Cuba: Humanitarian Situation - 8th June 2026

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Cuba: Humanitarian Situation.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-06-08/debates/01F8FDA3-4DE2-4F3E-B290-C3BAD4B77E71/CubaHumanitarianSituation

17:42 Jeremy Corbyn (Other)

We had a fascinating meeting with the Government and others about converting the economy to a much greater extent through sustainable energy sources, and about the way in which they wish to take things forward. However, the US sanctions and blockade, the order from Donald Trump in January this year and the long-term effects of the Helms-Burton Act mean that the economy of the island is strangled. The loss of financial services, and of the use of international credit card facilities, means that the tourism industry has halted. There is no tourism industry at the moment, and there are no visitors to Cuba. At best, there are one or two flights a day at an airport that used to be quite busy.

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