VoteClimate: European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - 16th January 2018

European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - 16th January 2018

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-01-16/debates/D57C9B33-2C83-42D0-B4CF-6821CF691349/EuropeanUnion(Withdrawal)Bill

12:45 Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

We will also lose obligations on the Government to report and send information to the European Commission, which is then able to aggregate it and use it for considering the appropriateness of laws and their implementation. On day 6 in Committee, I gave an example of how losing reporting requirements under article 10 of the birds directive could, for example, present a barrier to future investment in, and the roll-out of, marine renewable energy and other developments. The Government still have not said whether they intend these reporting requirements to disappear.

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17:00 Lady Hermon (Cardiff North) (Lab)

Some EU frameworks will need to be replaced by common frameworks in certain devolved areas, such as agriculture, environment and fisheries, but it is unacceptable to sideline the devolved Governments in that process. The Welsh Government have always been involved in EU negotiations, and are involved in them at the moment. I know that because, in a previous role, I have been part of those EU negotiations alongside Welsh Ministers. I know at first hand what an easy process this is, and I know that it is a process that has always worked. For example, Wales leads the way on recycling and climate change. If environmental policy is reserved to Whitehall, what is to stop the deregulation and the rolling back of our progress to abide by the messy agreements that the Government are planning with the likes of Donald Trump?

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