WRITTEN
STATEMENT
BY
THE
WELSH GOVERNMENT
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TITLE
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Interministerial
Group on Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change, 6 May 2025
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DATE
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2
June 2025
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BY
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Huw
Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for
Climate Change and Rural Affairs
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In accordance
with the inter-institutional relations agreement, I
can
report to Members that I chaired the
Interministerial Group meeting on Net Zero, Energy and Climate
Change on 6 May 2025.
The meeting was
attended by Gillian Martin MSP, Acting
Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Energy, Sarah Jones MP, Minister
of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and
the Department for Business and Trade, Mary Creagh CBE MP, Minister
for Nature, James Murray MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury,
Mike Kane MP, Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security, Andrew
Muir MLA, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
and a senior official from the Department for the Economy at the NI
executive (deputising for the Minister for the
Economy).
The
Interministerial Group considered the future direction and
objectives of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme. This involved
discussions on the UK Government’s EU relations activity,
each administration’s priorities and challenges, as well as
areas for cross-UK action in meeting the ambitions of the Scheme,
including energy from waste.
The Scottish
Government will chair the next Interministerial Group meeting
online.
The
communiqué from the meeting has been published on
GOV.UK:
Interministerial
Group for Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change communiqué: 6
May 2025 - GOV.UK
