Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 26 February 2026Answered: 5 March 2026
Asked by
Tom Rutland
Labour — East Worthing and Shoreham
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
Nick Thomas-Symonds
My hon. Friend makes a really important point. We have agreed an ambitious security and defence partnership with the EU. We are negotiating a deal on carbon emissions trading. We are in exploratory talks about an electricity agreement. All those things assist with our economic and energy security, and the Conservative party is opposed to them.