VoteClimate: Coronavirus - 3rd March 2020

Coronavirus - 3rd March 2020

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

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-03/debates/4913849A-4E73-4B43-BFA3-16CD4A35BE66/Coronavirus

13:07 Jonathan Ashworth (Leicester South) (Lab/Co-op)

The Secretary of State quite rightly talked about what the public should be doing, but should we not already be thinking about stopping shaking hands and about working from home, if possible, without an economic impact? That would also help the climate emergency. Containment moves into delay without a border, so should we not be thinking about trying to get ahead of the curve?

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