Information between 14th November 2023 - 8th December 2024
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20 Nov 2023 - Draft Justification Decision (Scientific Age Imaging) Regulations 2023 - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 9 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 9 Noes - 1 |
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20 Nov 2023 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 273 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 210 Noes - 280 |
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20 Nov 2023 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 277 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 281 |
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20 Nov 2023 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 273 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 197 Noes - 278 |
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20 Nov 2023 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 272 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 196 Noes - 275 |
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28 Nov 2023 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 277 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 199 |
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28 Nov 2023 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 278 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 281 Noes - 201 |
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28 Nov 2023 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 279 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 285 Noes - 203 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 268 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 198 Noes - 275 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 267 Conservative Aye votes vs 1 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 52 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 265 Conservative No votes vs 2 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 275 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 266 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 195 Noes - 273 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 270 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 194 Noes - 275 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 271 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 276 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Data Protection and Digital Information Bill - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 271 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 37 Noes - 279 |
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29 Nov 2023 - Strikes: Minimum Service Levels - View Vote Context Chris Skidmore voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 289 Conservative Aye votes vs 2 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 297 Noes - 166 |
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Chris Skidmore speeches from: Petitions
Chris Skidmore contributed 1 speech (211 words) Tuesday 28th November 2023 - Commons Chamber |
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Chris Skidmore speeches from: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Area
Chris Skidmore contributed 1 speech (851 words) Wednesday 22nd November 2023 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office |
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Clean Energy Superpower Mission
106 speeches (12,349 words) Thursday 18th July 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Ed Miliband (Lab - Doncaster North) pipeline of projects in England shrank by 90%.Over a year ago, the last Government’s net zero tsar Chris Skidmore - Link to Speech |
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Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
53 speeches (21,820 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Lennie (Lab - Life peer) thoughts of the former net zero tsar who quit Parliament over this Bill, the right honourable Chris Skidmore - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Hayman (XB - Life peer) No wonder the Bill was what finally broke the camel’s back for Chris Skidmore, the man who signed the - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Blake of Leeds (Lab - Life peer) I need do no more than ask everyone to look at the speech by the former MP Chris Skidmore and his reasons - Link to Speech |
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Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in Great Britain
12 speeches (4,915 words) Monday 25th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Lennie (Lab - Life peer) Their former net zero tsar, Chris Skidmore, and their widely respected former chair of COP, Alok Sharma - Link to Speech |
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Trade (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) Bill [Lords]
92 speeches (25,304 words) Report stage Tuesday 19th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Damien Egan (Lab - Kingswood) services.As is traditional in a maiden speech, I would like to pay tribute to my predecessor, Chris Skidmore - Link to Speech |
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Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
154 speeches (29,213 words) Committee of the whole House Tuesday 20th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Alan Whitehead (Lab - Southampton, Test) Member for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, made in his resignation letter to the Prime Minister. - Link to Speech |
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Policies relating to the climate and nature crisis
0 speeches (None words) Wednesday 31st January 2024 - Petitions Mentions: 1: None Member for Kingswood, Chris Skidmore, Official Report, 8 November 2023; Vol. 741, c. 806.] - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
143 speeches (10,042 words) Wednesday 24th January 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) Member for Kingswood and Government net zero tsar, Chris Skidmore, said that what businesses and investors - Link to Speech |
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Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill
173 speeches (39,671 words) 2nd reading Monday 22nd January 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) It is also damning that the Government’s net zero tsar, Chris Skidmore, felt compelled to resign, having - Link to Speech |
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Global Heating
24 speeches (8,128 words) Thursday 18th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Earl Russell (LD - Excepted Hereditary) Chris Skidmore, who resigned over these matters, said:“There’s been a pivot towards trying to create - Link to Speech |
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Prayers
0 speeches (None words) Thursday 11th January 2024 - Commons Chamber Mentions: 1: None to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough Constituency of Kingswood in the room of Chris Skidmore - Link to Speech |
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Climate Change: Impact on Developing Nations
48 speeches (19,782 words) Thursday 11th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Northover (LD - Life peer) that he cannot support these, arguing that the UK seems to be“rowing back from climate action”.Chris Skidmore - Link to Speech |
