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• 14 Oct 2024: Tweet

  If we are to meet our net zero targets, we must limit airport expansion, yet we know Labour ministers are considering approving a 3rd runway at Heathrow. I asked the Energy Secretary how his Govt could meet their climate commitments if they give Heathrow the green light. https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1845796873908441325/video/1 [Source]

• 11 Oct 2024: Tweet

  If we are to meet our net zero targets, we must limit airport expansion, yet we know Labour ministers are considering approving a 3rd runway at Heathrow. I asked the Energy Secretary how his Govt could meet their climate commitments if they give Heathrow the green light. https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1844778017551159303/video/1 [Source]

• 8 Oct 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  The Climate Change Committee has said that there should be no more than a 25% increase in airport capacity, compared with 2018 levels, if we are to achieve net zero by 2050, yet current planned and recently approved airport expansions will allow for a 50% to 70% increase in demand. Can the Secretary of State explain why Ministers in the Department for Transport are considering giving a green light to a third runway at Heathrow? How on earth will that allow the country to meet its net zero targets?

  Full debate: Climate Change: International Work

• 22 Apr 2024: Tweet

  RT @LaylaMoran: Tackling climate change is the right thing to do and has market benefits. In the dwindling days of a govt with no ideas, S… [Source]

• 09 Nov 2023: Tweet

  Martin Elengorn faithfully served the residents of Teddington for over 40 years on the council. He was absolutely passionate about climate change and the impact it will have on children and young people. https://twitter.com/TeddingtonNub/status/1722295479994569034 [Source]

• 6 Sep 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  It is no secret that our water system is under pressure. Both population growth and climate change are challenges that must be overcome, so I recognise and welcome the work that Thames Water has undertaken to prepare for future water shortages. However, because of the limited capacity and the potentially disastrous impact on water quality and the environment, our community believes that Thames Water has taken a damaging wrong turn in promoting a water recycling scheme at Teddington.

  Full debate: Water Resources Management Plan: Teddington

• 24 May 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  Since the last general election, we have gone from one Prime Minister who threatened to lay down in front of the bulldozers at Heathrow—but who was tellingly missing for a critical vote in the House of Commons on Heathrow expansion—to another who actively supported expansion, although luckily her tenure was short lived. Our current Prime Minister has taken a leaf out of their book, talking tough on climate change and net zero while instructing his Chancellor to slash air passenger duty on domestic flights. I hope the Minister will clarify the Prime Minister’s position on the third runway project. In particular, as the hon. Member for Putney said, we need a review of the airports national policy statement; it is five years old, and the analysis is completely out of date, especially given the pandemic. We need a commitment to a national aviation strategy that addresses the sector as a whole, not just Heathrow.

  To conclude, I speak on behalf of thousands of residents across Twickenham and south-west London, as well as London Liberal Democrat MPs, Richmond Council and members of the Greater London Assembly, when I say that we wholeheartedly and vehemently oppose a third runway at Heathrow airport. We will mobilise against any further plans. It is bad for the environment, bad for local communities, bad for our net zero targets and even potentially bad for our economy. It is time that the Government woke up, smelt the kerosene and opposed Heathrow expansion.

  Full debate: Heathrow Airport Expansion

• 2 Mar 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  As the hon. Member laid out, hospices have not been classified as an energy-intensive industry, whereas many other places—including even botanical gardens, I think—have been. Hospices are therefore not getting the additional support, yet supporting care for those with very serious conditions is an energy-intensive task. Hon. Members who have visited hospices will have seen the paraphernalia and the equipment, and children and their families also have to be kept warm. It is absurd. I plead with the Minister to make strong representations to his colleagues in the Treasury to ensure hospices are reclassified as energy intensive. Earlier this week in departmental questions, my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) asked the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to consider a specific fund to support hospices with their energy costs. The Secretary of State said he would look at those concerns. I therefore task the Minister with speaking to both the Secretary of State and colleagues at the Treasury to see what can be done to support Shooting Star and many other hospices.

