Oral Answers to Questions - 9th July 2013
Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Oral Answers to Questions.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2013-07-09/debates/13070952000007/OralAnswersToQuestions
Ian Murray (Labour)
T5. The Deputy Prime Minister said, in launching his party’s 2010 green manifesto, that the Tories“talk the talk on green issues only to align themselves with climate deniers”.Will he explain to the hundreds and hundreds of constituents who contacted me why he and his party voted against the decarbonisation target in the Energy Bill? ( 163808 )
[Source]
The Deputy Prime Minister
As the hon. Gentleman would know if he followed the debate, we will be taking powers to introduce a decarbonisation target when the next carbon budget starts. There are different opinions on this. Some Members suggested recently that we should abolish the Department of Energy and Climate Change—indeed, that we should abolish my office, too—and any mention of climate change. Needless to say, I think they are wrong on all counts.
[Source]
See all Parliamentary Speeches Mentioning Climate
Live feeds of all MPs' climate speeches: Twitter @@VoteClimateBot, Instagram @VoteClimate_UK