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Marine Protected Area
34 speeches (9,927 words) Wednesday 22nd November 2023 - Westminster Hall Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Mentions: 1: James Gray (Con - North Wiltshire) Friend the Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore) made some extremely important points from a position - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 27th November 2024
Written Evidence - Confederation of British Industry (CBI) ACT0029 - Scaling up - AI and creative tech Scaling up - AI and creative tech - Communications and Digital Committee Found: Attracting investment to develop their product 11 Chris Skidmore, Mission Zero, (2023).12outside |
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Wednesday 29th May 2024
Report - Eighth Report - Environmental audit in the 2019 Parliament Environmental Audit Committee Found: Norwood); Marco Longhi MP (Conservative, Dudley North); Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East); Chris Skidmore |
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Wednesday 15th May 2024
Written Evidence - Susan Chapman CCS0001 - Climate change and security Climate change and security - Environmental Audit Committee Found: No wonder Conservative MP Chris Skidmore gave up in disgust! |
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Wednesday 15th May 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs Methane - Environment and Climate Change Committee Found: The Chris Skidmore report says absolutely zero at 2030. |
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Thursday 2nd May 2024
Attendance statistics - EAC attendance for Session 2023–24 to 27 March 2024 Environmental Audit Committee Found: Independent, Leicester East) (added 2 Mar 2020) 11 of 16 (68.8%) Former members Attendance Chris Skidmore |
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Tuesday 30th April 2024
Special Report - Seventh Special Report - Heat resilience and sustainable cooling: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report Environmental Audit Committee Found: Marco Longhi MP ( Conservative, Dudley North ), Kerry McCarthy MP ( Labour, Bristol East ), Chris Skidmore |
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Monday 29th April 2024
Written Evidence - National Insulation Association (NIA) DHH0031 - Decarbonising home heating Public Accounts Committee Found: Available here. 8 Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP (2022). Mission Zero: Independent Review of Net Zero. |
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Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Special Report - Sixth Special Report - Net zero and the UK aviation sector: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report Environmental Audit Committee Found: Marco Longhi MP ( Conservative, Dudley North ), Kerry McCarthy MP ( Labour, Bristol East ), Chris Skidmore |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
Special Report - Fifth Special Report - The UK’s contribution to tackling global deforestation: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report Environmental Audit Committee Found: Marco Longhi MP ( Conservative, Dudley North ), Kerry McCarthy MP ( Labour, Bristol East ), Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 21st March 2024
Special Report - Fourth Special Report - Environmental change and food security: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report Environmental Audit Committee Found: Marco Longhi MP ( Conservative, Dudley North ), Kerry McCarthy MP ( Labour, Bristol East ), Chris Skidmore |
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Friday 23rd February 2024
Special Report - Third Special Report - The financial sector and the UK’s net zero transition: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report Environmental Audit Committee Found: Marco Longhi MP ( Conservative, Dudley North ), Kerry McCarthy MP ( Labour, Bristol East ), Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 8th February 2024
Attendance statistics - EAC attendance for Session 2023–24 to 20 December 2023 Environmental Audit Committee Found: (0.0%) Dr Matthew Offord (Conservative, Hendon) (added 2 Mar 2020) 5 of 6 (83.3%) Chris Skidmore |
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Wednesday 31st January 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Environmental Audit Committee Found: signatory to the COP28 agreement, in fact so much so that a former member of this Committee, Chris Skidmore |
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Wednesday 31st January 2024
Report - Fifth Report - Heat resilience and sustainable cooling Environmental Audit Committee Found: Marco Longhi MP ( Conservative, Dudley North ), Kerry McCarthy MP ( Labour, Bristol East ), Chris Skidmore |
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Wednesday 24th January 2024
Written Evidence - Siemens Energy SUP0010 - Securing the domestic supply chain Securing the domestic supply chain - Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: As Chris Skidmore highlighted in the Net Zero Review, January 2023, Net Zero is the growth opportunity |
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Wednesday 10th January 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance relating to an update on hydrogen policy development and project delivery, dated 14 December 2023 Energy Security and Net Zero Committee Found: Following the recommendation in the Independent Review of Net Zero, led by former energy minister Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 4th January 2024
Report - Fourth Report - The UK's contribution to tackling global deforestation Environmental Audit Committee Found: McNally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk ) Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon ) Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 28th December 2023
Special Report - Second Special Report - The UK and the Arctic Environment: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2022–23 Environmental Audit Committee Found: McNally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk ) Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon ) Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 28th December 2023
Special Report - Second Special Report - The UK and the Arctic Environment: Government Response to the Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2022–23 Environmental Audit Sub-Committee on Polar Research Found: McNally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk ) Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon ) Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 21st December 2023
Report - 3rd Report - Net zero and the UK aviation sector Environmental Audit Committee Found: McNally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk ) Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon ) Chris Skidmore |
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Monday 18th December 2023
Attendance statistics - EAC attendance for Session 2022–23 Environmental Audit Committee Found: (47.2%) Dr Matthew Offord (Conservative, Hendon) (added 2 Mar 2020) 37 of 53 (69.8%) Chris Skidmore |
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Friday 15th December 2023
