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Dan Tomlinson's Speeches In Parliament Related to Climate

We've found 12 Parliamentary debates in which Dan Tomlinson has spoken about climate-related matters.

Here are the relevant sections of their speeches.

• 1 Sep 2026: Sovereign Grant

  21:10

  The shadow Minister mentions—the House of Commons Library and others have also pointed to these—other increases in expenditure faced by the royal household: yes, on buildings and maintenance, but also on ensuring the palaces can take proactive steps to improve the energy efficiency of their heating in line with broader net zero goals that have at least some level of consensus across the House. I hope that one day we may be able to rebuild that consensus, which seems sadly to have been lost in recent months, on ensuring that we, along with our international allies, can reduce our domestic carbon emissions. There is the need for investment in cyber-security, which is growing in line with AI, and we must target other long-term measures to make sure the royal household is more resilient.

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• 1 Jul 2026: Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill

  15:00

  I can confirm that the consultation on the electricity generator levy will come before the end of this year. It is being worked on at the moment by officials in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. We will ensure that we consult on this at the end of the year. Questions such as auction allocation and details of the way the wholesale contracts for difference will work will, I am sure, be raised in the consultation or elsewhere in engagement.

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• 23 Jun 2026: Draft Climate Change Agreements (Administration, Energy-intensive Installations and Eligible Facilities) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026

  16:30

  That the Committee has considered the draft Climate Change Agreements (Administration, Energy-intensive Installations and Eligible Facilities) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026.

  It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Wishart. The draft regulations expand the eligibility for the climate change agreements scheme to include three new processes—the mechanical recycling of plastic, the packaging of spirits and the production of automotive-grade battery cells—as well as clarifying the existing eligibility and administrative requirements for the scheme and updating the carbon emissions factor figure used in the buy-out fee for the scheme.

  The climate change levy was introduced in 2001 for the purpose of encouraging energy efficiency across our economy by taxing energy supplies such as electricity or gas. From the outset, the tax has included the CCA scheme, a voluntary scheme that provides eligible energy-intensive businesses access to significant discounts on their CCL bill in exchange for meeting negotiated energy-efficiency or carbon-reduction targets.

  As a tax designed to drive efficiency, the CCL should accommodate the changing energy landscape. We therefore propose to extend the eligible processes within the CCA scheme to include the three I have already mentioned. Those processes meet the scheme’s established eligibility tests, thereby demonstrating that they are sufficiently energy intensive and, where applicable, subject to competition from imports. Their inclusion is consistent with existing policy and continues to support the Government’s objectives of delivering affordable and secure energy and decarbonisation, while also helping to drive growth.

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  I agree with the hon. Lady that we need action and ambition on decarbonising our electricity network. We must take the steps we need to take to get clean power and to make sure that we meet our net zero obligations, not just for ourselves but for future generations and for the world. We owe it to all of humanity to make sure that, in a reasonable and careful way, we make progress towards decarbonising our economy. I commend the regulations to the Committee.

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• 21 Apr 2026: Electricity Generator Levy

  The electricity generator levy was introduced in 2023 and is a temporary tax on windfall revenues for large renewables. The EGL is currently calculated as 45% of a generator’s annual revenue above a benchmark price, which is currently £82.61 per MWh and has been increased in line with the consumer prices index since 2024. New investments in renewable energy are not subject to the EGL.

  The Government have reviewed the design of the EGL in light of the conflict in the middle east and are announcing today that the 45% EGL rate will increase to 55% and will be extended past its scheduled conclusion in 2028. This will support the Government’s objective of reducing the impact of gas prices on businesses and households. Firstly, it will encourage participation at a competitive price in wholesale contracts for difference, a new proposal announced today by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, my right hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster North (Ed Miliband), which seeks to weaken the link between high gas prices and high electricity generation prices. Secondly, it will ensure a proportion of any exceptional revenues resulting from the pass-through of high gas prices to electricity generators’ revenues is available to Government to support businesses and households with the impacts of the conflict in the middle east on the cost of living.

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• 16 Apr 2026: Carbon Price Support

  CPS has done its job and is no longer fit for purpose. Coal has been driven off the grid and the ETS has matured, with a tighter cap to drive the signal for electricity generators to decarbonise, so now is the right time to simplify the tax and carbon pricing system.

  With our clean power 2030 mission, we are already reducing our electricity system’s reliance on volatile fossil fuels and we no longer need this additional tax to provide incentives in the system to decarbonise our grid.

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• 18 Mar 2026: Fuel Duty

  15:58

  The hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion (Siân Berry) made some good points about public transport. I congratulate her on getting through the speech after the very large number of interventions that she had to respond to—and she responded to them well. I point out that this Government are introducing the first rail fares freeze in 30 years and that we are investing £38 million to roll out 319 new zero emission buses across England—lots of good things.

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• 4 Mar 2026: Draft Climate Change Levy (Fuel Use and Recycling Processes) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

  14:30

  That the Committee has considered the draft Climate Change Levy (Fuel Use and Recycling Processes) (Amendment) Regulations 2026.

  It is a pleasure to serve on the Committee with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. The draft regulations exempt from the climate change levy electricity used in—this is a word I am going to struggle to say repeatedly—electrolysis to produce hydrogen and natural gas used as a source of carbon dioxide to produce sodium bicarbonate from soda ash. They do this by expanding the climate change levy non-fuel use exemption to include the relevant new processes.

