VoteClimate: Autumn Statement - 23rd November 2016

Autumn Statement - 23rd November 2016

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Autumn Statement.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-11-23/debates/4F39F2C9-583D-407B-A529-3956F6A927F1/AutumnStatement

13:29 John McDonnell (Labour)

Disappointingly, this Chancellor has joined his predecessor in failing to mention the words “climate change” even just once anywhere in the statement. That is in the year that is set to be the hottest on record, when parts of the country are under floodwater. Can he justify continued handouts to the oil and gas sector when there is no assurance of support for clean energy post-2020, no reversal of the critical solar tax hike, and nothing on keeping homes warm this winter?

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