VoteClimate: Finance Bill - 1st July 2013

Finance Bill - 1st July 2013

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Finance Bill.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-07-01/debates/1307011000001/FinanceBill

21:15 Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

My hon. Friend is, as ever, making a powerful case. We see the mismatch between the rhetoric and the action of the Government on other issues such as climate change; they claim to be the greenest Government ever, yet they do not implement measures such as the decarbonisation targets. Is he aware that, after the Prime Minister spoke at the G8 saying that he would tackle the tax issue, the Finance Bill Committee refused to consider amendments on the issue? Enough Food IF said:

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