Oral Answers to Questions

Stuart Anderson Excerpts

Tuesday 20th April 2021 Commons Chamber

[Julian Sturdy (York Outer) (Con)]

What recent progress his Department has made through international co-operation on tackling climate change.

[Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West) (Con)]

What recent progress his Department has made through international co-operation on tackling climate change.

[Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East) (SNP)]

What recent progress the Government have made through international co-operation on tackling climate change.

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[James Duddridge]

I can certainly reassure my hon. Friend. In fact, the global transition to sustainable agriculture, and specifically key land use, is a key focus of our COP26 nature campaign, and we are seeking to make further international progress towards climate resilience and sustainable agriculture through the transition to sustainable agriculture dialogues, which will begin next week, so the question is very timely.

[Stuart Anderson [V]]

I have launched a survey to better understand what matters to my constituents in Wolverhampton in protecting our precious environment. What discussions has my hon. Friend had with international partners to ensure that everybody is included in the global effort to tackle climate change?

[James Duddridge]

My hon. Friend is a dynamo on climate change in his constituency, and we in our own modest way hope to be dynamos at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. We will encourage climate ambition in this critical year of COP; through our presidency we will make an inclusive COP, listening to all parties. It is important that we engage here in the UK, but also that we engage throughout the G7 across communities that are not directly affected now but will be in the future and that need to embed the ideas of climate change and ambition for the future by driving forward Executives to do more. I thank my hon. Friend for his work, and we will work with him on the international stage.