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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Lee Anderson

• 13 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @LeeAndersonMP_: Net Zero Madness. Whilst Two Tier Keir and Mad Miliband are at COP 29 agreeing to more hair brained schemes to make ou… [Source]

• 13 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Net Zero Madness. Whilst Two Tier Keir and Mad Miliband are at COP 29 agreeing to more hair brained schemes to make our energy bills more expensive, this is the reality. The dash for Net Zero in the UK achieves nothing apart from making us poorer and colder. Let nature take… https://x.com/i/web/status/1856579865346023873 https://x.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1856579865346023873/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Nov 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  T3. Forests in North America are being chopped down to supply wood to burn at Drax power station, at a cost of £2 million a day in subsidies, while pensioners will perish this winter. Does the Minister agree that it is time to end this net zero madness and admit that fossil fuels are “a gift of the God?” ( 901240 )

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 12 Nov 2024: Tweet

  Net Zero Madness The lunatics in charge think its a good idea to burn imported wood at Drax Power Station and then con the British public into thinking this is a good idea. It's hypocrisy at the highest level whist we have coal, gas and oil under our own feet. Only… https://x.com/i/web/status/1856315145619697888 https://x.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1856315145619697888/video/1 [Source]

• 17 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Net Zero.... Net Madness! https://twitter.com/darrengrimes_/status/1846672025013596195 [Source]

• 02 Oct 2024: Tweet

  Net Zero Madness. If the UK became Net Zero today it would not make a jot of difference to the world's climate. But it makes everyone of us poorer. Yes let's take better care of our planet but let's put the UK and its people first. https://twitter.com/TiceRichard/status/1841325912610254944 [Source]

• 30 Jul 2024: Tweet

  It's Robbery. So Labour want to give away £13 million to other countries to chase their climate change agenda. But the good news is they are robbing pensioners of their winter fuel payments. https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1818150025878175791/photo/1 [Source]

• 29 Jul 2024: Tweet

  It's Robbery. So Labour want to give away £13 million to other countries to chase their climate change agenda. But the good news is they are robbing pensioners of their winter fuel payments. https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1818003541111222404/photo/1 [Source]

• 26 Jul 2024: Tweet

  Here it is. The cheaper fuel bills you were promised. Net Zero will make the poor poorer and the rich richer Who Knew? https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1816718050248306735/photo/1 [Source]

• 21 Apr 2024: Tweet

  Calling out Net Zero. It's killing jobs and communities and making us poorer. Oh and some people richer https://twitter.com/reformparty_uk/status/1781972483240804362 [Source]

• 16 Apr 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  T5.   Energy Security and Net Zero questions has once again proved to me how out of touch this place is with the rest of the country. The poorest 40% of UK households will be made much worse off by net zero policies, according to a report from York University. The poor in Ashfield will get poorer, and rich eco-fanatics like Dale Vince will get richer and pass on some of his millions to that lot in the Labour party and Just Stop Oil. Can the Minister confirm how much net zero will cost, to the nearest trillion pounds? ( 90310 )

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 16 Apr 2024: Tweet

  RT @LeeAndersonMP_: Net Zero Madness. I sat there this morning listening to more Net Zero lunacy whilst the poor get poorer and the Eco Lo… [Source]

• 16 Apr 2024: Tweet

  Net Zero Madness. I sat there this morning listening to more Net Zero lunacy whilst the poor get poorer and the Eco Loons get richer. I've had my say ???????? The junior Minister did not answer my question but had a sly dig at @reformparty_uk https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1780214414030868539/video/1 [Source]

• 16 Apr 2024: Tweet

  Net Zero Madness. I sat there this morning listening to more Net Zero lunacy whilst the poor get poorer and the Eco Loons get richer. I've had my say ???????? The junior Minister did not answer my question but had a sly dig at @reformparty_uk https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1780206123691188292/video/1 [Source]

• 09 Apr 2024: Tweet

  The ECHR & Net Zero (European Communism) Are at again. They are now saying this ???? The 'Right to family life' (Article 8) has been re-interpreted as an obligation to reach Net Zero emissions (including imported emissions). In conclusion we have the ECHR telling us we cannot… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1777681314079977791 https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1777681314079977791/photo/1

• 09 Apr 2024: Tweet

  The ECHR & Net Zero (European Communism) Are at again. They are now saying this ???? The 'Right to family life' (Article 8) has been re-interpreted as an obligation to reach Net Zero emissions (including imported emissions). In conclusion we have the ECHR telling us we cannot… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1777669046395187580 https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1777669046395187580/photo/1