  First, when produced in a low-carbon way, hydrogen can help to power the UK’s clean energy transition and support our 2050 net zero ambitions. One key method of hydrogen production is electrolysis. In that process, the electricity is not used as a fuel, as it is the feedstock that enables the chemical reaction. Yet without the change in the draft regulations, electricity used in the process would be charged CCL in most cases.

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• 3 Feb 2026: Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)

  10:34

  The clauses are central to mitigating carbon leakage, and supporting the UK’s path to net zero.

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• 29 Jan 2026: Finance (No. 2) Bill (Fourth sitting)

  Clause 94 will make changes such that the vehicle excise duty expensive car supplement threshold is increased to £50,000 for zero emission cars, from its current level of £40,000. This change will take effect from 1 April 2026 and will apply to zero emission vehicles first registered on or after 1 April 2025 for tax renewals from April 2026.

  Clause 94 will increase the threshold for zero emission cars from £40,000 to £50,000. This measure is projected to benefit over half a million drivers of zero emission vehicles over the next five years. It will also incentivise electric vehicle take-up. Increasing numbers of motorists will benefit in future years as the zero emission vehicle population grows.

  The Government remain fully committed to the EV transition, which will drive economic growth, help the country meet its climate change obligations and improve air quality. By increasing the ECS threshold to £50,000 for zero emission vehicles, clause 94 supports those goals.

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  The hon. Member is right to note the important role that hybrid vehicles play in the transition. Ultimately, however, to move towards our goal of net zero by 2050, we need to move to a fully clean vehicle fleet over the coming decades, so we want to particularly encourage fully electric vehicles.

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  15:53

  Rates of climate change levy

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  Clause 97 makes changes to the main rates of the climate change levy, with effect from 1 April 2027. Since 2001, CCL has provided an incentive for businesses and the public sector to be energy efficient by adding a tax on the non-domestic supply of energy. Energy efficiency is one of the most cost-effective ways in which businesses can cut emissions, and permanently reducing energy use also helps to improve the UK’s energy resilience.

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• 12 Jan 2026: Finance (No. 2) Bill

  The right hon. Gentleman is welcome to express his views on a range of policies. On the final issue that he raises—net zero and our transition to a cleaner and greener economy—independent analysis, the Government’s Climate Change Committee and the long-term fiscal risk report of the Office for Budget Responsibility have set out clearly that not making that transition, both in the UK and internationally, comes with larger long-term costs for the public finances because of the growing costs of adapting to climate change. It is clear that we need to make that change, for the environment and for the long-term health of our public finances. The OBR’s fiscal risks report is always a good read; I hope that he is, like me, looking forward to the next edition in the summer.

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• 7 Jan 2026: Rural Fuel Duty Relief

  17:37

  The Opposition spokesperson mentioned the electric vehicle decision that the Government announced at the Budget. We remain fully committed to the electric vehicle transition, which will drive growth and help the country to meet its climate change objectives. Our public charging network is growing rapidly. We had more than 87,000 public charge points as of December last year, and, in the year ending 1 October 2025, the number of charging devices in rural areas had increased by 26%. In addition, the Government announced at Budget 2025 the immediate roll-out of a package of support worth £3.6 billion to help motorists to switch to cleaner and greener cars, to support the automotive sector through the transition to EVs, and to bolster British industry.

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• 14 Oct 2025: Energy Profits Levy: North-east Scotland

  19:13

  As we head towards a net zero future, the industry and the region will continue to play a vital role in the energy transition, with which I know the sector is keenly engaged. Between 2018 and 2024, the sector has acted to reduce its emissions by 34%, and we are seeing oil and gas companies make record investments in carbon capture, usage and storage on land and in offshore wind at sea. I agree with the hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan that it is not an either/or; we must have a managed transition in which we do all that we can to protect jobs and industry, and to grow new jobs and industry too. We are all pulling in the same direction; Government and industry are committed to a fair, orderly and prosperous transition for the region, and I am grateful for the opportunity to speak about that today.

  While we pursue our net zero targets, we must ensure that we meet the country’s energy needs. That involves energy from overseas alongside our own new nuclear, wind and solar, and, of course, domestic oil and gas. With domestic gas production, net of imports, accounting for the equivalent of about a third of UK gas demand, our oil and gas industry supports more than 100,000 jobs, and will continue to play a significant role in our energy mix for decades to come. In supporting those jobs and the important contribution of the sector, our approach to taxation is, in my view, both responsible and proportionate. We believe in the ongoing contribution of the oil and gas industry and its skilled workforce, and the sector continues to benefit from £84.25 in tax relief for every £100 of private investment, with more relief available for decarbonisation-based investments.

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  19:25

  I do understand my hon. Friend’s points. It is very important not to be cowardly in politics, which is why I will make sure that we come forward as fast as we can to set out the approach after the EPL is set to end. This Government, under the leadership of a whole range of Cabinet Ministers, is making sure that we can provide that long-term certainty, not chopping and changing when it comes to our policies on net zero.

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  19:26

  We will continue to provide a balanced, responsible and predictable regime for the UK oil and gas industry, which I hope will continue to drive growth, support workers and communities, protect our energy security and ensure a prosperous future for the North sea as we make our way towards net zero. Our commitment, and my commitment as a Minister, to the future of the North sea is clear, and I will continue to engage closely with the industry, workers and Members across the House on this important issue.

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