VoteClimate: Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act - 4th September 2019

Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act - 4th September 2019

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-09-04/debates/4DFBD9DB-6669-4D3A-9B52-AA7769517EE3/Well-BeingOfFutureGenerations(Wales)Act

Kerry McCarthy (Labour)

The aim of this Act is to focus minds on the long term so that we leave things better off for the next generation than they are for us. Given the decade of austerity, the risk of a no-deal Brexit and the climate emergency we are currently in, how does the Minister think this legislation would fare in UK law judging by what we are doing to the future generations now?

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