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Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Communiqué: 8 February 2021

Updated 2 May 2024

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The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 8 February 2020. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs (Welsh Government), Lesley Griffiths MS.

Attendees

The attending Ministers were as follows.

From the UK government

  • Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth (BEIS), Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
  • Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Lord Callanan
  • Exchequer Secretary to the Chancellor (HMT), Kemi Badenoch MP

From the Scottish Government

  • Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP
  • Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands, Scottish Government, Paul Wheelhouse MSP
  • Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, Scottish Government, Ben Macpherson MSP

From the Welsh Government

  • Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths MS

From the Northern Ireland Executive

*Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Gordon Lyons MLA

What was discussed

The Interministerial Group discussed the UK government approach to the setting of UK Carbon Budget 6, as well as the planned Net Zero Strategy, in particular the interaction between devolved and reserved powers in its development.

The Group also looked ahead to the publication of the Heat and Buildings Strategy and upcoming decisions in the context of UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).

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