VoteClimate: Opportunities for the Next Generation - 13th September 2011

Opportunities for the Next Generation - 13th September 2011

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Opportunities for the Next Generation.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-09-13/debates/11091385000001/OpportunitiesForTheNextGeneration

17:54 John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley) (LD)

We cannot just solve things with economic growth. In practice, there are limits to the resources available for growth. As colleagues might be aware, I chair the all-party group on peak oil and gas. Putting aside climate change, there are constraints on the availability of fossil fuels and limits to the extent to which we can increase consumption. When we look at obesity in society—perhaps I am a good example—we should consider whether we need to increase consumption.

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18:00 Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley (John Hemming), but in general, we have heard a rag-bag of rubbish from Government Members today. Let us think about the big picture: accelerating globalisation; climate change; the ageing of western populations; and the emergence of developing markets, particularly in China and India, that are driving up energy prices, which makes green technologies economical.

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