Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 43450

Defence: Climate Change

Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Named Day

Question

John Glen

ConservativeSalisbury

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

Answer

Maria Eagle
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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