  Full debate: Hospice Sector: Fiscal Support and Cost of Living

• 07 Dec 2022: Tweet

  RT @timfarron: So, the government approves a new coal mine in Cumbria. A ridiculous and dreadful decision. Climate change is our biggest ea… [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

  Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 28 Jul 2022: Tweet

  Earlier this month, I joined @Twickenhamsch for a surgery on the #ClimateCrisis. This was one of many fantastic questions they came up with, so I put it to the Govt ???? We must educate & empower our children to tackle this crisis. Read Minister's answer: https://buff.ly/3cKrLM9 https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1552611835630813185/photo/1 [Source]

• 12 Jul 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  T8. An ambitious nationwide insulation programme is absolutely essential to meeting our net zero target, although I note this morning that the hon. Member for Saffron Walden (Kemi Badenoch) has described that goal as “unilateral economic disarmament”. If she and others hoping to be Prime Minister had attended Sir Patrick Vallance’s alarming briefing yesterday on the climate crisis, she would have understood how important it was to reduce household emissions. So will the Secretary of State create jobs, cut bills and slash emissions by investing in insulation? ( 901013 )

  Full debate: Oral Answers to Questions

• 12 Jul 2022: Tweet

  An ambitious, nationwide insulation programme is essential to meeting our net-zero target, creating jobs and cutting bills. In wake of damaging rhetoric on the climate crisis from Tory leadership hopefuls, I called on the Minister to invest now to lower household emissions. https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1546850788206575616/video/1 [Source]

• 07 Jul 2022: Tweet

  So inspired after my recent Climate Surgery with Y 7&8 pupils from @Twickenhamsch as part of Schools Climate Summit. Great Qs about what more the Govt could be doing on the environment – questions I’ll continue to raise in Parliament. #FridaysForFuture @GLOBE_intl @climate_london https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1545021790593945601/photo/1 [Source]

• 27 Jun 2022: Tweet

  Complete hypocrisy that Govt is giving tax breaks for fossil fuels just months after hosting the #COP26 summit where nearly 200 countries pledged to phase them out. Any relief from #windfalltax on oil + gas profits should be for renewables investment ???? https://buff.ly/3yimDal [Source]

• 29 Mar 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  3. What plans he has to support the development of the renewable energy sector. ( 906338 )

  Full debate: Renewable Energy Sector

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

  Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 - The subsidy control principles - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 15 Nov 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  Finally, I turn to the local skills improvement plans. I very much welcome the Government’s amendment in the other place to ensure that climate change and the environment are at the forefront of local skills improvement plans. That is critical if we are to be at the heart of the green industrial revolution. However, I urge the Government to keep in full the amendment made in the other place on the involvement of local authorities and regional government in the development of local skills improvement plans alongside ERBs.

  Full debate: Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]

• 13 Nov 2021: Tweet

  RT @timfarron: How might #cop26 have panned out if the host prime minister hadn’t rendered his government diplomatically impotent having br… [Source]

• 03 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Thanks to @habsandheritage for letting me pop into the #RichmondClimateWeek primary school summit on #COP26 this morning. I met pupils from St Mary's primary in Twickenham, @StJamesHampHill & @HHILLJUNSCH. Brilliant speeches especially by the "Boris Johnson" team ????. https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1456031860165910536/photo/1 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  RT @standardnews: The leader of the Lib Dems, Sir Ed Davey, has led COP talks on three previous occasions and his biggest fear now for the… [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  We need a joined up approach, alongside long-term commitment and action. I hope that the Govt uses #COP26 to introduce improved climate change education to our schools. Not only will this help our planet, but it will also help children and young people’s wellbeing. (THREAD 7/8) https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1455144114253619205/video/1 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Not only is climate change education split across Geography and Science GCSE, but only 50% of students even take Geography GCSE. This means that thousands of students are already missing out on crucial aspects of climate change education. (THREAD 5/8) https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1455143057171656710/video/1 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  The public want to see more involvement of climate change education in the national curriculum. On my website, 300+ local residents signed my petition on this very topic. There is certainly a desire out there for improved climate change education in our schools. (THREAD 4/8) https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1455142878867562498/video/1 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Though this pandemic is a significant problem for young people today, climate change will be the problem that today's young people will have to face in the future. We must ensure that they are ready for it. (THREAD 3/8) https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1455142580006555656/video/1 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  After touring local schools, it's clear that climate change and biodiversity are hot topics among children and young people. I am always quizzed heavily on these issues. It's clear that climate change is a priority and we need to boost education in this area. (THREAD 2/8) https://x.com/munirawilson/status/1455141672334016514/video/1 [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Last week in Parliament I challenged ministers to use #COP26 as an opportunity to improve climate change education in schools Watch my contributions in the thread below: (THREAD 1/8) [Source]

