| Heading: |
Defence: Climate Change |
| Question ID: |
1791552 |
| UIN: |
43450 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4051 |
| Asking Member display name: |
John Glen
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| Asking Member handle: |
JohnGlenUK
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@JohnGlenUK
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of divestment in the UK defence industry as a consequence of (a) the Paris Climate Agreement and (b) UK Climate Transition Be |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-08 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
We have not carried out an assessment into the impacts of divestment in the UK’s Defence Industry due to (a) the Paris Climate Agreement and (b) UK Climate Transition Benchmarks. This is because we see no conflict between investment in Defence and sustain... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |