VoteClimate: Debate on the Address - 27th May 2015

Debate on the Address - 27th May 2015

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Debate on the Address.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-05-27/debates/15052710000004/DebateOnTheAddress

16:48 Mr Nick Clegg (Sheffield, Hallam) (LD)

One thing that we already know is that whatever deal the Prime Minister agrees and brings back from Europe, it will not satisfy significant parts of his own party. That is why he must not overstate what he can deliver. When that moment of truth comes and the Prime Minister presents his deal to this House and the country, I hope that he will advocate it with real conviction and make a clear and unambiguous argument in favour of our membership of the European Union, warts and all. In the end, there is no surrogate for a full-throated and sustained advocacy of Britain’s continued membership of a European club that, although undoubtedly imperfect, allows us to tackle crime, address climate change and provide jobs and economic security in a globalised world in a way we never can or will be able to on our own.

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21:25 Stephen Gethins (SNP)

We also need to build relationships with other countries, not least on how we deal with the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and elsewhere in the former Soviet Union—where I personally have a little professional background. We should also be looking at working with our European partners in considering the challenges of, and opportunities provided by, tackling climate change and the benefits that a social Europe and a Europe that promotes a living wage and other benefits to its citizens can provide.

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