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Proceeding contribution from Caroline Lucas (Green Party) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 27 October 2021. It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions.

I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for giving way and even more grateful that she is mentioning the whole issue of the climate emergency and green skills. It felt like the Chancellor was skating over that vital issue—I do not think he got the memo on the climate emergency. Does she agree that if we had much greater investment in the net zero review, we would be able to scale up the jobs at the level she is describing? At the moment, we have a pitiful amount going into that net zero review. We have a Budget that is making more car driving more likely. It is making that cheaper. It is making short-haul aviation less cheap. So it is sending out the wrong messages at the wrong time. We need a test that would make sure that every single spending decision is measured against its climate impact.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
702 c309 
Session
2021-22
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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