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Simon Hughes Excerpts
Thursday 11th July 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ed Davey Portrait Mr Davey
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The hon. Lady will know that the six nations that make up the Arctic Council and own the land have sovereignty there—the UK is not one of them. She will know that the Select Committee produced a report on this issue—I believe that was last year—and we responded to it. We want to be part of those discussions to ensure that if anything happens, it is done in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

Simon Hughes Portrait Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (LD)
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T6. Will Ministers set out what contribution this Government’s energy and climate change policies will make to the increase in jobs in the UK as a whole and in Greater London in particular?