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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by James Cleverly

• 23 Jul 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  “but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech does not commit to boosting defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 with a fully funded plan, fails to include measures that provide an adequate deterrent to migrants crossing the channel illegally, fails to mention rural communities, farming and fishing, does not include a legally binding target to enhance the UK’s food security or a commitment to increase the UK-wide agriculture budget by £1 billion over the course of the Parliament, introduces new burdens on businesses without sufficient measures to support them, fails to set out a concrete plan to tackle the unsustainable post-covid rise in the welfare bill, does not adequately protect family finances and the UK’s energy security in the move to net zero, and fails to provide adequate protections for pensioners and working people to keep more of the money they have worked hard for.”

  Full debate: Immigration and Home Affairs

• 22 Jul 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  The right hon. Member makes an important point about what is happening in the Mediterranean, and about the pressures we have seen and the fact that, as the Prime Minister said in his statement, we have seen not just conflicts, wars and persecution, but the impact of climate change, making people travel and sometimes leading them to make dangerous journeys. We should be working to prevent the need for those dangerous journeys in the first place. That is why the Prime Minister announced last week at the European Political Community summit that we will invest over £80 million, alongside work with other European countries, also as part of the Rome process, both to tackle some of the wider criminal gang networks that still operate in the Mediterranean and to ensure that we address the injustices and serious crises that lead to people making such dangerous journeys in the first place.

  Full debate: Border Security and Asylum

• 26 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @ClaireCoutinho: There we have it. Labour are being fundamentally dishonest with the British public about their plans to decarbonise t… [Source]

• 26 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @Conservatives: ???? BREAKING ???? Labour's Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury has revealed that Labour's Net Zero plans won't just cost… [Source]

• 07 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @Conservatives: Labour's only solution is more tax. You can't tax your way to Net Zero. #BBCDebate https://twitter.com/Conservatives/status/1799167424236863489/video/1 [Source]

• 24 Nov 2023: Tweet

  RT @10DowningStreet: ???? Protecting the UK’s automotive industry ????‍???? Supporting thousands of jobs ???? Helping us reach Net Zero This investmen… [Source]

• 31 Aug 2023: Tweet

  RT @10DowningStreet: Claire Coutinho MP @ClaireCoutinho has been appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero @energygovuk… [Source]

• 31 Jul 2023: Tweet

  RT @AndrewBowie_MP: ???? Energy Security & Net Zero. ???????? This Government is committed to both. ⚡️ Oil and Gas, Renewables, Nuclear, Hydrogen, C… [Source]

• 27 Jul 2023: Tweet

  RT @JimSkeaIPCC: I am humbled and deeply honoured to have been elected Chair of @IPCC_CH, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. ht… [Source]

• 26 Jul 2023: Tweet

  RT @UKMissionGeneva: The #IPCC - the ???????? intergovernmental panel on #climatechange - will elect its new leadership team this week. ???????? candi… [Source]

• 26 May 2023: Tweet

  RT @FCDOGovUK: Brazil’s fight against climate change matters for the UK and the whole world ???? During his visit, Foreign Secretary @JamesCl… [Source]

• 15 May 2023: Tweet

  Welcome to London, @ABZayed ???????????????? From trade to tackling climate change, the potential of our historic relationship is limitless. https://x.com/JamesCleverly/status/1658138619851227137/photo/1 [Source]

• 2 May 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  I commend the hon. Gentleman for his action in this area, particularly in his new role, which I had the opportunity to congratulate him on at the time. He is right: the future of this planet is very much in the forefront of the minds of young people particularly. They seek to inherit it and their voices are incredibly important. I took the opportunity at COP26 and COP27 to meet young climate activists, and it is incredibly important that we find some way of both formally and informally having—

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 8 Mar 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  Launching on International Women’s Day, the new strategy aims to tackle increasing threats to gender equality from climate change, humanitarian crises, conflicts such as the war in Ukraine, and recent attempts to roll back women’s rights, including in countries such as Iran and Afghanistan.

  We will act for and with women and girls impacted by crises and shocks, including conflict, global health, climate change, violence, food insecurity and malnutrition, and the resulting humanitarian crises.

