COP26 Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

COP26

Matt Rodda Excerpts
Monday 15th November 2021

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank the right hon. Lady for that, but we are going beyond hydrocarbons faster than virtually any other country in the world and she should be proud of that.

Matt Rodda Portrait Matt Rodda (Reading East) (Lab)
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I pay tribute to the COP President for his work. Will the Prime Minister now indicate how he is going to put pressure on the major coal producers and importers, and indeed how he will use UK trade policy to achieve that?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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We will hold all coal producers, importers and mining countries around the world to their commitments to reduce our global dependence on coal. They have made them in black and white in the Glasgow climate pact and we will hold them to account.