VoteClimate: Business of the House - 17th September 2020

Business of the House - 17th September 2020

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/2020-09-17/debates/4B0EC505-CFE3-4BE1-99AD-AFCD65177387/BusinessOfTheHouse

10:42 Valerie Vaz (Labour)

It is very important that we have roads and that people can get about the country. The road building plan will help the economy. It will be a boost to the economy and a boost to jobs. The last thing we should be doing in the current crisis is making it harder for people to get jobs and for the economy to grow. However, the Government have a very good record on dealing with environmental matters. They have committed to the net zero target by 2050. Perhaps most importantly, we will take back control of our agricultural policy from 1 January and will be able to ensure that expenditure in that area goes towards protecting diversity and the environment, rather than being squandered on EU-sponsored schemes we are not in favour of and burdening our farmers with bureaucracy. Things are getting very much better thanks to the Conservatives and Brexit.

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