VoteClimate: Business of the House - 17th November 2016

Business of the House - 17th November 2016

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Business of the House.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-11-17/debates/FDBDFDF1-40B9-4414-9E81-406B281D3997/BusinessOfTheHouse

11:08 Valerie Vaz (Labour)

Pakistan’s poverty rate is some 39%. It has weak governance and political institutions. It has been gripped by violent extremism—it is No. 22 in the league table—and its levels of persecution of Christians and other ethnic minorities put it at the top of the league table for that. It is affected by climate change and natural disasters, which have exacerbated migration and food insecurity. Will the Leader of the House agree to a debate on the important issue of the shrinking space for civil society in Pakistan?

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