• 31 Oct 2021: Tweet

  RT @LibDems: Today is the start of #COP26 , which could well be our last chance to take substantive action on the Climate Crisis. Liberal… [Source]

• 29 Oct 2021: Tweet

  RT @LibDems: In 2 days the UK will host #COP26Glasgow international climate summit. #Budget2021 was the chancellor's chance to establish… [Source]

• 27 Oct 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  We know the majority of the public want to see more in the curriculum on climate change and the environment. I recently ran a local petition on my website about making climate education a stand-alone subject. We can have a discussion on whether it should stand alone, but just locally I got over 300 signatures, so there is definitely a desire out there. We have heard that the UN has asked that climate change education plays a central role in updated nationally determined contributions in terms of the Paris agreement pledges. Now we are going into COP26, so I hope we will see new pledges on climate change education.

  As I touched on already, we can talk about whether there is a sustainability thread running through everything and whether we have a stand-alone subject or a stand-alone GCSE. Children starting secondary school are already asking this. One of the first questions that the daughter of one of my members of staff asked was, “Can I take a climate change GCSE?” We should be offering that. Climate change education is split across science and geography, but fewer than 50% of pupils are taking geography GCSE, so a core part of that curriculum is not being taught to many young people. The Liberal Democrats have talked about having a curriculum for life taught in schools, with climate change being part of that. These are details to discuss, but we are all united in saying that this needs to be a core part of the curriculum.

  A Natural England survey last year showed the income and racial inequalities in terms of access to the natural environment. As with so many other things, that has been exacerbated by the pandemic. We know that fewer people from ethnic minorities and fewer people from lower income backgrounds have managed to get access to outside space. My hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) has been campaigning for a nature premium for schools to boost outdoor education. There are mental wellbeing benefits, there are physical wellbeing benefits, and there are educational benefits, so we need a joined-up approach to climate education in the curriculum. I hope the Minister will respond positively given the cross-party consensus. This needs to go beyond COP26; it is great that we are having these discussions now, but we need long-term commitment and action.

  Full debate: Sustainability and Climate Change (National Curriculum)

• 27 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Bang on ???????? On on the eve of COP26 too. Global leadership on the environment? Much ????????‍♀️ https://t.co/REvwc7m9By [Source]

• 22 Oct 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  I will finish by saying that here we are, on the eve of COP26, and we cannot have a car-led recovery. We need to be incentivising rail travel—these cuts will simply push people into their cars—and we need a clear plan to boost rail travel post pandemic. It is clear that these cuts are financially driven, but they are financially illiterate, because we will have all the fixed costs of the network remaining in place while passenger numbers are depressed and revenue is therefore reduced.

  Full debate: Rail Service Reductions

• 14 Sep 2021: Tweet

  RT @TeddingtonNub: A Teddington resident who wants to give back to the community has set up an 100% renewable energy company https://t.co/r… [Source]

• 21 Jun 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  If he will take steps to ensure that pupils who opt out of GCSE geography receive education on climate change. ( 901512 )

  Full debate: Climate Change Education

  I hope the Secretary of State will join me in welcoming my hon. Friend the new Member for Chesham and Amersham (Sarah Green) to the Chamber today. I am sure he will agree that it is critical that children and young people learn about the scientific causes and consequences of climate change, and that they are equipped for the future in terms of practical action and the impact on jobs and future careers. With fewer than 50% of GSCE pupils taking geography, what consideration has he given to creating a standalone subject that properly prepares and empowers our young people to engage with climate change?

