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The Climate Emergency

Proceeding contribution from Caroline Lucas (Green Party) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 17 October 2019. It occurred during Queen's speech debate on The Climate Emergency.

I want to take the Secretary of State back to the Environment Bill for two seconds, because it is important to set targets but even more important to have deadlines for meeting them. She will be aware of concerns raised today that there is a major loophole in the Bill that will essentially give the Government nearly two decades to

meet the legally binding future environmental targets. Will she comment on those concerns? It is all very well setting targets by 2022, but not having to meet them for 15 years seems absurd.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
666 c508 
Session
2019-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Environment Bill 2019
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