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Stephen Timms's Climate-related Tweets, Speeches & Votes

We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Stephen Timms

• 4 Feb 2026: Parliamentary Speech

  The employer networks model was piloted in 2022, and the CITB board has concluded that it is effective. It argues that the model gives employers a simpler route to identify training needs and secure funding, avoiding the navigation of complex grant processes or funding applications. Networks are open to all levy-registered employers at no additional cost. They provide direct support from CITB advisers, significant funding contributions toward training and a dedicated training booking team. Instead of lengthy grant applications, employers work with a CITB adviser who helps to identify skill needs, arranges training and secures funding up front to cover a portion of the training costs. It is argued that that reduces the administration burden and makes training more accessible to employers. The idea is for networks to be designed around local need. Employers in each area collectively identify their priority skills needs—be they in traditional trades, digital skills, net zero capabilities or broader workforce development—and funding is directed accordingly.

  Full debate: Construction Industry Training Board: Funding

  My hon. Friend will readily acknowledge that meeting the current and future skills needs of construction employers is extremely important for delivering the Government’s aims, and important for opening up opportunities for the large number of young people, and others, left economically inactive over the past few years. The CITB’s view is that the employer network model is simpler, faster, more cost effective, and more flexible. In its view, it better supports SMEs—those employers that need the most support—and it allows the industry to respond quickly to emerging skills challenges, including digital and net zero construction skills.

  Full debate: Construction Industry Training Board: Funding

• 4 Nov 2025: Parliamentary Speech

  Our plan will help deliver our ambition not just for jobs but for national renewal by building new homes, making the NHS fit for the future and powering the shift to green energy. Among people of working age, those with low or no qualifications are some 2.5 times more likely to be out of work than those who are better qualified. Just closing that gap would mean a million extra people in work.

  Full debate: Welfare Spending

• 25 Jan 2025: Tweet

  Another short course @UCLEast : "The impact entrepreneur’s toolbox: how to leverage finance and digital technology to devise new solutions for a just transition" - 4-6 pm, 12/2, 19/2, 5/3, 19/3; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-leverage-finance-and-tech-to-devise-new-solutions-for-a-better-world-tickets-1145985677009?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*1mierr6*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTEzMTM0OTI3MS4xNzM2ODYwMTUw*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTczNjg2MDE1MC4xLjAuMTczNjg2MDE1MC4wLjAuMA.. [Source]

• 12 Apr 2024: Tweet

  RT @LondonLabour: Our Labour Mayor @SadiqKhan is taking world-leading action on climate change. ???? ✅Tackling toxic air ✅£500 million to fun… [Source]

• 02 Dec 2023: Tweet

  RT @christian_aid: We were at the Faith Pavillion at #COP28 for a panel discussion with @YES_Climate and @Tearfund on how young people are… [Source]

• 30 Nov 2023: Tweet

  There are vital decisions to be made at #COP28 in the next few days. The funding announcement today is an encouraging start. Thank you @christian_aid for the briefing https://twitter.com/stephenctimms/status/1730288209022575012/photo/1 [Source]

• 31 Aug 2023: Tweet

  Got a great energy idea for Newham? @Centricaplc #EnergyForTomorrow is offering grants of up to £100k to support sustainable energy ideas locally. More here: https://www.centrica.com/sustainability/energy-for-tomorrow/ #NetZeroHeroes [Source]

• 03 Aug 2023: Tweet

  RT @ClimateAPPG: ????NEW: More than 50 MPs and Peers have written to @grantshapps urging him not to approve the Rosebank oil field. Green li… [Source]

• 19 Apr 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  We know that we will have to do a lot of work to our buildings to deliver net zero in the next few decades, and that means two things. First, asbestos left in place will not be left alone for long; it will be disturbed. That potentially creates a big problem, but it also creates an opportunity, because we can remove asbestos at the same time as making the net zero changes that will have to be made, and so achieve removal relatively cost-effectively. That is what we should be doing.

