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Agriculture Bill ( 3 Feb 2020)

Chris Loder: ...certainly be bought at Felicity’s farm shop! As you can see, Mr Deputy Speaker, I am living proof that you will rarely go hungry with such good local produce. My hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger) told us last week of white chalk horses in his constituency. Now I am not one to boast about size, but it would be remiss of me not to point out to my hon. Friend that in West...

Policing and Crime (29 Jan 2020)

Victoria Atkins: ...and to end the pervasive sense of hopelessness that drives so many into the arms of criminality. This principle was eloquently articulated in the maiden speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Danny Kruger). Representing Devizes, he is perhaps the only Member of this House who can call the great historic monument of Stonehenge a “vulgar upstart.” One sentence of his speech...

A Green Industrial Revolution (15 Jan 2020)

Gavin Newlands: I could not agree more. I am seeking a meeting with the new Minister—the previous Minister involved was the then Member for Devizes—to see how the assistance of BEIS has actually helped with the Green Deal Finance Company, because from our viewpoint it does not seem to have helped a whole lot. For a decade now, the Scottish Government have been pursuing a long-term vision of what...

Australian Bushfires ( 9 Jan 2020)

Heather Wheeler: .... In particular, we will continue with the Paris agreement and make sure that those commitments are guaranteed going forward. President Claire O’Neill, late of this parish as the Member for Devizes, recently met other energy Ministers at COP25 in Madrid to bang the drum and make clear that this is our No.1 priority. In respect of any changes to financial matters, I am afraid the hon....

Members Sworn (18 Dec 2019)

Lindsay Hoyle: ...Hollinrake , Thirsk and Malton Richard Grosvenor Drax, South Dorset Ben Everitt, Milton Keynes North William Peter Wragg, Hazel Grove Felicia Jane Beatrix Drummond, Meon Valley Daniel Rayne Kruger, Devizes Alun Craig Williams, Montgomeryshire Scott Leslie Mann, North Cornwall Christine Anne Jardine, Edinburgh West Mark Rory Logan, Bolton North East James Barry Daly, Bury North Caroline...

Prime Minister: Engagements (30 Oct 2019)

Claire Perry: ...Mrs May), who have been so personally kind to me over the past few months and so supportive of our policies, particularly the introduction of our net zero legislation. I want to thank the people of Devizes who have given me their trust for the past nine years; it has been the privilege of my life to serve you. I would like to ask the Prime Minister a question. Does he believe, like me,...

Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Climate Change Convention (28 Oct 2019)

Kwasi Kwarteng: My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has asked my rt. hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry MP) to take on the role of UK nominated COP26 President. This is a strong signal that the PM is committed to a successful COP and is keen we ramp up preparations accordingly. My rt. hon. Friend’s experience as a former minister for energy and clean growth, as well as founding the Powering...

Debate on the Address: The Climate Emergency (17 Oct 2019)

Richard Benyon: ..., in our contribution to the international climate fund. We are helping other countries to achieve the level of decarbonisation that we have achieved here. My right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry), who was the climate change Minister, told me that she would frequently sit in Council meetings in Brussels looking across the table at people talking nice talk about carbon...

International Climate Action (26 Sep 2019)

Barry Gardiner: ...matters more than ever. The UK is hosting the UN climate conference, COP 26, in Glasgow next year. It is the most important climate summit since the Paris agreement. The right hon. Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) is president of COP 26, but COP presidents are normally Ministers in their Governments, and she has indicated her intention to stand down at the next general election. I...

Spending Round 2019 ( 4 Sep 2019)

Sajid Javid: .... In December, we will welcome the NATO leaders meeting. Next year, we will host the COP 26 discussions, if our bid is successful, thanks to the leadership of my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry). In 2021, we will host the G7, and in 2022, we will host the Commonwealth games in Birmingham. Today, I can confirm the Government’s total commitment to this celebration...

Climate Change (24 Jun 2019)

Alex Sobel: ...and needs to be moved up to 2030 at the latest. In this House, I have raised the need six times for electric vehicle charging points in my constituency, mainly with the right hon. Member for Devizes (Claire Perry). The Minister will be pleased to hear that we are getting our first vehicle charge points in three weeks’ time, so I will no longer be annoying members of the Government about...

UK Net Zero Emissions Target - Statement (12 Jun 2019)

Lord Henley: ...for their recent Bills that have also paved the way for today’s legislation. I also pay tribute to the extraordinary work of my friend and ministerial colleague the right honourable Member for Devizes. Today we can make the United Kingdom the first major economy in the world to commit to ending our contribution to global warming for ever. The United Kingdom was the home of the first...

Net Zero Emissions Target (12 Jun 2019)

Rebecca Long-Bailey: ...North (Edward Miliband), my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) and the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk). I, too, would like to welcome the right hon. Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) back to her place. I begin by welcoming the statement. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was just wrong, in my view, recently to exaggerate the costs of achieving net zero, and it...

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Fuel Poverty: North-East (11 Jun 2019)

Chris Skidmore: As my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) has taken temporary ministerial leave of absence on compassionate grounds, I shall be answering all the questions relating to energy and clean growth today. The Government made a manifesto commitment to tackle fuel poverty by upgrading fuel-poor homes to energy efficiency band C by 2030. Nearly 800,000 fewer fuel-poor households...

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Targets (11 Jun 2019)

Barry Gardiner: I welcome the Minister to his new responsibilities while the right hon. Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) is on compassionate leave. We hope the right hon. Lady makes a speedy return to the House. Assuming the Government will do the right thing and legislate for net zero by 2050, in line with the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, why has the Minister decided to weaken the...

Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (10 Jun 2019)

Andrew Stephenson: ...we both have strong links with the mining industry. I know that the same goes for one of my predecessors in this role, the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry). Her connections to mining communities were so strong that she had to pass responsibility for their pensions over to me.

Eden Project: Morecambe and the North-West ( 6 Jun 2019)

Rebecca Pow: ...and to explore that region. Similarly, the Great West Way is building on the structure of the Kennet and Avon canal and all its spin-offs—Bradford-on-Avon, Bath and further up to the 27 locks at Devizes. I do not know whether anyone here has ever tried going through those locks on a barge—one has to be quite fit. Of course, the cathedral city of Salisbury is also on the way, with the...

Pension Funds: Financial and Ethical Investments — [Mr George Howarth in the Chair] (22 May 2019)

Guy Opperman: ..., agreed to link its executive pay to its carbon emission targets, in direct response to particular shareholders. The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry), would be here if she could, to make the case for the Government’s clean growth strategy and the green agenda. Like her, I urge individual consumers—anybody who has a...

Speaker’S Statement: Environment and Climate Change ( 1 May 2019)

Greg Clark: ...the Climate Change Act and to ensure that we capture the benefits of the low-carbon economy. As all Members know, the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry) and I commissioned the Committee on Climate Change, after the Paris accord, to advise us on precisely how we can reflect this raised ambition in our targets. As we know, it...

Environment and Climate Change ( 1 May 2019)

Michael Gove: ...with the challenge of climate change and to enhance our degraded environment. I also begin by sending a message to the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry), who, because of unfortunate family circumstances and a close family member’s illness, cannot be here today. I am sure we all want to send her and her family our very best...


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