• 09 Apr 2024: Tweet

  The ECHR & Net Zero (European Communism) Are at again. They are now saying this ???? The 'Right to family life' (Article 8) has been re-interpreted as an obligation to reach Net Zero emissions (including imported emissions). In conclusion we have the ECHR telling us we cannot… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1777667720063926281 https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1777667720063926281/photo/1

• 28 Mar 2024: Tweet

  Would you support a referendum on Net Zero? [Source]

• 28 Mar 2024: Tweet

  Personal gain? How much money have you made from green energy? https://twitter.com/DaleVince/status/1773294870108463484 [Source]

• 27 Mar 2024: Tweet

  @DaleVince Please tell the www how much money you have made from renewable energy and do you lie awake at night worrying about your next energy bill dropping on the mat? [Source]

• 27 Mar 2024: Tweet

  @DaleVince I know exactly what Net Zero means. It's people like you that have no idea what the vast majority of people in this country think. Do you actually think when people switch their heating on they worry where the energy is coming from. And if renewable energy is do cheap why are… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772900950228804042

• 25 Mar 2024: Tweet

  How much will it cost to cut my lawns under Labour? This obsession with Net Zero has to stop. MPs do not lie awake at night worrying about their energy bills. It's time for an opt in opt out tick box on our fuel bills. If you want to pay towards Net Zero tick yes, if not tick… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1772170825807917226

• 24 Mar 2024: Tweet

  Net Zero Nonsense. Cutting my lawns with a battery powered lawnmower (a gift) gets you thinking. https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1771926026362220752/video/1 [Source]

• 27 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Great News Here. Be in no doubt that even when we reach Net Zero we will still need oil & gas. Makes sense to drill in our waters. https://news.sky.com/story/untapped-rosebank-oil-and-gas-field-north-of-scotland-approved-for-development-amid-row-over-climate-damage-12893255 [Source]

• 26 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Rishi's Right... Straight from Ashfield in the Red Wall over 1,000 people have responded to my Net Zero survey. The gap in the polls is closing. More of this please ???????? https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1706688243385737547/photo/1 [Source]

• 22 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Media Meltdown. The left wing media & certain politicians are now officially out of control over Rishi's decision to put people before the Net Zero time scales. One German MEP has said the UK will become a 'climate villain'. Note to German MEP ???? In 2022 in the UK just 2.3%… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705109489878208588 https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1705109489878208588/photo/1

• 22 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Media Meltdown. The left wing media & certain politicians are now officially out of control over Rishi's decision to put people before the Net Zero time scales. One German MEP has said the UK will become a 'climate villain'. Note to German MEP ???? In 2022 the UK just 2.3%… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705109184868466860 https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1705109184868466860/photo/1

• 22 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Media Meltdown. The left wing media & certain politicians are now officially out of control over Rishi's decision to put people before the Net Zero time scales. One German MEP has said the UK will become a 'climate villain'. Note to German MEP ???? In 2022 the UK just of… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1705107987768005039 https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1705107987768005039/photo/1

• 09 Sep 2023: Tweet

  Fact Checking. Firstly, it is no secret that I have been sceptical of the Net Zero targets. This is not because I disagree with getting to Net Zero because I think we should aim for that. What I struggle with is the cost of it all and the impact on people’s pockets. That said… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1700531665037054407 https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1700531665037054407/photo/1

• 01 Aug 2023: Tweet

  No wonder The Guardian sells about 3 copies a week in Ashfield. Fossil fuels? If we are using them which we still will be even when we are Net Zero in 2050 then use our own. This means jobs, security, revenue as well as less carbon emissions? Who are these dismayed people? https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1686267440152403969/photo/1 [Source]

• 31 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Ignoring the biggest menace in our society ???? @JustStop_Oil we are putting the economy and British jobs first. Get it out and use it to help power our great country. Net Zero will take years to achieve so in the meantime get drilling & use our own resources ???????? https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1685901350452801537/photo/1 [Source]

• 17 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Another Hippycrite. So alarmed at climate change and fossil fuel use she had to travel to Thailand to get over it all. I await the Twitter excuses from the usual suspects. Who knew? We all did. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12302633/Protester-targeted-Osbornes-wedding-jetted-Thailand-declaring-climate-emergency.html [Source]

• 08 Jul 2023: Tweet

  Tackling Climate Change... By banning hanging baskets ???? They walk amongst us. https://twitter.com/TalkTV/status/1677634861576724480?t=80AvUaTpd1z2MURv6l0T4Q&s=09 [Source]

• 08 Dec 2022: Tweet

  Great News. The coal mine we campaigned for is opening despite the opposition from the Labour Party, and others who have no idea what this means. Good luck listening to this news on the radio whilst sat in your diesel guzzling 4x4. Go and buy some net zero super glue. #kingcoal https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1600741065602256896/video/1 [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

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

• 15 Mar 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  As the Business Secretary has said, we will continue to back our vital North sea oil and gas sector to maximise domestic production while transitioning to cheaper, cleaner home-grown power at the same time. We will shortly set out an energy supply strategy that will supercharge our renewable energy and nuclear capacity, as well as supporting our North sea oil and gas industry.

