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Joe Robertson's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Joe Robertson

• 19 May 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  As we have heard from Members across this House, there is a consensus—there is unity. We all want to decarbonise energy use, but Conservative Members will not support doing so at the expense of families, households and individuals, particularly those who are hard up and least able to pay. This is not a binary choice, where we are either pro-decarbonisation or against it; we can be for it, yet understand that the security of energy supply and household energy bills must come first. What country in the world would run headlong into an ideological experiment for the sake of it, leaving hard-up citizens behind? No country in the world. This country should not, and this Government should not either.

  Full debate: Energy Security

  I accept that there are some difficult questions in and around this whole area of debate. The truth remains that no Government have done more to decarbonise the economy and to bring forward green technology than the last Conservative Government, but we would not do that at the expense of hard-working families. The bonkers green tax agenda that this Government are peddling is harming the debate on decarbonising the economy. I will give an example of that.

  Full debate: Energy Security

  The Government, instead of helping us—they say they will help, and I am still holding out hope that they will—will in July levy a carbon emission tax on the Fishbourne to Portsmouth route that the ferry company cannot avoid. It cannot decarbonise its ferries and go electric, because there is no grid charging capacity in Portsmouth harbour. There is no grid charging capacity in Southampton either. These are not strange little harbours—they are the naval base of the United Kingdom and one of the biggest export container ports respectively—yet there is not the grid capacity to charge an Isle of Wight ferry. The ferries will pay, however, and guess what: they have passed on that charge to consumers and my constituents.

  Full debate: Energy Security

• 11 Feb 2026: Tweet

  The Government’s bizarre net zero policy will treat the Isle of Wight worse than a foreign country - taxing 100% of our ferry emissions. Meanwhile, 50% of the tax will apply to NI routes, despite their reliance on GB ferries. If Scottish islands can be exempted, then all UK routes should be. If not? Higher fares for passengers. https://parliamentnews.co.uk/government-should-pull-the-greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-extension-to-maritime-activities-order-2026 [Source]

• 3 Feb 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  We know that east-west connectivity across the south-east remains weak. Productivity suffers when journeys are slower, freight is delayed and supply chains are less reliable. Spending decisions should not be judged on crude, per-capita formulas but on whether they reduce congestion, cut journey times, increase productivity, support net zero and strengthen economic resilience. Nowhere is that clearer than on our roads, yet our road network is being allowed to deteriorate. The one-off cost to clear the national road maintenance backlog is estimated to be £16.8 billion, and would take 12 years to complete.

  Full debate: Transport in the South-East

• 02 Feb 2026: Tweet

  Ed Miliband is so obsessed with net zero, he’s ignoring the real impact on island communities. A punitive carbon tax on lifeline ferry services will hit residents and tourism hard. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/02/miliband-net-zero-tax-ferry-trips-family-holiday/ [Source]

• 05 Jul 2025: Tweet

  The last @Conservatives government had a good record for reducing carbon emissions and increasing renewables capacity 5-fold. @KemiBadenoch is simply being honest with people - we cannot chase a future net zero target that will make people poorer. https://x.com/JoePJRobertson/status/1941466416403841393/video/1 [Source]