• 30 Nov 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  Being a fisherman is probably the most dangerous job that anyone can do in the United Kingdom. There is a high level of fatalities, and fishermen go out in all weather. When I go to the harbour and visit fishermen, I can never really get my head around how people can sleep in the foetal position in about 3 feet of space while their boat is being tossed about in the water. That is the job that fishermen do. They acknowledge that there are more challenges on the horizon, driven by climate change targets and the increasingly shared nature of the marine environment. The marine protected areas, the promotion of offshore wind energy, and blue carbon are among the new issues on which our industry, through the Northern Ireland Fishermen’s Federation and the good offices of Alan McCulla and Harry Wick, is seeking to be proactive.

  Full debate: UK-EU Fisheries Allocations

• 07 Aug 2021: Tweet

  Join the Net Zero Debate Judge orders quango to back up its claim of the cost of only 1-2% of GDP - data, models, calculations need to be released Very striking that those who want to bring forward the date of net zero are always coy about the total cost to the public. https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1423986028784852999 [Source]

• 26 May 2021: Vote

  Environment Bill — New Clause 24 - Prohibition on burning of peat in upland areas - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

  Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 - Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 08 Dec 2020: Vote

  Delegated Legislation — Financial Assistance to Industry - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 16 Nov 2020: Vote

  Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — Clause 124 - Climate change risk - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 12 Oct 2020: Vote

  Agriculture Bill — After Clause 42 - Contribution of agriculture and associated land use to climate change targets - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 29 Sep 2020: Vote

  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — New Clause 6 - Economic development: climate and nature emergency impact statement - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 05 Feb 2020: Vote

  Transport - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 25 Jun 2019: Vote

  Delegated Legislation — Value Added Tax - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 21 Apr 2019: Tweet

  Fascinating graph - worth 15seconds of anyone’s time to watch UK’s performance and reduction in CO2 emissions… https://t.co/tISNnNmKAr [Source]

• 20 Apr 2019: Tweet

  RT @afneil: Journalism isn't "yellow" just because you disagree with it. Anyway here are CO2 emissions (tonnes) per capita: US: 15.7, Russi… [Source]

• 04 Dec 2013: Vote

  Recall of Elected Representatives — Schedule 4 — Application and modification of emissions limit duty - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 133 — Financial provisions - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 10 — Direction to offer contract - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Decarbonisation - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 03 Jun 2013: Vote

  Communities and Local Government — Clause 42 — Duty not to exceed annual carbon dioxide emissions limit - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 19 Dec 2012: Vote

  Charities Act 2011 (Amendment) — Energy Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 17 Oct 2012: Vote

  Relationship, Drug and Alcohol Education (Curriculum) — New Clause 22 — Interpretation of the green purposes: duty to assess impact on the Climate Change Act 2008 - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 11 Jun 2012: Vote

  Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — New Clause 1 — Energy efficiency aim - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 20 Jul 2010: Parliamentary Speech

  The north-west has the potential to be the European leader in renewable energy and the low-carbon industry. We have more sites devoted to creating energy from renewable sources than anywhere else in the UK, which gives us the capacity to generate the second largest amount of energy. We must see whether we can be first.

  Full debate: North-West Economy