COP 28

Lord McColl of Dulwich Excerpts
Wednesday 17th May 2023

(1 year, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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I disagree. Graham Stuart is a very senior Minister who is committed to this agenda, and he has already taken part in a number of the ministerial negotiations. There is a cross-government group of Ministers chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster meeting to co-ordinate the Government’s response.

Lord McColl of Dulwich Portrait Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con)
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My Lords, are the Government aware of President Macron’s recent plea for a pause in EU environmental regulations in a push to reindustrialise France? Do the Government agree that we ought to consider that, especially in view of the fact that an increasing number of countries are profoundly disturbed about the cost of trying to limit global warming?

Lord Callanan Portrait Lord Callanan (Con)
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I had not seen President Macron’s intervention. Happily, what France and the EU do has nothing to do with us any more. They can have their own negotiations. We are just getting on with the job.