Climate Change Bill in the Commons

Having now left the Lords, the Climate Change Bill has just been debated for the first time in the House of Commons. The text of the debate can be read on Hansard, and MPs discussed a wide ranges of issues such as the need to include aviation in the Bill; the need for limits on the UK's ability to buy credits from abroad, rather than making cuts in our own emissions; and the scale of the cuts required.

As yet no amendments have been voted on - so it's not too late to write to your MP to ask them for to strengthen the Bill. The website www.theyworkforyou.com lets you email your MP very easily. A wide range of organisations have got involved in the campaign for a strong Climate Change Bill. This briefing, which sets out the key issues very simply, is from a church coalition.

Finally, a (dis)honourable mention for those MPs who voted against a second reading of the Bill, in other words who believe there is no need for it: Peter Lilley, Ann Widdecombe and Andrew Tyrie.