  I will ask some questions, because this issue does matter. It is about our energy security, it is about communities that are deeply worried about the impact of fracking, and it is about the climate crisis. Has the Minister or his Department seen any scientific evidence since the 2019 moratorium that suggests fracking might not be dangerous and might be safe? If he does not have any evidence, why is he approaching the Oil and Gas Authority to ask it not to concrete over the wells, which was the original decision? If he does not think fracking is safe, why is he sowing uncertainty in communities across our country? If he does not have any evidence, will he assure the House that no review of fracking—no nods, no winks and no nudges—will be announced in the relaunch of the Government’s energy strategy? Clarity on this matters.

  Finally, would it not be the best thing that the Government can do to guarantee energy security—the Minister should be clear about this—to have a green energy sprint by ending the onshore wind moratorium, ending the objection to solar power, embracing tidal power, moving forward with nuclear and having a properly funded national energy efficiency programme?

  Finally, we heard about the “green energy sprint”, which is extraordinary. Since the right hon. Gentleman was Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in 2010, we have increased the proportion of our electricity generation coming from renewables from 7% to 43%. In any normal terms, that would be a sprint, but it is also a marathon, in the sense that we have done that over 12 years. It has been almost a “sextupling” of the amount of energy coming from our renewables since he was in office. He talks about nuclear, but he will also remember the 1997 Labour manifesto, which said that Labour saw “no economic case” for new nuclear power stations. He has the cheek to come to the Dispatch Box today to urge that we get on with nuclear. The Government are getting on with nuclear and with renewables, doing exactly the green energy sprint that he has suggested.

  It is a rare thing in the Chamber but I completely agree with the hon. Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies) and the Minister’s opening remarks: now is not the time for knee-jerk reactions. Given that we have this energy crisis, now is the time to stay strategic and not make daft decisions. Clearly, doing fracking would not do anything to change the west’s reliance on gas, even if, as the Minister’s says, the UK does not rely on Russian gas. He can reconfirm that fracking would not release enough gas to change the international market price, so we would still be paying the same wholesale prices. Is it not the case that there is not enough geological and scientific coring information, to the right depths, to understand the viability of extraction, let alone the risks of seismic tremors, which, as we have already heard, occurred at Preston New Road? Therefore, fracking should be ruled out, in the way the Scottish Government have done. Do we not need to invest heavily in renewables? We keep hearing about nuclear from those on the two Front Benches, but committing £63 billion of capital and financing costs to Sizewell C is madness. Our approach should be straightforward renewable energy. I keep going on about pumped storage hydro. Last week, the Secretary of State said that I had been going on about it for 18 months and that it is a good solution but he needs to assess value for money. When are we going to get that value for money? When are we going to get a change to the transmission grid charging system, which is blocking the deployment of Scottish renewables? We need to invest more in tidal stream, to increase the floating offshore target and to set an onshore wind target as well. Let us maximise investment in renewable energy.

  I support what my right hon. Friend is saying about the need for more renewables and for nuclear. We all support the objective of net zero by 2050, but we are now in a gas supply crisis. The Government insist that we are in a European market; Europe is heavily dependent on Russia. We need to produce as much gas as we can. It is a simple question: is shale an option for the Government in the immediate term, or not? That is what we need to know; otherwise, the wells will be concreted over, which the Government said they do not want.

  I thank my hon. Friend for his support for renewables, nuclear and net zero, all three of which belong together, right at the centre of Government policy. He said that there was a gas supply crisis, but I would not characterise it that way. The UK has very secure sources of gas supply: around about 50% comes from the UK continental shelf; a further 30% comes from Norway, our great friend and NATO ally; and 20% is bought on the international market. There is obviously an issue with the price, but I do not share in my hon. Friend’s characterisation of a gas supply crisis.

  As the Council of Europe rapporteur on hydraulic fracturing, I know, as may the Minister, that 5% of the methane produced by fracking is leaked through fugitive emissions. As methane is 80 times worse for global warming than carbon dioxide, that makes fracking worse for global warming than coal, so instead of looking at fracking will the Minister redouble his efforts on renewables, in terms of wind farms in England and marine in Wales? Will he also look to store renewable energy in organic batteries which, when produced at scale, are cheap and do not result in pollutants?

