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We've found the following climate-related tweets, speeches & votes by Sarah Owen

• 12 Jul 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  Under Labour leadership, battery-making capacity in the UK would boom. We would support the creation of eight new gigafactories, with this all laid out and costed in our green prosperity plan. The new factories would allow for our home-grown automotive businesses to source their auto parts within the UK. That would be huge for businesses such as Comline in Sundon Park. Crucially, with these new gigafactories, we would introduce about 80,000 new British jobs. I know how much that would mean to my constituents, from youngsters getting apprenticeships to older people knowing they do not need to worry about redundancy before retirement. With eight new gigafactories, we would also power 2 million electric vehicles, which is so crucial for working towards our commitment to net zero. All of that would bring in an additional £30 billion to our economy. It sounds like a good deal to me.

  We are committed to building strong economic foundations that businesses need to succeed, including through reforms to the apprenticeship levy and business rates to give firms flexibility where they need it, and making the UK a clean energy superpower by 2030 with net zero carbon electricity, lowering electricity costs for the car industry. That is the leadership and the strategy that the automotive industry has been crying out for, and that is what a Labour Government would provide.

  Full debate: Automotive Industry

• 30 Mar 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  I pay tribute to International Justice Mission, which works internationally to end modern slavery; Tearfund, which has been providing disaster relief for over 50 years; and Christian Aid, which continues to lead progressive and powerful campaigns on the climate emergency. Despite how needed and important their campaigns are, such organisations are struggling. The cost of living crisis has meant that, while demand is higher than ever for food, shelter and financial support, the public’s capacity to donate has declined. The fact that wages are falling far beneath inflation is forcing ordinary working people to cut back where they can. For many, that means reducing or ending charitable giving. This is where we need Government action.

  Full debate: Christianity in Society

• 16 Jan 2023: Parliamentary Speech

  Not only are British public service workers seeing their pay declining or their jobs cut, they are now told that they cannot speak up about it. The message to public sector heroes from this Bill is: “Put up and shut up”. Unfortunately for this Government, that is not the spirit of this country or of the party of these Benches. Our constituents know the value of their work, and they know the dignity they deserve. When it comes to civil liberties, oh, the Conservatives talk a good game about freedom of speech, but on the basic rights to strike and to protest, this Government—one of the most extreme Tory Governments—are on the wrong side every time. They fight for the rights of holocaust deniers, climate change sceptics, and out-and-out misogynists to say whatever they like online, in an effort to appear anti-woke and pro-freedom of speech, yet when it comes to the freedoms of nurses, teachers, doctors, paramedics, firefighters, support staff and healthcare assistants, the Conservatives are not on their side, and they do not want them to have the same freedoms as everyone else.

  Full debate: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill

• 16 Jan 2023: Tweet

  RT @Haggis_UK: Sarah Owen: "The Tories fight for the right for Holocaust deniers, climate change sceptics & out-&-out misogynists to say wh… [Source]

• 24 Nov 2022: Tweet

  Watching Lord @SonnyLeong53 making his fantastic maiden speech during the debate on climate change. It is so lovel… https://t.co/1OXFtSa1FY [Source]

• 29 Oct 2022: Tweet

  Awful news from the Philippines and another example of how extreme weather and the climate crisis is wrecking lives… https://t.co/erRwSJJg7c [Source]

• 19 Oct 2022: Vote

  Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas Bill - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 13 Dec 2021: Vote

  Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 - The subsidy control principles - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 12 Nov 2021: Tweet

  RT @LeftFootFwd: With #COP26 entering its final day, we're committing to ramp up our coverage of the climate crisis long after the world's… [Source]

• 02 Nov 2021: Tweet

  Find someone less qualified to talk about the climate crisis than Boris Johnson you say…bingo. ???? https://t.co/FV8tpXABuO [Source]

• 25 Oct 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The Government’s manifesto even promised the most ambitious environmental programme of any country on Earth, yet we have the Prime Minister saying he is worried that COP26 will not be a success. Probably the less I say about the Government’s record on the environment at the moment, the better. We have a duty to protect the planet and the environment for all animals, kept and unkept.

  Full debate: Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

• 23 Oct 2021: Tweet

  Great to join the conference on climate change & faith ahead of COP26, organised by UN association Luton branch and… https://t.co/FQOBATnQHr [Source]

• 29 Sep 2021: Tweet

  The flip side of the leaflet he insisted on giving me was all climate change denial????????. What a dangerous man. Pre… https://t.co/5vOZpXVWXi [Source]

• 19 Sep 2021: Tweet

  RT @UKLabour: ???? Meet your new Cabinet ???? Dodgy contracts, climate change deniers, out for themselves... https://t.co/SxJvhibeLC [Source]

• 14 Aug 2021: Tweet

  RT @RachelReevesMP: Rishi Sunak is undermining the vital action our country needs to take to tackle climate change. He won't even publish t… [Source]

• 02 Aug 2021: Tweet

  Young people in Luton North have shared their concerns about the plastics crisis and #climatechange with me. We ca… https://t.co/XKE3G9LD56 [Source]

• 12 Jul 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  The Government simply cannot have it both ways or take people for fools. This Bill is not really about freedom of speech though, is it? It is about stoking a culture war. It is about enabling those who profit from hate, silencing young Muslim students and students who care about climate change. The Bill is nonsensical and hypocritical, like the Home Secretary’s attempt today to condemn the same sorts of racism that the Conservative Government have courted and continue to stoke with divisive Bills such as this and the upcoming Nationality and Borders Bill.

  Full debate: Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

• 30 Jun 2021: Parliamentary Speech

  I wholeheartedly agree with Gordon Brown when he says that the decision to gut the UK aid budget is a life or death situation for so many people across the world. Our collective aim should be to end the wars, the climate change, the poverty and the tyranny that leave people across the world poorer and in search of safety, but when we see the Government failing on our global commitments, taking a step back and lowering our standing on the world stage, our collective aims grow so much more difficult to achieve. Until we have a Prime Minister with a sense of moral and collective responsibility, and until we have a Government who truly live up to the promise of a global Britain—where we are all proud of taking our obligations and responsibilities seriously and standing tall on the world stage again—the least we can do is give our fair share of international aid.

  Full debate: Official Development Assistance and the British Council

• 07 Jun 2021: Vote

  Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 26 May 2021: Vote

  Environment Bill — New Clause 24 - Prohibition on burning of peat in upland areas - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 13 Jan 2021: Vote

  Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 - Prudential regulation of FCA investment firms - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 16 Nov 2020: Vote

  Pension Schemes Bill [Lords] — Clause 124 - Climate change risk - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 12 Oct 2020: Vote

  Agriculture Bill — After Clause 42 - Contribution of agriculture and associated land use to climate change targets - Pro-climate vote: No - Their vote: No

• 29 Sep 2020: Vote

  United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — New Clause 6 - Economic development: climate and nature emergency impact statement - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye

• 05 Feb 2020: Vote

  Transport - Pro-climate vote: Aye - Their vote: Aye