All 2 Debates between Will Quince and Claire Perry

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Will Quince and Claire Perry
Tuesday 12th February 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Claire Perry Portrait The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth (Claire Perry)
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I am very pleased to assure the hon. Lady that we are not only doing enough, but leading the developed world. Our renewables generation has increased fourfold since 2010. We have decarbonised our economy—as our four nations—more than any other country in the G20, and we were the first industrialised county to seriously look at that shocking Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and ask our own independent Committee on Climate Change for its advice on how we can get to a net zero-carbon economy going forward.

Will Quince Portrait Will  Quince  (Colchester) (Con)
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T5.   It is concerning that the Department’s research has estimated that 54,000 women a year may lose their jobs due to pregnancy or maternity, and that one in nine women has said that they were fired or made redundant when they returned to work after having a child. What steps can my hon. Friend take to address this issue?

Compensation for Rail Passengers

Debate between Will Quince and Claire Perry
Tuesday 12th July 2016

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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