VoteClimate: Developing Countries: Jobs and Livelihoods - 15th June 2016

Developing Countries: Jobs and Livelihoods - 15th June 2016

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Developing Countries: Jobs and Livelihoods.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-06-15/debates/4191CAE8-DE5F-4377-83E7-AE4D8C8A892F/DevelopingCountriesJobsAndLivelihoods

09:30 Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)

Make no mistake, this is possibly the biggest challenge of our generation, along with tackling climate change. Hundreds of millions of young people could be ignored, without hope, seeking to move elsewhere, and at the mercy of people traffickers or extremists, or we could have those same young people engaged, valued and able to contribute where they are.

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10:43 Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

On the point about opportunities, does the Minister agree that we need policy coherence between the climate change goals and economic development policies?

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