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Energy Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Caroline Lucas (Green Party) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 September 2023. It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill [Lords].

I agree that those three tests for decarbonisation make a lot of sense, but does the hon. Gentleman agree that as well as targets for some of the good stuff, we need to see the Government stop doing the bad stuff? In this case, the bad stuff is more and more new licences for oil and gas in the North sea. Would Labour support my amendment, which would see an end to the MER rule on maximising the economic recovery of petroleum and replace it with a just transition to a greener economy? As long as we have a statutory duty to maximise the economic recovery of oil and gas, it does not matter how many targets we have on renewables, because we will not meet the targets that we need to meet.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
737 c284 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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