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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Mims Davies

• 4 Nov 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  So much more was said today by Members on both sides of the House. My right hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen) talked about his freedom, but also about the concern about a “sugar rush” contained in the Budget. My hon. Friend the Member for Brigg and Immingham (Martin Vickers) spoke about the importance of the fishing industry and the renewable energy sector, and asked what was the reality when it came to protecting working people. My hon. Friend the Member for Mid Leicestershire (Mr Bedford) talked about the concern that was felt about the taxing of education, saying that the Budget was bad for small and medium-sized businesses and that it was about the politics of envy. It seems that Labour Members do not like it described as a socialist Budget, which I find concerning, as the Prime Minister has confessed that he is a socialist. It is a rather odd rejection.

  Full debate: Income Tax (Charge)

• 23 Aug 2024: Tweet

  RT @ClaireCoutinho: Instead of prioritising cheap energy, Ed Miliband is pursuing reckless net zero targets with no thoughts to the costs t… [Source]

• 17 Jun 2024: Tweet

  RT @Conservatives: Labour will pursue Net Zero no matter the cost to families and livelihoods. Keir Starmer would take us back to square o… [Source]

• 17 May 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  To assure the hon. Member for Wallasey, in my role as Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work, I met with the Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, my hon. Friend the Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson), this week to discuss costs and other matters concerning the national disability strategy and the disability action plan. As the hon. Lady said, the issue is at the forefront of my mind and we are aligned on those concerns.

  Full debate: Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill

• 10 Dec 2023: Tweet

  RT @DefraGovUK: At #COP28, we put nature at the heart of our climate change action. ???? New details on measures to tackle illegal deforesta… [Source]

• 07 Dec 2023: Tweet

  RT @transportgovuk: Today at #COP28 we’ve launched a £70 million pilot scheme to power up motorway service areas and pave the way for ultra… [Source]

• 16 Nov 2023: Tweet

  RT @ClaireCoutinho: Never let anyone tell you the UK isn’t a world leader in renewable energy. In Q1 of this year 48% of our power came fr… [Source]

• 09 Oct 2023: Tweet

  RT @ClaireCoutinho: The Ed Miliband speaking today is the same man who neglected nuclear, thought our achievement of renewable energy was ‘… [Source]

• 05 Oct 2023: Tweet

  RT @ClaireCoutinho: Two stories today. Which does more to energise the cause of climate change? First, Just Stop Oil ruins a special nigh… [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  RT @RishiSunak: This important thread shows we’re so far ahead of every other country in the world on Net Zero. So how can it be right tha… [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  RT @RishiSunak: We will still meet our international commitments and hit Net Zero by 2050. Our new approach will embrace with even greater… [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  RT @ClaireCoutinho: The Prime Minister has set out a pragmatic approach to Net Zero which ensures a just transition for hardworking familie… [Source]

• 20 Sep 2023: Tweet

  RT @michelledonelan: The £150m Green Futures Fellowships announced by @RishiSunak will: ????‍????Back top innovators in practical climate tech li… [Source]

• 31 May 2023: Tweet

  RT @david_duguid: 2/4 Either way, only @Conservatives have a credible plan, working with #oilandgas #renewables sectors, to get to #NetZero… [Source]

• 6 Mar 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  On the hon. Gentleman’s concerns, let me spell out that the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2013 applies the provisions of the 1974 Act. This covers certain activities offshore, including work associated with offshore wind farms, as well as other offshore installations such as those for oil and gas. Therefore, the 1974 Act applies to offshore wind farms in the territorial sea and, within the UK continental shelf, to renewable energy zones, which are also defined in the 2013 order. The 2013 order also applies the provisions of the 1974 Act to offshore oil and gas installations in designated areas in the UK continental shelf—I really hope that pacifies the hon. Gentleman. I will say more about that and come on to some of his other points later.

