Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to appoint a temporary Chair for the Committee on Climate Change at the end of June; and when he expects the new Chair to be in position.

The tenure of the current Climate Change Committee Chair, Lord Deben, will end on the 10 June. The Government has worked with devolved administrations to agree the appointment of an interim Chair who will then take on the role while the appointment of the new permanent Chair is finalised. The timing for the appointment is dependent on the appointment process.

The Chair role is regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and both the interim Chair appointment and the recruitment process for a permanent Chair are being conducted in line with the Governance Code for Public Appointments.