  Full debate: International Women and Girls Strategy 2023-2030

• 18 Jan 2023: Tweet

  @COP28_UAE An ambitious agenda for #COP28 set out by COP President Designate HE Dr Sultan Al Jaber. ???????? stands side by side with ???????? to find the breakthroughs needed globally to keep 1.5 in reach, support the most vulnerable and make this a COP for all @COP28_UAE @UKinUAE [Source]

• 18 Jan 2023: Tweet

  RT @COP28_UAE: We are honored to welcome the world to the UAE for #COP28, the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference. https://t.co/9… [Source]

• 13 Dec 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  Since being appointed, this ministerial team and I have criss-crossed the globe on behalf of the British people, including making visits to Somalia, Australia and Colombia. The Minister for Europe has visited more than half a dozen European capitals, I have been to multilateral events such as NATO, the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting and COP27 in Egypt. We do so to strengthen our bilateral and multilateral relationships so that we can address pressing issues such as illicit migration, climate change and the pressures being felt around the globe as a result of Russia’s illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

  I can inform the hon. Lady that I had a meeting with my Yemeni counterpart at COP27 in Egypt. I know that the plight of the Yemeni people is close to the hearts of many Members of the House. It remains a focus of the UK Government. We call on all sides involved in the conflict, especially the Houthis, to abide by the ceasefire agreement, but of course Saudi Arabia has, as all countries have, a legitimate right to self-defence.

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 11 Nov 2022: Tweet

  The UK shares the International Energy Agency’s vision of a more secure and sustainable energy future for all. Yesterday evening, I discussed the global energy supply crisis and work towards clean transition with @IEA Executive Director @fbirol. [Source]

• 08 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Some countries in Africa that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change struggle to access the finance they need to tackle it. @AfDB_Group Climate Action Window is a new funding mechanism to change that. ???????? will support with £200m investment https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-steps-up-climate-finance-support-for-african-countries [Source]

• 08 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @FCDOGovUK: The Glasgow Climate Pact at COP26 gave us the tools. Now all of us must honour our commitments and take more action to help… [Source]

• 08 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Important meeting today with Iraq President Abdul Latif Rashid at #COP27. We discussed championing climate issues and diversification of the economy. The ???????? looks forward to continuing working closely with ???????? on our shared commitments on climate action. https://x.com/JamesCleverly/status/1589901490436526082/photo/1 [Source]

• 07 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @RishiSunak: Friends ???? Partners ???? Allies ???????????????? Great to meet with @EmmanuelMacron today at #COP27. https://t.co/ZC32wKjvPU [Source]

• 07 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @FCDOGovUK: BREAKING: As part of the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) signed at @COP26 in Glasgow, South Africa has launched it… [Source]

• 07 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Rwanda is a climate change leader & dedicated to delivering ambitious climate commitments. Today at #COP27, I met the Minster of Foreign Affairs, @Vbiruta to discuss how the ???????? is helping ???????? gain access to climate finance and how we can strengthen climate commitments. https://x.com/JamesCleverly/status/1589529412810473472/photo/1 [Source]

• 3 Nov 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  Through negotiations, taking into account relevant legal proceedings, it is our intention to secure an agreement on the basis of international law to resolve all outstanding issues, including those relating to the former inhabitants of the Chagos archipelago. This will allow the UK and Mauritius, as close Commonwealth partners, to work even more closely together to tackle the regional and global security challenges that face us all. We will seek to strengthen significantly our co-operation on Indian ocean security, maritime security and marine protection, conservation of the environment, climate change and respect for human rights, and on tackling illegal migration, illegal fishing, drugs and arms trafficking, as well as bilateral co-operation on a range of other issues. We will work to do this in co-operation with key allies and partners in the region.

  Full debate: Chagos Archipelago

• 02 Nov 2022: Tweet

  As we prepare for @COP27P, we must build on the Glasgow Climate Pact. One year on from @COP26, I’ve seen first-hand how @FCDOGovUK funding is improving clean energy access for 25 million people. Thank you to the experts at @UniStrathclyde, @univofstandrews & @FaradayInst. https://x.com/JamesCleverly/status/1587778811961217025/photo/1 [Source]

• 02 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @RishiSunak: There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change. There is no energy security without investing in renewa… [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Tweet

  RT @GillianKeegan: Egypt is a potential #greenenergy superpower. Delighted to meet Energy Minister, Dr Mohamed Shaker, ahead of #COP27 to… [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

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

• 10 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Productive first call with @AKAbdulMomen ????????    From working together to tackle the climate crisis, supporting the Rohingya people, and engaging on Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the UK and Bangladesh are strong partners. [Source]

• 06 Sep 2022: Tweet

  RT @10DowningStreet: The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP @AlokSharma_RDG has been re-appointed @COP26 President. #Reshuffle https://t.co/RrVO2Txz9j [Source]

• 12 Jul 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  The new school buildings will be energy-efficient designs with high sustainability standards, delivering a generation of new school buildings that will be net zero carbon in operation and mitigate the risks of climate change.

