Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's policy is on the UK continuing to be legally bound by the Paris Agreement after the UK leaves the EU.

The UK will continue to be legally bound by the Paris Agreement after it leaves the EU; this is because it is Party to the Agreement both in its own right and through the EU.

Climate change is one of the most serious issues that we are facing and we remain firmly committed to the Paris Agreement and our emissions reduction and climate finance efforts, which are the result of this commitment. Climate change can only be tackled by nations working together and we will continue to work closely with the EU on this issue.