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7 July 2026

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Climate emergency debate covering the 2026 heatwave, adaptation and resilience, and the UK’s clean power strategy including CCS, large-scale solar, storage and compliance with international and Climate Change Act commitments.

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Climate emergency and clean power strategy

34:15

Climate emergency — adaptation and clean power policy

34:15

Climate emergency, adaptation and energy security

34:15

Opening and framing of climate emergency

34:15

Opening of Energy Security and Net Zero questions

34:15

Q1 and Q7 — climate emergency and heatwave impacts

34:22

Adaptation policy, cooling technologies and CCC recommendations

36:18

Cooling technologies and adaptation vs mitigation

36:18

Climate Change Committee report — adaptation funding and public briefing proposal

38:27

Energy security strategy, North Sea and grid resilience

41:12

Q2 — Minister: energy security and geothermal development

41:12

North Sea oil and gas — drilling vs renewables jobs

43:03

Shadow Secretary — NESO whistleblower and grid security allegations

44:17

International climate framework, Climate Change Act and clean power deployment

45:52

International climate framework, Climate Change Act and CCS projects

45:52

Q3 — international climate leadership and Climate Change Act repeal

45:52

Peak Cluster carbon capture project — costs, imports and government stance

47:46

Solar deployment, land use and safety regulation

48:31

Q5 — large-scale solar, battery storage safety and regulation

48:31

CfD auction failure, renewables expansion and solar land use

49:54

Q8 — agrivoltaics, dual land use and protection of best farmland

59:13

Energy security oral questions — nuclear, bills and local power

53:26

Oral questions — nuclear policy, energy bills and local power

53:26

Scotland and UK nuclear policy: sites, jobs and SMRs

53:26

Q6 — Scotland: nuclear siting, costs and SNP opposition

53:26

New nuclear and Scottish jobs — backbench and Shadow exchanges

55:12

Q9 — SMRs, UK supply chains and Scottish nuclear potential

01:02:17

Targeted energy bill support and Warm Home Discount

01:04:38

Q10 — Essential energy guarantee and Warm Home Discount

01:04:38

Q11 — Rising household bills, Warm Home Discount and geoengineering criticism

01:07:06

Community energy, climate resilience and national climate strategy

01:09:16

Q12 — Community energy, local power plan and Energy Independence Bill

01:09:16

Q13 — Climate resilience strategy, fiscal risks and heatwave adaptation

01:11:43

Scottish climate projects — Acorn CCS and fuel distribution concerns

01:14:25

Q14 — National climate action, local solar schemes and climate misinformation

01:15:37

Energy security and GB Energy policy Q&A

01:18:43

Topical opening — heating oil, GB Energy and Warm Homes

01:18:43

Topical Q1 — Heating oil support and coordination of major energy projects

01:18:43

Shadow topical — Secretary of State’s record and energy sovereignty framing

01:20:49

Community energy partnerships, Warm Homes Plan and SMRs

01:22:58

Climate concerns, local solar and nuclear/renewables investment

01:25:45

Youth climate concerns, £300 bills pledge and SME brokers

01:25:45

Solar on car parks and public buildings: policy and planning barriers

01:27:52

SMR siting, Cornwall renewables jobs and CfD model

01:29:16

Energy policy questions — prices, oil and industrial support

01:31:01

Decoupling power prices from gas, Norway oil policy and business costs

01:31:01

Heating oil support in Scotland and critical minerals industry

01:33:21

Highlands pumped storage benefits, standing charges and supply chain security

01:34:50

Topical questions — floating wind, nuclear skills and landfill gas

01:37:23

Ten Minute Rule — Outdoor Education Bill

01:40:48

Ten Minute Rule — Outdoor Education Bill first reading

01:40:48

Outdoor Education Bill — Ten Minute Rule and first reading

01:40:48

Outdoor Education Bill — case, measures and first reading

01:40:48

Outdoor Education Bill — daily outdoor time and curriculum

01:40:48

Outdoor Education Bill — residentials, investment case and climate

01:46:31

Outdoor Education Bill — leave granted and formal first stage

01:50:04

Youth employment, regulation and business rates

01:51:27

Youth employment motion and Minister’s response

01:51:27

Opposition motion — youth employment deregulation proposals

01:51:27

Opposition motion — youth employment and regulation

01:51:27

Opposition motion — youth unemployment, skills and regulation

01:51:27

Opposition critique — jobs tax, holiday levy and Employment Rights Act

02:00:10

Minister — labour market context and youth employment measures

02:09:43

Minister — economic context and youth summer work

02:09:43

Minister rebuts Conservative "doom" narrative with economic data

02:09:43

Summer jobs, tourism sector and youth skills development

02:13:41

Youth unemployment, wages and support schemes

02:16:18

Youth unemployment rates, NEETs and Milburn review

02:16:18

Debate on minimum wage, National Insurance and hiring costs

02:20:11

Minister — youth schemes, NIC relief and seasonal work rights

02:25:18

Business rates reforms and local tourism levy

02:27:25

Business rates policy and tourism levy powers

02:27:25

Business rates, sector support and tourism levy powers

02:27:25

Q — amendment not moved and business support measures

02:27:25

Minister — small business NIC relief, hospitality support and tourism levy powers