  I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mark Menzies), who has done so much over many years to support his constituents, who have been adamantly opposed to shale gas extraction. However, frankly, the Opposition talk a load of tosh when it comes to how we are going to meet our net zero ambitions. My right hon. Friend the Minister has set out our amazing achievements in renewables and in our commitment to achieving net zero. Nevertheless, to meet the exponential increase in electricity demand in order to make the transition, we have to look at the lowest-emission fossil fuel, which is gas. If we have safe and secure resources in this country, which we undoubtedly do, it is absolutely right that we talk to communities about whether they would like to have free gas in return for committing to shale gas extraction in their area. That is only right.

  My right hon. Friend is absolutely right on gas: the Climate Change Committee itself has said that the use of gas can still be consistent with reaching net zero in 2015, and—let us face it—it is vital for our energy mix today. She also made some strong points about how we keep local consent and local communities on board. In respect of all forms of energy, that is one of the central principles that the Government are keen to maintain.

  Diverse organisations such as the Climate Change Committee and the Net Zero Scrutiny Group, which I chair, agree on one thing: gas will be part of our energy mix to 2050 and beyond. That makes domestic supply a very sensible endeavour. I just put the benefits to the Minister: 75,000 potential jobs; tens of billions of investment; billions in terms of tax revenues; massive savings of CO 2 compared with LNG inputs, which are truly horrific on CO 2 , given that they come in on a diesel ship; and the balance of payments positivity. Is there anything in that list that my right hon. Friend disagrees with? Finally, I implore him to send a note of thanks to the US Government who took the dash to shale gas extraction some time ago and it is on the back of that that they have mitigated a lot of our energy failure.

  At COP26, Wales signed up to the Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance, and we have comprehensively rejected fracking or any new hydrocarbon developments. Shale production will not meet our current energy needs; it will take too long, be too expensive and condemn our climate targets. Will the Minister assure me that he will respect Wales’s opposition to fracking, honour our COP26 pledges and not give in to climate deniers and fossil fuel opportunists?

  I speak as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the environment. After the 1973 oil price shock wreaked economic havoc across the western world, different countries responded in different ways to ensure it never happened again. Denmark went for increasing wind power, Japan went for increasing solar, France went for increasing nuclear power and in Britain we went for increasing oil production in the North sea. Does my right hon. Friend agree that we should learn the lessons of history to ensure that we do not repeat the mistakes, and that the response to high international energy, oil and gas prices should not be to press pause on net zero, but to push full steam ahead with it, growing renewables and nuclear power?

  I think I am meeting my hon. Friend’s APPG either this week or next, and I am looking forward to that. He makes some strong points. Net zero is not part of the problem; it is part of the solution when it comes to both the transition and energy security. He talks about not repeating the mistakes of the past and he mentions nuclear. I will put on record that I am glad to see the conversion of the Labour party from saying it was anti-nuclear in its 1997 manifesto to now backing the Government’s nuclear programme. I welcome that conversion.

  Full debate: Shale Gas Production

• 11 Jan 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  Do I want VAT removed from our energy bills? Of course I do. Everybody does. That is why last week I signed a letter to the Chancellor, asking him to cut the VAT on bills. I also want the removal of levies on domestic energy, which are nearly a quarter of an electricity bill. That sort of saving is a real saving, which would make a real difference to the people in Ashfield and Eastwood, but of course there is not much of an appetite for that in this place as we strive to be net zero in record time.

  Full debate: Household Energy Bills: VAT

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

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

• 8 Jun 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The Policing Minister also claimed that money for sites was available in the £150 million affordable homes programme pot, but the last shared ownership affordable homes programme in 2016 to 2021, with a budget of £4.7 billion, awarded grants for just two Traveller sites across the whole country in the scheme’s entire period. They were both just transit sites in Birmingham and Cornwall. That was revealed by Friends, Families & Travellers, which FOI-ed Homes England to find that information. Funding for Traveller sites must be more than warm words.

  Full debate: Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)

• 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 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

• 3 Dec 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  Mining the coal in the UK massively cuts greenhouse gases and results in the saving of significant carbon emissions, as we do not have to import from abroad. But where can we mine the coal that is needed for our steel industry? Well, we have the Woodhouse colliery in Cumbria, which—if it opens—will extract metallurgical, high-quality coking coal, which will then be used to produce high-quality steel right on our doorstep. The irony of all this is the high-quality steel produced from that coal could be used not only for infrastructure projects but to produce the equipment that green energy providers need. Fossil fuel can be used to drive forward green energy production.

  Full debate: Future of Coal in the UK

• 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