Special Report - First Special Report - Seeing the wood for the trees: the contribution of the forestry and timber sectors to biodiversity and net zero goals: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2022–23 Environmental Audit Committee Found: McNally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk ) Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon ) Chris Skidmore |
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Friday 8th December 2023
Report - Second Report - Environmental change and food security Environmental Audit Committee Found: McNally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk ) Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon ) Chris Skidmore |
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Wednesday 29th November 2023
Report - First Report - The financial sector and the UK's net zero transition Environmental Audit Committee Found: McNally MP (Scottish National Party, Falkirk ) Dr Matthew Offord MP (Conservative, Hendon ) Chris Skidmore |
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Monday 27th November 2023
Written Evidence - Disabled Student Commitment Advisory Group YDP0038 - The transition from education to employment for young disabled people Access to public services for young disabled people - Public Services Committee Found: Disability Access Ambassador (DAA) The DSC was established by the Universities Minister (The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore |
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Tuesday 21st November 2023
Written Evidence - Akerlof MMC0008 - Modern methods of construction – what’s gone wrong? Modern methods of construction – what’s gone wrong? - Built Environment Committee Found: Barratt Homes, L&Q and Stewart Milne 6 Misson Zero – Independent Review of Net Zero, Rt Hon Chris Skidmore |
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Delivery of electricity grid upgrades - CDP-2024-0156
Nov. 22 2024 Found: Over a year ago, the last Government’s net zero tsar Chris Skidmore, whom I pay tribute to, made a recommendation |
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Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: HL Bill 49 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0011
Feb. 29 2024 Found: its diplomatic efforts to strengthen climate ambition internationally. 60 On 5 January 2024, Chris Skidmore |
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The UK's plans and progress to reach net zero by 2050 - CBP-9888
Nov. 14 2023 Found: This was undertaken by former Energy Minister, Chris Skidmore MP (Con) and published on 13 January 2023 |
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Feb. 29 2024
Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: HL Bill 49 Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill 2023-24 Briefing papers Found: its diplomatic efforts to strengthen climate ambition internationally. 60 On 5 January 2024, Chris Skidmore |
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Oct. 16 2024
Report - Achieving environmental improvement and responding to climate change: Enablers for success (PDF) Found: government and the path to net zero , Fifth Report of Session 2021-22, HC 34, October 2021; Rt Hon Chris Skidmore |
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Monday 25th March 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: Annual statement of emissions for 2022 Document: Annual statement of emissions for 2022 (PDF) Found: /www.theccc.org.uk/publication/letter -carry -forward- of-surplus - emissions -lord-deben- to-chris -skidmore |
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Monday 18th December 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: UK Emissions Trading Scheme: long-term pathway Document: UK Emissions Trading Scheme: long-term pathway (webpage) Found: Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for Northern Ireland – in response to a recommendation from Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 14th December 2023
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: Hydrogen production delivery roadmap Document: Hydrogen production delivery roadmap (PDF) Found: Delivery Roadmap 7 Introduction The “Mission Zero” Independent Review of Net Zero, led by Chris Skidmore |
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Thursday 18th July 2024
Source Page: Former First Minister environmental comment: EIR release Document: EIR 202300382918 - Information Released - Attachment (PDF) Found: It’s worth noting this contribution from Chris Skidmore, who of course is a Conservative MP and led |
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Wednesday 10th January 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate Source Page: Correspondence from Richard Lochhead's meetings: FOI release Document: FOI - 202300338435 - Information release (part 1) (PDF) Found: Michael Cecil • NI Depart ment for Infrastructure, Catherine McEvoy Other • The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore |
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Wednesday 10th January 2024
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate Source Page: Correspondence from Richard Lochhead's meetings: FOI release Document: FOI - 202300338435 - Information release (part 2) (PDF) Found: The BEIS Secretary of State , Chris Skidmore (at that time) commissioned a review to ensure that delivering |
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Friday 5th January 2024
Energy and Climate Change Directorate Source Page: Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee: EIR release Document: REDACTED - Electricity - Net Zero Energy and Transport Committee - Briefing Pack - Energy Infrastructure Inquiry - Final - 08 May 2023 (PDF) Found: • This includes Chris Skidmore ’s Net Zero R eview, Tim Pick ’s report on Accelerating Offshore |
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Saturday 16th December 2023
Constitution Directorate Source Page: Correspondence in relation to offshore wind: FOI release Document: FOI - 202300344494 - Information release (PDF) Found: The review by Tory MP Chris Skidmore, commissioned by the UK Government, calls on the industry to electrify |
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Access to EU funding as a third country
Monday 13th January 2020 Once the UK leaves the European Union it will cease to be a Member State, and under EU regulations will be considered a third country. This briefing provides some examples of EU funding programmes that are likely to be open to applications from third countries in the EU budget period 2021-27. View source webpage Found: 25And in terms of contribution: In a July 2019 response to a written question on Horizon 2020 , Chris Skidmore |
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Climate Emergency
108 speeches (86,627 words) Wednesday 26th June 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) million trees in an area the size of 2,784 football pitches.The Tories treat net zero as a burden—Chris Skidmore - Link to Speech |
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Green Economy
115 speeches (125,448 words) Wednesday 24th January 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) of net zero is to be ignored.The former chairman of the UK Government’s own net zero review, Chris Skidmore - Link to Speech |
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First Minister’s Question Time
65 speeches (44,078 words) Thursday 11th January 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) The former UK energy minister Chris Skidmore recently resigned as a member of Parliament in protest at - Link to Speech |