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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to instruct the Committee on Climate Change to report on the steps required for the UK to meet the Paris Agreement.

As I announced at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April, the Government will be seeking the advice of the Committee on Climate Change on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emission reduction targets after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report later this year.