On the 19th of July 2023 Barry questioned two members of the Climate Change Committee, Chris Stark, the Chief Executive and Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE, Chair, Adaptation Sub-Committee.
On this panel Barry was faced with much agreement on his concerns over Government progress in achieving Net Zero. Barry raised issues of energy efficiency, retrofitting houses to be more energy efficient, heat pump installation and more.
Mr Stark of the Climate Change Committee agreed that Government Ministers had missed a “crucial window of opportunity” to improve energy effiiciency.