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Laurence Turner's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Laurence Turner

• 29 Jan 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  I am not sure that I follow the logic of the hon. Gentleman’s argument. Our job here is to look at the network and the service as a whole. This is an integrated, engineering, safety-critical industry of many parts, all of which interact with one another. This is a key point, and we have said it before: sometimes, hard choices need to be made about prioritisation. I fear that if we have the two growth targets sitting alongside each other with no weighting between them, what we will actually get is the status quo. Freight is, of course, essential to the economy and to decarbonisation, and we cannot run the risk of it being squeezed out.

  Full debate: Railways Bill (Eighth sitting)

• 20 Jan 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  We are looking at novel markets for rail freight—moving new fuels, for example, and supporting green energy. Often, it is quite difficult to get new flows up and running in new markets, so incentivising growth through the uptick of those sectors would be another area.

  Full debate: Railways Bill (Second sitting)

• 18 Mar 2025: Tweet

  An abdication of leadership from Badenoch. The Climate Change Committee says that net zero by 2050 'remains an appropriate long-term target for the UK.' Global warming is the most serious long-term threat we face, and the Conservatives used to be serious about confronting it. https://twitter.com/AdamBienkov/status/1901906232987799955 [Source]

• 02 Jul 2024: Tweet

  @BenMBallin Hi Ben. Twitter's not the easiest place to go over multiple positions. You might find this article of interest. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/northfield-labour-mp-hopeful-makes-29394542 But I support an immediate ceasefire, a two state solution, and the release of hostages. As a trade unionist, I support climate investment (1) [Source]

• 28 Jun 2023: Tweet

  Decarbonisation must be done with workers - not to them. It's an important commitment from the Labour Party to develop policy with energy unions round the table????https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/higher-pay-labour-unions-green-jobs-pact-2437742 [Source]

• 01 Oct 2021: Tweet

  This statement sums up the problem. Paths are being found to decarbonise industries with workers' participation, but some in our movement would rather impose job losses instead. Imposing redundancies isn't a 'deal' - it's the opposite of labour values. https://twitter.com/larry_turner/status/1443998457887346691/photo/1 [Source]