Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to pay loss and damage reparations to developing countries due to the impact of climate change on those countries.

At COP26, the UK strongly supported the establishment of a 'Glasgow Dialogue on Loss and Damage' to discuss the arrangements for the funding of activities to avert, minimise and address loss and damage, in which we participate actively. The Santiago Network (a platform for catalysing technical assistance on loss and damage for developing countries) was also progressed at COP26 through agreement on functions and funding. The UK is actively engaging on Loss and Damage at COP27 and on 7 November announced £5 million for the Santiago Network to fund its set up and development.