  Full debate: Asbestos in Workplaces

• 15 Nov 2022: Parliamentary Speech

  I have a maths degree, so I am biased, and I know that maths can often seem a bit impenetrable to those not familiar with it, and that being “no good” at maths can almost be a boast sometimes, but maths enables the most exciting and urgent technological developments in energy generation, artificial intelligence, driverless cars, quantum computing and tackling climate change. Professor Alison Etheridge, chair of the Council for the Mathematical Sciences, points out that the maths used to design dust filters in vacuum cleaners is also used to develop filters to remove arsenic from groundwater in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, which benefits hundreds of thousands of people.

  Full debate: Mathematical Sciences: Contribution to Society

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

  Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 31 Aug 2022: Tweet

  RT @NazShahBfd: I'm in Pakistan with @IslamicReliefUK to support with relief efforts & raise awareness about this climate crisis. ❇️ 1/3r… [Source]

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

  Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 - The subsidy control principles - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 05 Dec 2021: Tweet

  An opportunity for anyone in East Ham considering a career. Help shape the future of #NetZero energy by doing a @nationalgriduk #Apprenticeship. They’ll help you develop your skills through study & practical work. https://ngrid.com/3qRm6J0 [Source]

• 12 Nov 2021: Tweet

  RT @ChrLeft: On the final day of #COP26, we pray that the negotiators would reach courageous agreements, for the good of the most vulnerabl… [Source]

• 07 Nov 2021: Tweet

  RT @JennyyMorris: What an incredible day of soggy solidarity ????✊???? so far, #COP26 has been a glorified trade show of empty words. It shouldn’… [Source]

• 05 Nov 2021: Tweet

  RT @stevoline: As my MP I want you to support #cycling as a solution to halting climate change. @stephenctimms Please support @WeAreCycling… [Source]

• 01 Nov 2021: Tweet

  RT @manderrachel: So grateful for friends to rest, celebrate, laugh and debrief with. End of the #RelaytoCOP26, start of #COP26 and beyon… [Source]

• 30 Oct 2021: Tweet

  RT @christian_aid: We’ve joined @YCCNetwork for the final part of the Relay to #COP26 - preparing to march with other pilgrims into Glasgow… [Source]

• 30 Oct 2021: Tweet

  RT @climateaidcamp: 1⃣???? hours to #COP26 The #cop26glasgow conference is an opportunity for world leaders to come up with great ideas, ini… [Source]

• 30 Oct 2021: Tweet

  RT @bphillipsonMP: Labour wanted a Budget for a brighter and better future. A plan for growth. A plan for the climate crisis. A plan for p… [Source]

• 28 Oct 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone). I attended the reception he hosted yesterday for young people working in the renewable energy sector. He mentioned the reception in a couple of his earlier interventions, and I agree with those points.

  Full debate: Income Tax (Charge)

• 20 Oct 2021: Tweet

  RT @NareserOsei: Some good news! The @NewhamLondon Pension Fund has been shortlisted for Best Climate Change Strategy Award at the @LAPFInv… [Source]

• 12 Oct 2021: Tweet

  If you are a student in East Ham and are concerned about the UK response to the climate crisis, do join my climate surgery on 22 Oct, held with @GLOBE_intl. It will kick off on Zoom at 5.30pm. Register here: https://parliament-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R7C1dyd3SGOlEQBQxWlCjw https://x.com/stephenctimms/status/1447891297570856965/photo/1 [Source]

• 01 Oct 2021: Tweet

  RT @pensions_expert: MPs have urged the government to seize upon the opportunities COP26 presents to the pensions industry and have called… [Source]

• 30 Sep 2021: Tweet

  RT @CommonsWorkPen: The #COP26 climate conference provides a major opportunity for the UK to build an international consensus. Read the qu… [Source]

• 26 Aug 2021: Tweet

  RT @climateaidcamp: @stephenctimms joining us in solidarity for #ClimateActionNow #Climatechange isn't an issue that can be tackled by gov… [Source]

• 14 Aug 2021: Tweet

  RT @RachelReevesMP: Rishi Sunak is undermining the vital action our country needs to take to tackle climate change. He won't even publish t… [Source]

• 16 Jun 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  There was widespread disappointment that the G7 did not commit to additional climate finance beyond what has already been agreed. What steps will the Prime Minister take between now and COP26 to ensure that that summit does deal effectively with the challenge of loss and damage in the countries most at risk?

