AQW 19541/17-22

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 26/05/2021
Answered On Date: 16/06/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when he last discussed the climate emergency with his counterparts in the UK government.

Answer:

I have regular discussions with my counterparts in the UK Government and the other Devolved Administrations, on a range of matters relating to climate change, through a number of working groups. These include through the Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change lnter-Ministerial Group (IMG) which last met on 12 April 2021 and is due to meet again on 30 June 2021.

Additionally I am also in regular discussions with my Ministerial counterparts in the other Devolved Administrations, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Alok Sharma MP, the COP26 President elect, through the COP 26 Devolved Administrations Ministerial Group which recently met on 10 June 2021.