02:30:43

Tourism levy — local fiscal autonomy and red tape reduction

02:34:36

Youth employment debate — government, opposition and backbench positions

02:37:42

Government, Liberal Democrat and initial party positions on youth employment

02:37:42

Government and Liberal Democrat positions on youth employment

02:37:42

Opposition employment record, ‘regrets’ and political attack

02:37:42

Liberal Democrat response — SMEs, youth unemployment and Brexit impacts

02:40:02

Labour–Conservative clash on Employment Rights Act

02:47:58

Labour backbencher — Employment Rights Act, apprenticeships and youth guarantee

02:47:58

Conservative critique — youth unemployment and Employment Rights Act

02:56:15

Labour response — defending Employment Rights Act and youth support

03:02:35

Youth employment crisis — causes, lived experience and policy tools

03:10:02

Conservative focus on youth unemployment, zero‑hours and pay

03:10:02

Youth unemployment rise, scarring and loss of Saturday jobs

03:10:02

Zero‑hours contracts — flexibility vs exploitation

03:13:36

Employment Rights Act, labour market rigidity and youth unemployment

03:20:32

Youth pay differentials, minimum wage policy and Labour critique

03:23:58

Jonathan Davies — youth work experiences and survey evidence

03:26:15

Jonathan Davies — summer job experience and youth survey findings

03:26:15

Jonathan Davies — government youth employment measures and fiscal tools

03:29:34

Jonathan Davies — youth support schemes, NI rise and VAT cuts for hospitality

03:29:34

Conservative MPs — causes of weak youth employment

03:35:32

Conservative MPs — business costs and youth employment

03:35:32

Senior Conservative — triple whammy on youth jobs

03:35:32

David Reed MP — tourism, holiday tax and seasonal youth work

03:48:35

South West Hertfordshire MP — business costs and lost apprenticeships

03:54:05

Backbench Conservatives — youth employment barriers and regulation

04:01:16

Wendy Morton — youth jobs, SMEs and skills

04:01:16

Conservative MP — risk culture, red tape and loss of Saturday jobs

04:09:49

Meriden MP — ‘triple whammy’ on business and Employment Rights Act

04:18:56

Tourism, hospitality and visitor levies — impact on seasonal youth jobs

04:27:11

Aberdeen MP — Scottish visitor levy, business costs and seasonal jobs

04:27:11

Nigel Huddleston MP — tourism levy, taxes and loss of summer jobs

04:32:05

Conclusion of youth jobs debate and division

04:45:52

Minister closing youth jobs debate — zero-hours, NI and business rates

04:45:52

Division outcome and shift to prisons early release debate

05:00:42

Sentencing Act and early release controversy

05:01:52

Government early release policy and ministerial defence

05:01:52

Opposition: critique of early release policy and offer of legislation

05:01:52

Opposition motion and Government sentencing ideology

05:01:52

Opposition motion — early release of serious offenders and emergency legislation

05:01:52

Government ‘anti‑prison’ ideology and sentencing reforms

05:05:48

Early release schemes SDS40/SDS33 and future prison policy

05:09:18

SDS40 and SDS33 — early release schemes, recalls and victim notifications

05:09:18

Public expectations, retribution and future Conservative prison capacity plans

05:13:30

Opposition warnings on early release and offer of legislation

05:16:06

Cross‑party offer on emergency legislation and critique of licence safeguards

05:16:06

Grooming gang victims — early release letters and call to amend Sentencing Act

05:21:38

Minister: Sentencing Act rationale and implementation

05:23:37

Minister: Sentencing Act origins and prison capacity constraints

05:23:37

Minister Jake Richards — origin of Sentencing Act and prison capacity crisis

05:23:37

Reopening prisons, cross‑party offer on legislation and Gauke review

05:27:04

Minister — Sentencing Act, victim letters and supervision regime

05:31:36

Victim case example and grooming gang cohort under Sentencing Act

05:31:36

Impersonal victim letters, probation licences and communication failures

05:34:02

Minister reiterates Sentencing Act necessity and community safeguards

05:36:19

Early release scheme — cross-party criticism and survivor impact

05:43:36

Early release scheme — cross-party objections and legal demands

