VoteClimate: United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - 7th December 2020

United Kingdom Internal Market Bill - 7th December 2020

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-12-07/debates/03F9AA70-3B1F-453B-A834-0498A5DDF1BF/UnitedKingdomInternalMarketBill

19:30 Alison McGovern (Labour)

We do not know what unintentional consequences will be unleashed by reinserting this clause into our national legislation, but if we as a nation break treaties, act in bad faith and undermine our international relationships, we should expect there to be a price to pay. This is a recklessly foolish action at a time when we urgently need to build and strengthen our links with other countries, not just because we need new trade deals, but because we urgently need co-ordinated global action to defeat coronavirus and fight against climate change.

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19:45 Mr David Jones (Clwyd West) (Con)

If we step back from the details of the battle, we begin to appreciate the impact a no-deal Brexit will have on global Britain. The world order that we helped to create after 1945 and globalised after the fall of the Soviet Union is in decline. Threats are diversifying and becoming more complex at the very time that we are witnessing a decline in western resolve—in what we believe in, stand for, and are willing to defend. As the UK assumes the G7 presidency and hosts COP26, we will have the chance to stand tall with a new White House Administration, invigorated, and the chance to repair our frail world order and contest the rise of authoritarian state and non-state actors, which for too long have been given free rein to pursue their own agendas.

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