  Full debate: G7 and NATO Summits

• 07 Jun 2021: Vote

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 26 May 2021: Vote

  Environment Bill — New Clause 24 - Prohibition on burning of peat in upland areas - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

  Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 - Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 16 Nov 2020: Vote

  Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — Clause 124 - Climate change risk - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 12 Oct 2020: Vote

  Agriculture Bill — After Clause 42 - Contribution of agriculture and associated land use to climate change targets - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 29 Sep 2020: Vote

  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — New Clause 6 - Economic development: climate and nature emergency impact statement - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 18 Jun 2020: Parliamentary Speech

  For 20 years, since the success of the Jubilee 2000 campaign, there has been a consensus across the House about the importance of international development, and I commend the Churches in particular for delivering and establishing that consensus. I deeply regret that this downgrade is bringing it to an end. Does the Foreign Secretary recognise how many people in the UK profoundly disagree with his claim and believe there is a profound difference between focusing on doing good in the world—tackling poverty and dealing with the climate crisis—and what he and his colleagues regard as our own national interests?

  Full debate: DFID-FCO Merger

• 05 Feb 2020: Vote

  Transport - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 06 Sep 2016: Vote

  Finance Bill — VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 09 May 2016: Vote

  Housing and Planning Bill — Planning obligations and affordable housing - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 03 May 2016: Vote

  Housing and Planning Bill — Neighbourhood right of appeal - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 14 Mar 2016: Vote

  Energy Bill [Lords] — New Clause 8 — Decarbonisation target range - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Mar 2016: Vote

  Energy Bill [Lords] — New Clause 3 — Carbon capture and storage strategy for the energy industry - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 26 Oct 2015: Vote

  Finance Bill (Ways and Means) (Payment of Corporation Tax) — Chapter 5 — Supplementary provisions - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 08 Sep 2015: Vote

  Bill Presented — Devolution (London) Bill — Clause 45 — CCL: removal of exemption for electricity from renewable sources - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 04 Dec 2013: Vote

  Recall of Elected Representatives — Schedule 4 — Application and modification of emissions limit duty - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 133 — Financial provisions - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 10 — Direction to offer contract - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 04 Jun 2013: Vote

  Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Decarbonisation - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 03 Jun 2013: Vote

  Communities and Local Government — Clause 42 — Duty not to exceed annual carbon dioxide emissions limit - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: Aye

• 17 Oct 2012: Vote

  Relationship, Drug and Alcohol Education (Curriculum) — New Clause 22 — Interpretation of the green purposes: duty to assess impact on the Climate Change Act 2008 - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 11 Jun 2012: Vote

  Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — Clause 42 — Domestic energy efficient regulations - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 14 Sep 2011: Vote

  Prime Minister — New Clause 1 — Energy efficiency aim - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 29 Mar 2010: Parliamentary Speech

  My hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham, South (Alan Simpson) supported the proposals for separating the different functions of the banks—as, to a degree, did the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon. My hon. Friend wanted to see greater ambition in the proposals for a green investment bank. I know he will welcome the imminent commencement of the feed-in tariff arrangements for renewable energy. I pay tribute to him for being one of the first in the House to have called for that change. His campaign was successful, and he was an early champion of those arrangements, which will take effect in the next couple of weeks. I echo the tributes that have been paid to him today.

  Full debate: amendment of The Law