05:43:36

Cross‑party objections to early release of sexual offenders

05:43:36

Liberal Democrat spokesperson — exempt child sex offenders from early release

05:43:36

Leishman MP — survivors first and oppose early release for sex offenders

05:50:14

Sir John Hayes — retributive justice and opposition to early release

05:52:55

Early release scheme — cross-party concerns and demand for pause

05:58:54

Early release harms, foreign offenders and cross‑party call for emergency action

05:58:54

Conservative MPs — challenge Sentencing Act assurances and demand pause

06:07:49

Moore — survivor testimonies and challenge to early release policy

06:12:58

Moore — state failures, IICSA implementation and early‑release impact

06:12:58

Robbie Moore MP — IICSA implementation, grooming gangs inquiry and dual nationals

06:12:58

Robbie Moore — survivor cases Sarah and Erin, impact of early‑release letters

06:21:11

Robbie Moore — Fiona’s case and questions over MOJ letters

06:23:42

Moore — further survivor testimonies, probation concerns and call for emergency law

06:27:11

Robbie Moore — Jessica and Carly letters, criticism of probation system

06:27:11

Robbie Moore — Jade, Angela, Charlotte and call for emergency legislation

06:30:23

Backbench and Shadow concerns on early release

06:36:18

Backbench MPs — opposition to early release and focus on victims

06:36:18

Neil Hudson intervention and Moore — cross‑party action, trust and grooming inquiry

06:36:18

James Wild MP — exclude sex offenders from early release and demand government plan

06:41:55

Scottish sentencing policy — critique of early release and call for full custodial terms

06:49:52

Conservative MP — cross-party unity and victims’ fears

06:53:31

Shadow Minister Mullan — early release policy, victims’ concerns and misrepresentation

07:01:03

Shadow Minister Mullan — centring survivors and demanding answers

07:01:03

Victim Support questions and criticism of opaque communication

07:02:46

Three broken assurances on the Sentencing Act

07:07:19

Mullan — early release undermines grooming inquiries

07:10:06

Mullan — Tory amendment, limited motion and urgent timeline

07:17:05

Early release policy decision and constituency case

07:23:33

Early release policy conclusion and House decision

07:23:33

Minister Atkinson — early release policy defended

07:23:33

Minister Atkinson — grooming, sentencing and early release policy

07:23:33

Minister Atkinson — tributes, inquiries and grooming as aggravating factor

07:23:33

Prison places, historic closures and questions on sentencing

07:27:33

Justice system erosion under Conservatives and capacity crisis warning

07:32:23

Early release policy, tagging, probation investment and victim communication

07:35:54

House decision on early release and Durham school case

07:41:31

House decision on early release and end‑of‑day business

07:41:31

Closure motion and division on early release debate

07:41:31

Point of order on government ignoring House vote and electricity motion

07:56:33

Presentation of public petitions on speeding, local government, water and hospital services

07:58:20

Durham High School closure — MP case and ministerial response

08:03:40

Adjournment motion — Durham High School closure and Galaxy Global Education

08:03:40

Minister Bailey — departmental role, insolvency process and tighter proprietor regulation

08:20:48

House of Commons

7 July 2026

Tue, 7 Jul 2026 Actual start 11:00 House of Commons

34:15 - 34:19

Speaker 2

Order. We start with questions to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Paul Waugh.

34:19 - 34:21

Speaker 1

Question number one, Mr. Speaker.

34:21 - 34:22

Secretary of State.

34:22 - 34:48

Speaker 3

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With your permission, I'll answer questions one and seven together. The recent heatwave last month saw the maximum all-time June temperature record in the UK set at 37.7 degrees Celsius, two degrees higher than at any time since records began. Without human-induced climate change, the World Weather Attribution group of scientists have found that this 2026 European heatwave would have been virtually impossible. The climate emergency is real and it is here.

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