  Full debate: School Rebuilding Programme

• 20 Apr 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  As Colombia begins its recovery from the pandemic, the UK also supports opportunities for its citizens. Since 2011, we have provided more than £240 million of climate finance to Colombia to halt deforestation and promote greener supply chains, which not only helps tackle some of the root causes of violence, but also helps protect the country’s beautiful environment.

  Full debate: Human Rights: Colombia

• 21 Mar 2022: Tweet

  Green Party candidate wins by opposing new homes and renewable energy generation. ????????‍♂️ https://t.co/LykMP55Ob0 [Source]

• 16 Mar 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  Economic opportunities also play a crucial role in supporting stability. Co-operation and trade are increasing between the UK and the whole region, and that benefits us and the region enormously. They will help to create jobs, improve quality of life and reduce emigration and the loss of talent that, sadly, a number of countries in the region have experienced. We are building on the partnership trade and co-operation and agreement that we signed with Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia. Energy diversification will improve the region’s energy security, help to deliver on our climate objectives and help to provide liberation from a reliance on Russian gas supplies. We have quadrupled the UK’s export finance availability to the region to support that.

  Full debate: Peace and Stability in the Balkans

• 15 Dec 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The UK has been at the forefront of efforts to address the situation, including through our presidency of the G7. The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and Minister of State have discussed the situation extensively with world leaders including in the margins of COP26. The Foreign Secretary represented the UK at a G20 leaders meeting on 12 October that agreed to step up emergency aid. Lord Ahmad visited New York in late October to speak to senior UN officials, and has been in regular contact since August, with the UN’s emergency relief co-ordinator, heads of UN agencies including the World Food Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs as well as other senior officials such as the head of the ICRC and the Aga Khan Development Network. In November, he also met with Deborah Lyons, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan.

  Full debate: Afghanistan: Humanitarian Situation

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

  Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 - The subsidy control principles - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 18 Nov 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  Together with the University of Edinburgh, the council is developing an online course, open to all, on sustainable living. This touches on key issues that connect us, from climate change to gender equality, health and inclusion, encouraging informed personal responses.

  Full debate: British Council: Global Britain

• 1 Nov 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  Finally yet importantly, we want to highlight the sometimes overlooked part of the NPT: the peaceful uses of nuclear technologies. The UK has encouraged and will continue to encourage the development and exchange of peaceful nuclear technologies enabled by the NPT. This has a positive impact on people’s lives through nuclear medicine, food safety and pest control. Nuclear technologies have a critical part to play in tackling climate change—not only in helping to achieve net zero, but also through nuclear applications that can help countries to adapt and become more resilient to climate change.

  Full debate: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: UK National Report

• 20 Jul 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The hon. Member makes an important point, and we take our responsibility to small island nations seriously. That issue does not necessarily fall within the humanitarian spend, which is designed for more acute need, but we will of course, through things like COP26, take into consideration the factors that are difficult for small nations to deal with, whether they be island nations or otherwise, and that will always remain a serious piece of work in the FCDO.

  Full debate: Overseas Humanitarian Work

• 07 Jun 2021: Vote

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 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 Apr 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  As a number of contributors have mentioned, we live in an increasingly competitive, dangerous and, as the hon. Lady said, complex world. The integrated review of security, defence, development and foreign policy highlighted three broad and significant challenges including, first, the challenge from autocratic regimes that seek to undermine human rights and open societies; secondly, the challenge of rapidly developing technologies which, while often bringing huge benefits, also bring new dangers from states, from terrorists, from criminal groups and individuals who would do us harm; and thirdly, the challenge of existential threats, such as pandemics and climate change, both of which have been discussed significantly this morning.

  I would also like to address the claim that the hon. Lady made about short-termism, which I have to reject. Climate change is a much longer-established existential threat than the pandemic to which we are currently responding. I remind her that in 1990, at the second world climate conference, Margaret Thatcher said:

  I will make more progress. We are using our presidency of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow later this year to get countries to commit to credible plans that will enable them to meet the commitments that they made under the Paris accord. We are also using the summit to boost co-operation and climate finance so that countries can adapt and build resilience to the evolving climate threat. The UK has pledged £11.6 billion of international climate finance over the next five years, and we will spend a significant proportion of that on building resilience in vulnerable countries. In January, the Prime Minister launched the adaptation action coalition to galvanise momentum on climate adaptation ahead of COP26 and beyond it.

  We have also worked to secure more international attention on the overlap between climate change and security threats. In February, the Prime Minister chaired the UN Security Council open debate, which was the first-ever leader-level discussion on climate change in the Security Council. We are also addressing the interlinked climate and security challenges through NATO.

