UK-France Relations - 14th January 2026

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate UK-France Relations.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-01-14/debates/6F8E610B-0E65-414C-B6F0-EA42F6300D80/UKFranceRelations

16:18 Chris Murray (Labour)

Britain and France were among the first countries to industrialise. We were also major colonial powers, and our global footprint still shapes the world today with the Francophonie and the Commonwealth. That gives us a shared responsibility to lead on climate change, not only to decarbonise our economies, but to show that a prosperous net-zero society is possible.

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