Afzal Khan (Labour)

8. What recent progress the Government have made on tackling climate change through international co-operation. ( 911546 )

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Alan Mak (Conservative)

9. What diplomatic steps the Government are taking to lead the international effort to tackle climate change. ( 911547 )

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Stephen Morgan (Labour)

14. What recent progress the Government have made on tackling climate change through international co-operation. ( 911554 )

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Bim Afolami (Hitchin and Harpenden) (Con)

15. What diplomatic steps the Government are taking to lead the international effort to tackle climate change. ( 911555 )

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Ruth George (High Peak) (Lab)

21. What recent progress the Government have made on tackling climate change through international co-operation. ( 911561 )

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Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)

The FCO is playing a leading role in promoting international co-operation on climate change, maintaining the momentum generated by the Paris agreement, and raising ambition, as indicated by our new net zero 2050 target.

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Afzal Khan (Labour)

What progress was made during Donald Trump’s recent state visit on making him see sense on climate change?

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Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)

We are very direct with President Trump. We do not agree with him on climate change, which is why we continue to uphold the Paris accord and why we are championing a UK bid to host the next big climate change conference, COP 26. We want it to be held in London at the end of next year, and if we are successful, it will tell the whole world how seriously we take the issue.

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Alan Mak (Conservative)

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s efforts to secure the COP 26 summit for Britain. If he succeeds, how will he ensure that schools in Havant and across the country can contribute to the summit, given the importance of climate change to the next generation?

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Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that we need to focus on young people, and I am sure there will be a youth event if we are successful in our bid to host COP 26, but in some ways I want to have an oldies event as well, because I want young people to see that older generations really do take this issue seriously. Their concern is that we are not as committed to it as they are, and we must prove them wrong.

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Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)

I think we are making progress, despite the setback of not having the United States on board. As for exactly what the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is doing, we have 299 people across the world whose job is entirely or partly to advocate on climate change. We are using our diplomatic network to its fullest effect.

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Jeremy Hunt (Conservative)

I recognise the fairness of the hon. Lady’s point. There will, of course, be legislation to follow relating to our net zero 2050 target and that will be the moment to have that debate.

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Emily Thornberry (Labour)

I am asking a rare third question on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman). She cannot be here for family reasons, but she wanted me to join in the important discussion on climate change. It gives me the opportunity to congratulate the Foreign Secretary directly not just for getting into the final two, but for being the only candidate who has the police outside his house for the right reasons. [ Laughter. ] Aside from the very welcome conversation on climate change that the Prince of Wales had with Donald Trump during his state visit— [ Interruption. ] I’m sorry, does the hon. Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Daniel Kawczynski) wish to intervene?

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Emily Thornberry (Labour)

Okay, well perhaps I can start again. I want to ask the Foreign Secretary this. Aside from the very welcome conversation on climate change that the Prince of Wales had with Donald Trump during his state visit, I want to reiterate the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan). What progress did the Foreign Secretary and the Government make in trying to persuade the President of the United States to take climate change seriously, given that his response following that visit was to say that all this fuss was simply about changes in the weather?

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