Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and Chris Skidmore

Tuesday 11th June 2019 Commons Chamber

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

T4. The International Development Secretary recently said that he wants to double the UK’s current £1.1 billion commitment to the UN green climate fund. As the UK is yet to do so, will the Minister who has temporary responsibility for our engagement with the UN climate talks assure us today that it is the Government’s intention to commit additional money to the fund?

[The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth (Chris Skidmore)]

Obviously, any decision on future funds will be made within the spending review, but I can absolutely say that it is vital that we work cross-departmentally to look at how we can harness all the resources of Government towards tackling climate change. The Secretary of State for International Development has made that commitment personally, and I can double down on that commitment to ensure that we tackle climate change in the poorest countries in the world.