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Written Question
Climate Change Convention: Egypt
Friday 2nd December 2022

Asked by: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the outcome of COP27; and what plans they have, if any, to address the issues raised at the conference.

Answered by Lord Callanan - Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

COP27 established a new fund for responding to loss and damage as part of other funding arrangements relevant for loss and damage. This progress is significant in supporting the most vulnerable.

We maintained the focus from Glasgow on the urgent action needed to keep 1.5 alive and secured further work on mitigation to accelerate and implement emission reductions.

The deal in Egypt preserves the historic commitments countries agreed to last year in the Glasgow Climate Pact, and the UK will continue to push for international ambition and implementation of the Glasgow Climate Pact and the Paris Agreement.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Employers: Fire and Rehire

"My Lords, everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect at work, even government Ministers. Being rehired on worse terms and conditions is just plain wrong. It has been over seven months since the Government announced the new statutory code on fire and rehire, which I think the TUC …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 24 Oct 2022
Energy Prices Bill

"My Lords, many of the amendments in this group are sensible and could easily be accepted by the Government. We on these Benches will support Amendment 8 if the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, tests the opinion of the House. The Member’s explanatory statement is exactly as the noble Lord said, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Workforce: Trades Union Congress

"My Lords, Frances O’Grady, the TUC general secretary, will be a welcome addition to your Lordships’ House. Last year, when talking about supply chains and employment, she said:

“Ministers may scratch their heads about how to protect supply chains and fill vacancies. Well, here’s a novel idea. Invite unions in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Energy Prices Bill

"My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this Second Reading; there have been thoughtful and detailed interventions across the House. These Benches welcome the Bill and will support its passage. However, as raised by my noble friend Lord Lennie in his opening remarks, there are a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Energy Supplies

"My Lords, as many speakers have alluded to, there is little evidence to suggest that fracking is the answer to the current energy crisis. However, reducing our collective energy demand would improve energy security and lower prices. Why was the Government-led campaign to encourage household energy savings scrapped?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2022
North Sea Gas

"My Lords, following on from that answer, I welcome the Government’s approach to reopening the gas storage facility in the North Sea. However, as the Minister just touched on, questions persist with regard to the safety of Rough wells, and these concerns, as he mentioned, are shared by many, including …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2022
Net Zero Strategy: High Court Ruling

"My Lords, paragraph 252 of the High Court judgment ruled that the Government’s net zero strategy was unlawful. The court found that the net zero strategy did not go below national and sector levels to look at contributions to emissions reductions, and that it needs to be rewritten with quantified …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2022

"My Lords, like many others, I thank the Minister for his explanation of what this order achieves: introducing the latest energy company obligation, ECO4, replacing ECO3, which came to an end in March. I start by echoing what the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, said, about the effects of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Tue 12 Jul 2022
Register of Overseas Entities (Delivery, Protection and Trust Services) Regulations 2022

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining this instrument. As we know, it implements aspects of the new register of overseas entities, which will finally require owners of UK property to reveal their true identities and crack down on foreign criminals using UK property to launder money. I apologise …..."
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