Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with the incoming US administration on climate change.

I arrived back from the US on January 10th 2017, where I held a series of meetings with key figures from the incoming Administration. It was clear from my discussions that the new Administration is looking forward to working closely with us to tackle the shared challenges we face. Our ambassador and Embassy in Washington are already engaging the transition team across a range of these issues. The Prime Minister, my Rt Hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) has also spoken to President-elect Trump twice since his election, and is looking forward to visiting soon after the inauguration. The Government works regularly with the US on a range of climate and energy issues and will continue to do so.