VoteClimate: Business of the House - 8th September 2022

Business of the House - 8th September 2022

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/2022-09-08/debates/C47261DE-FEE0-4C23-AEAC-27D3A7B32911/BusinessOfTheHouse

10:30 Thangam Debbonaire (Bristol West) (Lab)

I welcome the news of the Government’s general debate on energy costs today, where the Prime Minister will finally detail the support to be offered to our many constituents who are struggling at this time. I believe she will also detail exactly what the Government plan to do about fracking and increasing oil and gas extraction, while remaining committed to their manifesto commitment to net zero by 2050.

Exciting times, eh, Mr Speaker? We have an exciting new Cabinet packed with exciting new talents: hard-line Brexiters, climate change sceptics and free marketers. We have a new Justice Secretary infamous for being prepared to break international law in a “limited and specific way”, and a Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy whose desk apparently does not boast a computer and who is on record as being a climate change denier. Obviously, they are raring to go and get stuck in—keen as mustard, like kids in their first week at school. And there are more announcements to come. Who knows what fresh delights await us?

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