VoteClimate: Greenbelt: Local Plans - 19th October 2021

Greenbelt: Local Plans - 19th October 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Greenbelt: Local Plans.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-10-19/debates/964C266B-131C-4281-99B3-53C6BFFA399D/GreenbeltLocalPlans

16:23 Neil O'Brien (Conservative)

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue today. To raise our sights a bit, the main purpose of the green belt is to ensure that our towns and cities grow in a sustainable way. In the lead-up to the UN climate change conference—COP26—the enormous potential of the green belt and other greenfield land is very visible, helping to support climate change resilience, as part of our green infrastructure, and as an aid to help the natural world to grow and recover. That makes it all the more important for communities to be able to engage with the planning process, making full use of the new digital tools available, to ensure that councillors and planning authorities make the right decisions when they come to balance homes and jobs with protecting our precious countryside for future generations to come.

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