Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chris Evans and Anne-Marie Trevelyan

Wednesday 2nd November 2022 Commons Chamber

[Anne-Marie Trevelyan]

If I may, I will write to the hon. Lady with more detailed information, but the work that Lord Goldsmith in the other place has been doing as part of the COP26 team over the last two years, as was set out, has driven work on deforestation and commodities. We continue to do that. I will ensure that she gets a fuller answer.

[Chris Evans (Islwyn) (Lab/Co-op)]

T6. While it is admirable to assist other countries in meeting their net zero goals, closer to home, the planning laws mean that polluting companies gain planning permission to build waste transfer plants such as the one in Cwmfelinfach in my constituency. Will the Government reform the planning laws to be mindful of net zero as well as granting permission against the wishes of the community?