VoteClimate: Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords] - 17th November 2015

Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords] - 17th November 2015

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords].

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2015-11-17/debates/15111751000003/CitiesAndLocalGovernmentDevolutionBill(Lords)

14:45 The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr Marcus Jones)

Contrary to popular myth, young people are interested in political issues—from climate change to racism, and from education to crime. I meet young people in my constituency, as I am sure do many of my hon. Friends, who are studying politics at A-level and are completely engaged with the political process, yet this country still denies them a vote.

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15:00 Guto Bebb (Aberconwy) (Con)

I am sure that, like me, the right hon. Gentleman meets many sixth-formers when he visits schools and finds that they are often extremely well-informed. It is the older generation’s attitude to the younger generation that sometimes leads to young people becoming disillusioned. When knocking on doors during canvassing I often find that young people are very progressive-minded, certainly on matters such as climate change, the poor and poverty in the world.

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16:45 Steve Reed (Labour)

(a) mitigation of and adaptation to impacts of climate change;

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