  The hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone) raised the issue of cyber. Unlike pandemics and climate change, advanced technologies bring with them significant benefit, but they also have embedded in them significant risks. Artificial intelligence, for example, has the potential to help to tackle global challenges but, as AI technologies such as facial recognition continue to develop in sophistication, we need to ensure that such technologies are not used as a tool of repression. The UK Government believe in responsible technological innovation that benefits everyone, but this is a fast evolving area, with a dearth of international agreement. That is why we are working with industry and like-minded countries to enhance responsible development of AI and to ensure that the use of data is safe, fair, legal and ethical. The UK Government will soon launch a national AI strategy, which will help to make the UK a global centre for the development and adoption of responsible AI.

  Let me conclude by making a pledge on behalf of the UK Government to continue to defend and promote the interests and wellbeing of the British people. The integrated review provides a framework to address the manifold threats that imperil our nation and our national security. While the challenges are significant, the UK is playing a leading role in finding global solutions. The diversity of our economy, the depth and breadth of British expertise, our targeted investment and the reach of our international networks mean that we are well placed to adapt and respond to the challenges ahead. As the host of G7 and the COP climate summit later this year, with our international allies on our side and the blueprint provided by the integrated review in hand, we are well placed to help the world to build back better from coronavirus and create a greener, fairer, more prosperous and more secure future for us all.

  Full debate: Global Human Security

• 9 Feb 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The world has not stood still, and neither have we. The UK endures as an active global leader. In the past year alone, we have led the global efforts to deliver a vaccine, raising $8.8 billion for Gavi through our hosting of the global vaccine summit; we have demonstrated global leadership in tackling climate change, including doubling our international climate finance contribution to help millions around the world; and we have pushed back on those who would attack our values through the new bespoke immigration route for British national overseas status holders. This is global Britain.

  The integrated review will build on that, setting out our vision for the next decade, based on our values and grounded in the UK national interest. We will announce the full conclusions of the integrated review in March, unleashing our independent foreign policy outside the European Union as we launch our presidencies of the G7 and COP26. 2021 will be a year of leadership for global Britain as a force for good in the world.

  Full debate: Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

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

• 10 Dec 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  Qatar is also a major investor in the UK, playing a huge role in a variety of developments, from Chelsea Barracks, just a short walk from here, to Middlewood Locks in Manchester and Get Living’s build-to-rent scheme in Glasgow. Direct investment is estimated at £40 billion and growing. In October, Qatar Petroleum announced a long-term contract with National Grid for capacity on the Isle of Grain natural gas import terminal east of London. As with the South Hook terminal in Wales, this agreement will help to secure jobs in that area and strengthen the UK’s energy security. The hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty) talked about the importance of renewable energy.

  This week, the Lord Mayor of London has been in Doha, furthering the financial services link between the two countries and the City of London. That builds on the recent groundbreaking decision by Qatar National Bank to issue its first green bonds—a first for Qatar. That green bond issue was done on the London Stock Exchange. As we do with all countries around the world and in the region, we encourage Qatar to be bold in its nationally defined contributions ahead of COP 26 later this year.

  Beyond sport, many Members have noted the important role that Qatar plays in regional and global issues. We commend Qatar’s support for peace in Afghanistan, acting as the host for ongoing Afghan peace negotiations. Qatar is an important development and humanitarian partner for the UK. We are keen to deepen and further this as we look forward to 2021 and beyond. We are encouraging our Qatari counterparts to play a leading role in tackling climate change ahead of COP 26.

  Full debate: UK Relations with Qatar

• 8 Dec 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  It is no secret that the UK wants to see better protection of human rights in Egypt. We have an ongoing dialogue with Egypt on this matter. The strength of our bilateral relations with Egypt allows us to speak frankly, and where we have concerns we always raise them. We work closely with Egypt at ministerial and official levels on a range of bilateral priorities, including trade and economic development, tourism, education and cultural co-operation. We also work together on a range of regional and global issues that matter to both our countries, including climate change, combating covid-19 and conflict resolution, including the conflict in Libya. As I say, that co-operation does give us the opportunity to speak with them on more difficult and sensitive issues, as we did in the case we are speaking about today.

  The UK wants to see Egypt thrive. We want better protection for Egyptians’ constitutional rights and freedom of expression, and more space for NGOs and civil society is an essential part of that. It is also in the UK’s interest to co-operate with Egypt on other issues that matter to both countries, such as strengthening trade, tackling climate change, working together to address our shared security challenges and concerns, and protecting regional stability. Trade between the UK and Egypt was worth £3.5 billion in 2019, and the association agreement that we signed on 5 December, to ensure continuity of bilateral trade after the end of the transition period on 31 December, provides a new framework to boost trade and help both countries to build back better after our fight against the covid-19 pandemic.

