To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero of 16 January 2024, Official Report, column 679, if she will publish correspondence she has had with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the appointment of a new Chair to the Climate Change Committee.
Answered on
31 January 2024
The Government places significant emphasis on successfully concluding this campaign and is working with the Devolved Administrations to ensure a suitable Chair is appointed as soon as possible.
It is important that the Government and Devolved Administrations are able to discuss the appointment in private as it involves personal information about the candidates. It would therefore not be appropriate to publish the correspondence relating to this decision-making process.