9 November 2022
Dunne questions PM following COP27 Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh

Philip Dunne welcomes the Prime Minister's clear commitment to Net Zero Britain and asks him how his Government will drive work across departments to deliver the UK’s nationally determined contribution to reduce emissions.

Philip Dunne (Ludlow) (Con)

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his crystal clear commitment both in Sharm el-Sheikh and in this Chamber here today to delivering net zero Britain. There is no doubt about that under his prime ministership. Now we no longer have the presidency of COP, which has been acting as a forcing mechanism across Government, can he clarify how he intends that his Government will deliver our ambitious nationally determined contribution to reduce emissions across the disparate strands of Government Departments?

The Prime Minister (Rishi Sunak)

My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I can assure him that, although we are no longer formally the president of COP, our leadership on this issue internationally will not waver, and he has my commitment on that. I personally will drive this through Government—in conjunction with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and with our climate change Minister—but this is something that pervades all aspects of Government now, and we have to change our thinking on this. It is not the work of any one Department or any one Minister; if we are going to make this commitment work, we are all going to have to play our part.

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