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Toby Perkins's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Toby Perkins in the last 90 days

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• 12 Nov 2024: Tweet

  RT @CommonsEAC: ????️Our Chair @tobyperkinsmp welcomes the Government's ambitions for the green economy at #COP29. ➡️Find out more: https://t… [Source]

• 04 Nov 2024: Tweet

  I recently spoke at roundtable event to highlight the important role the financial sector has to play with government to solve the dual nature and climate crises. Read my speech below https://www.tobyperkins.org.uk/2024/11/04/navigating-investment-risks-public-and-private-roles-in-low-carbon-technology-financing/ [Source]

• 17 Sep 2024: Tweet

  So great to hear this. The nature and climate crisis are here, now. Leadership on the global stage at COP 16 and COP 29, will be crucial. A very welcome intervention, @DavidLammy https://twitter.com/davidlammy/status/1836046631130522023 [Source]

• 5 Sep 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  I speak today in support of a Bill that has the potential to be a real game-changer in the fight to decarbonise our energy supply. I applaud my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on his determination in bringing this Bill before the House so soon after the general election. It is hugely encouraging that the Government have got straight on with the business of setting up GB Energy, following hot on the heels of the excellent auction that we heard about just this week. GB Energy’s task—working hand in hand with the private sector to power an ambitious expansion of renewable energy—is a crucial one. The task of decarbonising our energy supply could not be more urgent. Scientists have made it clear that the warming of our climate due to carbon emissions is having disastrous consequences that are already being felt. We are not heading towards a climate emergency: we are already living in one.

  We should reject the voices that say that China’s growth means that anything we do is futile. That is an excuse never to take the steps needed to decarbonise. Of course, there is a role for international negotiation and bringing pressure to bear on other nations, but we do that more convincingly when our own house is in order. That is why I am so pleased to support GB Energy. We have also seen the danger of being reliant on other nations for our energy security. Energy supply chains are increasingly fraught with geopolitical tensions and, in the case of Russia’s senseless invasion of Ukraine, outright conflicts. That lays bare just how vulnerable we can be when we cannot provide for ourselves. Make no mistake, energy security is national security.

  We should benefit from the great natural riches this country is endowed with, yet the last Government’s inconsistency of approach detracted from the investment in renewable energy that we need. From the ban on onshore wind to the downgrading of feed-in tariffs and the disastrous, failed contracts for difference round 5 auction, the renewables sector has not previously had a consistent partner to maximise the potential for renewable energy.

  I do not recognise the hon. Gentleman’s description at all. We are part of a United Kingdom, and we all make contributions and we all receive benefits. The people of Scotland were given an option to vote to leave, and they chose not to. I know that is a result he bitterly regrets, but that is the choice the people of Scotland made. It is absolutely true that Scotland produces a large amount of renewable energy and of energy more generally, and it also gets many other benefits in many other ways. That is why I suspect the number of Members on the Benches next to him is so much smaller than it was previously, because people have recognised, overall, the benefits of being part of this great Union.

  As I say, we should benefit from the great natural riches that his country is endowed with, but the previous Government’s approach withheld those opportunities. What today’s Bill offers, alongside the astonishingly successful round 6 auction, is a strong signal that the new Government are taking the generation of renewable energy far more seriously. It is imperative that the sector knows it has a Government who are a reliable partner, without constant knee-jerk changes in policy: not a pushover or a Government who give away taxpayers’ money thoughtlessly, but one setting out a fair and reliable basis for firms to invest.

  This Government have laid down demanding targets to double energy generated by onshore wind farms, triple solar power and quadruple offshore wind. Those objectives are a vital part of decarbonising the grid by 2030, but we should not be in any doubt about the challenge they represent. There are still many legitimate questions about the operation of this new enterprise and where the balance will sit between being a conduit to private investment and being a provider in its own right, but criticism of the Bill from Opposition Members has been wildly overblown. The truth is that this small Bill is introducing the company—it is not the entire energy policy of this Government—and much of the criticism has been fanciful. However, I would be interested to know from my hon. Friend the Minister how the new company will work across Government to unlock the planning system while taking communities along with us.

  Full debate: Great British Energy Bill

• 24 Aug 2024: Tweet

  @dano1311 No, we have a plan, which will improve renewable energy supply and which we laid out in detail before the election which will credibly reduce prices. The whole plan may not fit in a tweet but its there and we are getting on with it. https://labour.org.uk/updates/stories/labours-plan-for-gb-energy/ [Source]