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Charles Maynard's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Charles Maynard

• 24 Jun 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  The VED holiday saves a typical operator about £600 a vehicle. We welcome every penny of that, but against a fuel cost shock that is adding £1 billion a year to the industry’s cost base, it is by the Government’s own figures a quarter of the problem. Many operators will burn through that saving in a matter of weeks at the pump. What the sector needs alongside this is a serious long-term plan on fuel duty RPI indexation, which threatens to push costs higher again next April, on driver recruitment and retention, where the shortage remains acute, and on the transition to cleaner vehicles, where smaller operators have been left without a credible path to decarbonisation. We will support this measure through Parliament because the people driving these lorries deserve the relief now, not after another round of consultations.

  Full debate: Taxation (Energy and Vehicles)

• 17 Nov 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  The Liberal Democrats are pleased to see SMRs coming forward as part of a mix of cost-effective and safe decarbonised power generation, but will the Government please confirm that they will also maintain focus on boosting wind and solar power generation in order to bring down everyone’s energy bills? My hon. Friend the Member for Thornbury and Yate (Claire Young) has been working closely with constituents who will now be disappointed that the alternative site of Oldbury has not gone forward, so can the Minister clarify what the future is for that site?

  Full debate: Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: Wylfa

• 19 Mar 2025: Tweet

  Business in my constituency of Witney are struggling due to increasing electricity costs. A relationship with Europe would save costs and efficiency and reduce CO2. Glad to hear that the Minister will consider my point. https://x.com/cammaynard/status/1902402939987087783/video/1 [Source]

• 27 Nov 2024: Parliamentary Speech

  Well said—I very much agree. Following on from that, transport is one of the hardest nuts to crack in that decarbonisation agenda. Without a large-scale mass public transport solution, we are not going to get there. That is at the core of Oxfordshire county council’s strategy and this would help to deliver it, just as my hon. Friend’s project would in his constituency.

  Full debate: Rail Connectivity: Oxfordshire

• 12 Jun 2024: Tweet

  Tackling climate change is urgent. I am really happy to see @friends_earth describe @LibDems manifesto on it as impressive. Let's get going with implementing it asap. #VoteLibDem https://twitter.com/friends_earth/status/1800169657577640040 [Source]

• 21 May 2024: Tweet

  Climate change is an issue that goes beyond political parties. Delighted to see my favourite ex-Conservative MP meeting with Liz Leffman, my favourite County Council leader. https://twitter.com/CSkidmoreUK/status/1792952276266479912 [Source]

• 21 Feb 2024: Tweet

  “The case is a frustrating example of a local authority trying to take ambitious action on climate change and being hamstrung by confusion in central government and so it's welcome that the judge has clarified the legal position.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68350931 [Source]

• 29 Sep 2023: Tweet

  @CSkidmoreUK does it again. Here's his excellent retrofit report just launched - https://ukgbc.org/news/buildings-mission-zero-network-launches-mission-retrofit-report/ as a follow-up to his Review of Net Zero - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1128689/mission-zero-independent-review.pdf. It's a pity his government ain't listening. [Source]

• 21 Sep 2023: Tweet

  We all know that if you genuinely want to solve something, you get on with it, you don’t flip-flop and you don’t alienate half the room. Instead, our government treats climate change as just another populist opportunity to stoke division. (1/3) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66871457?at_medium=RSS [Source]

• 25 Aug 2023: Tweet

  Check out Britain Remade. Focussed on how we get renewable energy and transport built faster. I just joined. https://www.britainremade.co.uk/join?recruiter_id=20013 [Source]