  Full debate: Arrest of Egyptian Human Rights Advocates

• 08 Dec 2020: Vote

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

• 26 Nov 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  We will put women and girls at the top of the UK’s agenda for our term as president of the G7. We will use our position as co-leaders on the GBV action coalition to tackle the root causes of violence. As COP26 president, we will promote clean and inclusive resilience from covid and natural disasters, because, of course, we know well that those economic and environmental pressures are drivers of conflict, and that conflict is often a driver for sexual violence against women and girls. We will continue to push the agenda through our diplomatic network.

  Full debate: International Development and Gender-based Violence

• 24 Nov 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  As the host of COP26 and the president of the G7 next year, securing greater global ambition on climate change is a diplomatic priority for this Government. Ministerial colleagues in the FCDO and my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary regularly raise this subject, and he has done so, including with Japan and South Korea earlier this year. This strategy is working. China has pledged to become a carbon-neutral country by 2060 and Japan and South Korea have committed to become net zero by 2050. On 7 November, the Prime Minister appointed my right hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie Trevelyan) as the international champion on adaptation and resilience for COP26.

  Full debate: Climate Change: International Co-operation

  My hon. Friend is absolutely right that the answer to this lies in global co-operation. The United Kingdom is leading from the front, and we are pressing foreign Governments for greater action and higher commitments at the climate ambition summit on 12 December. Our posts across the globe have engaged with host Governments, businesses and civil society on climate change issues ahead of COP26, and we will continue to do so in the run-up to the climate ambition summit this December.

  Full debate: Climate Change: International Co-operation

  The hon. Member is right to highlight the fact that climate change is going to be an important factor in the foreign policy of all countries around the world. We recognise that in terms of pressure on food production and resources, the potential implications and the conflicts that may come about because of that. That is why climate change and our response to it, development and diplomacy will all go hand in hand through the integrated review.

  Full debate: Climate Change: International Co-operation

  I am very proud of the fact that the United Kingdom is and will remain one of the most generous aid donors in the world. We have focused relentlessly on ensuring that the work of the United Kingdom Government across all Departments focuses on addressing the poorest in the world, as well as the implications of climate change.

  Full debate: Climate Change: International Co-operation

• 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

• 16 Jul 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  On that day, in a statement to Parliament, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs set out the Government’s vision for a truly global Britain. He underlined our commitment to the United Kingdom being an even stronger force for good in the world: on climate change, as we host COP26; on gender equality, as we champion 12 years of quality education for every girl in the world; and on human rights, as we defend media freedom and protect religious freedom.

  Full debate: Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020

• 15 Jul 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  Next year, the United Kingdom will proudly host COP26—a clear demonstration of the UK’s commitment to tackling climate change and our desire to secure global action. Development and diplomacy together will be integral to our work. We recognise that there are few global threats more serious than climate change, and its impact will hit the poorest and most vulnerable hardest. It is vital that we build back better from covid-19. We are prioritising activity that delivers clean, resilient, inclusive recovery, and the Government are committed to that task.

  Full debate: Climate Justice: ODA Allocation

• 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

• 06 Sep 2016: Vote

  Finance Bill — VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 09 May 2016: Vote

  Housing and Planning Bill — Planning obligations and affordable housing - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 03 May 2016: Vote

  Housing and Planning Bill — Neighbourhood right of appeal - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Mar 2016: Vote

  Energy Bill [Lords] — New Clause 8 — Decarbonisation target range - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 14 Mar 2016: Vote

  Energy Bill [Lords] — New Clause 3 — Carbon capture and storage strategy for the energy industry - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 26 Oct 2015: Vote

  Finance Bill (Ways and Means) (Payment of Corporation Tax) — Chapter 5 — Supplementary provisions - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: No

• 08 Sep 2015: Vote

  Bill Presented — Devolution (London) Bill — Clause 45 — CCL: removal of exemption for electricity from renewable sources - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Jul 2015: Vote

  21. Climate Change Levy: Removal of Exemption for Electricity from Renewable Sources - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 10 Jun 2015: Parliamentary Speech

  It is appropriate in this climate change debate that I recognise the excellent work done by Braintree District Council. Many of the buildings in my constituency are adorned with solar panels, and I am a great believer in industrial, residential, agricultural and municipal buildings having solar panels, perhaps on their roofs, but I will fight hard to prevent the beautiful fields in my villages from being spoiled by row upon row of photovoltaic cells.

  Full debate: Climate Change