Australian Bushfires

Alistair Carmichael Excerpts
Thursday 9th January 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Heather Wheeler Portrait Mrs Wheeler
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I am really pleased to say that no UK nationals have been killed and we are not aware of any who have been injured. In fact, only one British national has been in touch to ask for advice and support. We ask everybody—visitors and people living there—to pay close attention to the updated advice from local authorities.

Alistair Carmichael Portrait Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland) (LD)
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When the fires are extinguished, there is going to have to be a moment for learning lessons and drawing the links between these incidents and climate change. Our Government should take a leading role, but we would be better able to do so if we had not ourselves just announced that a review of the net zero carbon target had been put off until autumn. Will the Minister speak to her colleagues in the Treasury about bringing that review forward?

Heather Wheeler Portrait Mrs Wheeler
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I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question, and I will of course do that.