Engagements - 16th March 2022

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Engagements.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2022-03-16/debates/3B28A720-75FD-4458-800D-834E34858B88/Engagements

12:26 Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat)

Q5. Appeasing murderous despots will never be the route to security of energy supply. Would it not make more sense for the Prime Minister to be here talking to UK energy industries? Should he not be talking to renewable energy developers about what they can do to bring their product onstream quicker? Should he not also be speaking to our offshore oil and gas industry about what it can do in the here and now to improve security of supply and to assist in the journey towards net zero?

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The Deputy Prime Minister

The Prime Minister did that on Monday evening, and it is now Wednesday. Yes, he is out in Saudi Arabia to close a £1 billion investment deal that will create 700 jobs in the north in renewable energy. I think the Lib Dems need to keep up.

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