Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Bill Esterson Excerpts
Tuesday 11th February 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Yes, I agree with my hon. Friend. Equivalence arrangements, done properly, would require a period of stability to be agreed, and that is exactly what we are working on with our European friends.

Bill Esterson Portrait Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
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T3. Funding for coal mining ended in 2012, but it carries on for oil and gas, as we saw at the recent Africa summit and in the lobbying for the Petrofac oil refinery in Bahrain. When is the Chancellor going to end funding for fossil fuel projects and take the action that is needed to tackle the climate crisis?