Climate
Climate change, net zero, renewable energy
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 178PMQs 2026-03-25
I am going to let the Prime Minister in on a secret: he is the Prime Minister, and he can change the legislation. Hiding behind the Energy Secretary is pathetic. Under the Prime Minister's Labour Gove...
PMQs 2026-03-25
The Prime Minister is hiding behind so many people. He is the Prime Minister; he can make this decision today. He is so weak that he is the first person to be pushed around by the Energy Secretary. Le...
PMQs 2026-03-25
We can have renewables and oil and gas. The Prime Minister says it is a matter for the Secretary of State—I thought that he was the Prime Minister. He loves to hide behind legal process every single t...
PMQs 2026-03-25
I asked the Prime Minister six questions last week and he did not answer a single one. He has a duty to this House to answer the question. Let us see if he can do better this week. I will start with a...
PMQs 2026-03-18
With Norway opening 49 new drill sites and a potential two-day reserve of natural gas, should we not follow their example by reducing taxation on exploration companies to boost domestic production, em...
PMQs 2026-03-11
Westminster's tax policy is holding back investment and affecting jobs in the oil and gas sector in Scotland. The Chancellor has committed to change. Will the Prime Minister confirm when the oil and g...
PMQs 2026-03-04
The surge in the global cost of oil and gas has the risk of pushing up food and energy prices, which is a real concern for my constituents in Bishop Auckland, just as we are turning a corner on the co...
PMQs 2026-03-04
The Prime Minister, again, does not understand the energy transition. You do not need to stop drilling for oil and gas to get renewables. This is basic stuff. The Prime Minister does not understand hi...
PMQs 2026-03-04
The Prime Minister does not want to talk about the defence investment plan because he does not know. He does not know what is going on in respect of any policy, so he reads pre-prepared statements irr...
PMQs 2026-01-28
The Met Office reports that climate change is driving wetter winters, but the United States withdrew from the Paris climate agreement yesterday, on the same day that much of the west country disappear...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 1500Topical Questions 2026-03-24
I thank the Minister for his focus on securing UK private investment in critical minerals—it is fantastic to see. I know the Secretary of State agrees that Cornwall is vital for future UK energy secur...
Topical Questions 2026-03-24
Medway Maritime hospital in my constituency is benefiting from a £25.9 million investment to introduce heat pumps and other measures. Does the Minister agree that we could invest in public sector prov...
Topical Questions 2026-03-24
We keep hearing the argument that it will take five to 10 years for new oil and gas to flow, and that therefore there is not point to starting new drilling, but the operators of Jackdaw and Rosebank s...
Topical Questions 2026-03-24
For as long as the UK depends on oil and gas, global conflicts will continue to drive price hikes for my constituents in Bedford and Kempston, who face soaring bills when the price cap ends in June. D...
Topical Questions 2026-03-24
The current energy bills crisis is severe, but the government does not seem responsive. The SNP argues that Scotland generates clean, green renewable energy and exports it to the UK. Will they coopera...
Topical Questions 2026-03-24
RenewableUK, the unions, Tony Blair and the Secretary of State's own handpicked chair of Great British Energy—the biggest advocates for an energy transition—have said that he has got this wrong. Is hi...
Topical Questions 2026-03-24
Will the Secretary of State be honest and tell the country why he is ideologically obsessed with shutting down the North sea? Is it because he does not think we need the £25 billion of tax revenue it ...
Topical Questions 2026-03-24
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities. To go back to heating oil, 20% of households in my South Cotswolds constituency rely on heating oil—that figure is four times the nati...
Middle East Conflict Energy Security 2026-03-24
The Secretary of State has just misled the House. Can he explain why the price of gas in the US is a third of the price in the UK? Is it because the Americans use it domestically?...
Middle East Conflict Energy Security 2026-03-24
In rural and coastal Britain, there is deep worry among families about the effect of the conflict in the Middle East on oil prices. We welcome £53 million to support them but those calling for an expa...