Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change

Organisations: Department of Energy & Climate Change

Responsibilities

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Climate Change supports the Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change on issues and policies related to climate change. These include:

• Energy consumers
• The Green Deal
• Renewable Heat Incentive
• Energy efficiency and energy demand reduction
• Fuel poverty
• Decentralised energy (solar, marine, anaerobic digestion)
• Planning reform and consents
• Green Investment Bank
• Green jobs and skills
• Carbon budgets
• International climate change (including UNFCCC negotiations)
• Climate science
• Innovation

Before July 2014 this role was covered by the Minister of State for Climate Change.

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Amber Rudd

   2014 to 2015

Announcements

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• 2010 to 2015 government policy: energy demand reduction in industry, business and the public sector
  • 16 February 2016
  • Policy paper
• Department of Energy and Climate Change's settlement at the Spending Review 2015
  • 25 November 2015
  • Press release
• 'Clean energy is the energy of today, and tomorrow'
  • 22 September 2015
  • Speech
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: low carbon technologies
  • 08 May 2015
  • Policy paper
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: climate change international action
  • 08 May 2015
  • Policy paper
• 2010 to 2015 government policy: greenhouse gas emissions
  • 08 May 2015
  • Policy paper
• Earth Hour 2015
  • 26 March 2015
  • News story
• Third release of popular Green Deal Home Improvement Fund fully allocated
  • 26 March 2015
  • Press release
• £70 million for home energy efficiency through the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund Release 3
  • 04 March 2015
  • Press release
• Switch to save - £2.7 billion up for grabs by switching energy supplier
  • 16 February 2015
  • Press release

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