  In conclusion, I have, I hope, set out the regulatory framework in place to ensure the health and safety of people working at offshore wind farms, and have detailed that the HSE is one of a number of regulators and organisations that work together to ensure that employers maintain health and safety standards in this sector and protect their workers. I reassure the hon. Gentleman that the UK Government continue to take health and safety on wind farms very seriously, and recognise the contribution made by this sector to energy security and the net zero programme. I hope that that goes some way to reassuring the hon. Gentleman that the current regulatory regime and framework in place is sufficiently robust to protect the health and safety of workers, but I appreciate —he has made some excellent points this evening—that it is a complex, growing and challenging picture. I offer to facilitate a meeting between him and HSE officials, along with other relevant Departments and officials, so that we can further reassure him, the sector, employers and those who work in it that his concerns are fully understood and addressed.

  Full debate: Offshore Wind Farms: Health and Safety

• 8 Feb 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  The Department is also committed to improving the sustainability of its buildings, contributing to the commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040 and is therefore adapting its estate to be more sustainable and energy efficient.

  Full debate: Decommissioning of Temporary Jobcentres

• 17 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @hmtreasury: The shift to Electric Vehicles is continuing at pace as the UK moves to net zero.    Therefore from 2025, road tax will b… [Source]

• 12 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @ZacGoldsmith: Major event about to begin at #COP27 to agree urgent steps needed to halt & reverse forest loss & land degradation this d… [Source]

• 10 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @GillianKeegan: It's Youth and Science Day at #COP27 and @educationgovuk’s @dianabarran is there to meet with world leaders to discuss t… [Source]

• 07 Nov 2022: Tweet

  RT @pow_rebecca: Prime Minister @RishiSunak confirming our commitment to tackling climate change - it’s the right thing to do @SDGoals [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

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

• 23 Jun 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  These changes will also support those Government priorities of fewer and better-quality buildings, investment in the condition of buildings, the future sustainability of the estate and, above all, our commitments to net zero. It is also about ensuring, vitally, that the Department maintains a footprint in Scotland and Wales and shows a firm and vital commitment to our precious Union. [ Interruption. ] You have to let me have that one. We are supporting our places for growth programme by committing to roles outside of London. It also supports levelling up. We are committed to retaining a presence in some of the most deprived areas throughout the nation and regions and creating career opportunity for our people.

  Full debate: DWP Office Closures

• 22 Feb 2022: Tweet

  RT @nadhimzahawi: To protect settings we have delivered over 360,000 CO2 monitors and are also making up to 9,000 air cleaning devices avai… [Source]

• 31 Jan 2022: Tweet

  RT @HuwMerriman: Great to listen to @AlokSharma_RDG deliver a brilliant talk on climate change and why we keep leading. Thanks to @SallyAnn… [Source]

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

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

• 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

• 19 Nov 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  We recognise at the DWP that we need to be looking strongly and widely at the labour market. We have an excellent team, which I work with closely, who give me a daily understanding of the labour market so that we can try to take advantage of the opportunities of automation—this emerging technology—and what it may bring. We heard already about the green jobs taskforce which met for the first time last week, which will bring together the views of businesses and employers, as we heard today, and key stakeholders including the skills sector. The taskforce will focus on the immediate and longer term challenges of delivering workers with the right skills for the UK’s transition to net zero, including dealing with the issue of building back greener, as we heard this afternoon, and developing a long-term plan that charts out those key skills. It will also focus on the good-quality jobs that we need, a diverse workforce and supporting workers in high-carbon areas transitioning into sectors such as green technologies.

  Full debate: The Future of Work

• 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

• 23 Nov 2016: Parliamentary Speech

  Thank you for calling me to speak in this important debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Liverpool, Riverside (Mrs Ellman). I have written in my notes the words “road”, “rail”, “aviation” and “the water”, and I feel that she and I have some common—perhaps watery—ground on these matters. We have heard from Members on both sides of the House that it is vital to address the issue of climate change, and I shall focus unashamedly today on how that affects my constituency. Anyone who enters Eastleigh will see the words “Tackling climate change” on the sign, but that feels like a strange irony for anyone sitting in queueing traffic there.

  Full debate: Exiting the EU and Transport

• 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

• 19 Nov 2015: Parliamentary Speech

  9. What assessment her Department has made of the likely effect of changes to subsidies on the predicted deployment rates of renewable energy by 2020. ( 902227 )

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 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