Oral Answers to Questions

Kerry McCarthy Excerpts
Tuesday 4th February 2025

(1 day, 14 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Harpreet Uppal Portrait Harpreet Uppal (Huddersfield) (Lab)
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When I visited Birkby junior school, I saw that tackling climate change and pollution is one of its key priorities. Does the Minister agree that setting a strong nationally determined contribution at COP29 and committing to an ambitious clean power target is important in demonstrating that the Government are intent on tackling climate change, especially at a time when other global leaders are not?

Kerry McCarthy Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Kerry McCarthy)
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Last week, the UK formally submitted its NDC to the United Nations framework convention on climate change. It is a world-leading, ambitious target that we hope will demonstrate ambition to other countries. In that NDC, we have a youth clause for the first time, and I am very keen to talk to Members across the House about how we can better engage with schools, communities and young people to bring them on board with us as we seek to achieve our ambitions.

Tim Farron Portrait Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
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T7. Will the Minister agree to meet the wonderful Cumbria Action for Sustainability and me to address some of the imperfections in the Government home insulation programme? It does not properly support older rural-community properties that are single-skinned, not so easy to insulate, and therefore not so easy to keep heated cheaply.