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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Energy Charter Treaty on the ability of his Department to tackle climate change.

The UK remains deeply committed to domestic and international efforts to tackle climate change and we are working hard to lower emissions. Member States of the Energy Charter Treaty are currently engaged in a process to modernise the Treaty. The UK will seek to ensure the Treaty helps to deliver the Government’s energy priorities, which include tackling climate change and supporting the global clean energy transition.