Rio+20 Summit Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Rio+20 Summit

Graham Stuart Excerpts
Tuesday 26th June 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Clegg Portrait The Deputy Prime Minister
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As the hon. Gentleman knows, the response to his private Member’s Bill is a matter for the House. I should point out to him that if he attaches such significance to legislating on this issue, why on earth did his party not do it in 13 years in office? We are very clear that we will be delivering our commitment to allocate 0.7% of GNI from next year, and that we will legislate as soon as we possibly can.

Graham Stuart Portrait Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con)
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Across the world at national level, legislators are effecting environmental change and improvement, even as intergovernmental processes stall. Further to the Deputy Prime Minister’s reply to the hon. Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner), will he support the GLOBE world summit of legislators process going forward, so that, from Mexico to China in the past, and other countries in the future, we can see action today, rather than words at summits?