Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that other G7 countries are ending support for fossil fuel projects abroad.

Through our G7 Presidency we are pursuing credible, tangible and lasting multilateral climate action, further enabling an ambitious and comprehensive negotiated outcome at COP26. We are committed to supporting the transition to a low carbon economy through increased investment and cooperation in green technologies and we continue to strive for consensus on these issues ahead of the G7 Climate & Environment Ministerial (20-21 May) and the G7 Leaders' Summit (11-13 June). This includes a dedicated review of support for the fossil fuel energy sector overseas by G7 members, with a focus on the most polluting fossil fuels.