  Full debate: Climate Change Education

• 07 Jun 2021: Vote

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 26 May 2021: Vote

  Environment Bill — New Clause 24 - Prohibition on burning of peat in upland areas - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 29 Apr 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  Last week, the Government’s sixth carbon budget included aviation emissions for the first time—a welcome step. Can the Secretary of State explain how the Government think they can hit their net zero target without updating the airports national policy statement? Will he finally commit to scrapping Tory plans for a third runway at Heathrow, if he is serious about tackling the climate emergency? ( 914964 )

  Full debate: Topical Questions

• 27 Apr 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  Despite the heavily publicised announcement last week that aviation emissions will be counted towards the UK’s sixth carbon budget, the Conservative Government have made no moves to cancel their plan for a third runway at Heathrow airport or update their aviation national policy statement, which remains in favour of Heathrow expansion. If the Prime Minister is serious about air pollution and climate change, it is time for him to make good on his promise to scrap a third runway.

  Full debate: Air Pollution: London

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

  Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 - Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 08 Dec 2020: Vote

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

• 16 Nov 2020: Vote

  Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — Clause 124 - Climate change risk - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 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: No

• 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: Aye

• 8 Jul 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  In the short term, these sectors can be enabled to kick-start the recovery now. In the longer term, the Chancellor has talked a good game on green jobs, but his announcement today does not go nearly far enough. We need an ambitious green recovery package that seeks to insulate every home in the next 10 years and massively expand renewable energy and new air quality standards. That is why it is also time that the Government put the final nail in the coffin of any plans to build a third runway at Heathrow.

  Full debate: The Economy

• 5 Feb 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  I thank the Labour Front-Bench team for moving this motion, and I welcome the unanimity across the Chamber, and the growing sense of urgency among the public, on taking tougher action on the climate emergency. The question arises as to whether the political rhetoric matches the reality in terms of policy and action.

  We need to do much more to expand our railways if we are to tempt people out of their cars and away from domestic flights, in order to reduce emissions. So I particularly welcome the motion’s call to bring aviation emissions within the UK’s climate targets. It is therefore somewhat surprising—no, negligent—that neither this Opposition motion, nor anything we have heard from those on the Government Benches today calls for the cancellation of a third runway at Heathrow.

  I am disappointed that the amendment that I tabled with Liberal Democrat colleagues has not been selected for debate. Heathrow is the UK’s biggest single source of carbon emissions, and a third runway would increase carbon emissions by up to 9 million tonnes, making achieving net zero significantly harder. Indeed, the Committee on Climate Change said in 2016 that the construction of a third runway might break the Government’s own climate change laws. How can the Conservatives or Labour be serious about their commitment to tackle climate change unless they join my Liberal Democrat colleagues and me in calling very clearly for a third runway to be cancelled?

  Full debate: Transport

• 05 Feb 2020: Vote

  Transport - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 23 Jan 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  T2. Given President Trump’s description of climate campaigners as prophets of doom, and given the revelations that he has banned all reference to a climate crisis in any US trade deal, what assurances can the Secretary of State give the House that any UK-US trade deal will support the UK’s own climate objectives, and, indeed, persuade the US to recommit itself to the Paris agreement? ( 900362 )

  Full debate: Topical Questions

• 16 Jan 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  All my predecessors, including the former Conservative Member Tania Mathias, were united in opposing the expansion of Heathrow airport, and I will continue that fight. As Heathrow is the biggest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in this country, regularly breaching statutory air pollution limits, building a third runway would be an immensely regressive step in tackling the climate emergency, and would have a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of tens of thousands of local residents. I invite the Prime Minister to keep his promise to lie down in front of the bulldozers.

  Full debate: Health and Social Care