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Policy Paper Published 8 Jul 2021 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Northern Ireland Executive Scottish Government Welsh Government ↗ View on GOV.UK

Interministerial Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change communiqué: 30 June 2021

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The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Interministerial Group met on 30 June 2021. The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth (BEIS), Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP.

Attendees

The attending ministers were as follows.

From the UK government

  • Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change (BEIS), Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP
  • Exchequer Secretary to the Chancellor (HMT), Kemi Badenoch MP

 From the Scottish Government

  • Minister for Environment, Biodiversity and Land Reform, Màiri McAllan MSP

From the Welsh Government

  • Minister for Climate Change, Julie James MS
  • Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS

From the Northern Ireland Executive

  • Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Edwin Poots MLA
  • Minister for the Economy, Paul Frew MLA

What was discussed

The Interministerial Group welcomed new ministers from the Scottish and Welsh governments, and also a new Minister for the Economy from the Northern Ireland Executive, recognising their changed portfolios.

The Group then discussed progress in the context of intergovernmental engagement on the Net Zero Strategy, the upcoming UK government Hydrogen Strategy as well as next steps for the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).