Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability Debate
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Lord Singh of Wimbledon
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Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability
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Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Con)
My Lords, as this matter is now entirely within our competence, we absolutely intend to use our freedom to be one of the leading countries in the world in this area and, hopefully, set an example that other countries may follow.
Lord Singh of Wimbledon (CB) [V]
My Lords, the initiative on climate change, led by a group of smaller countries, is timely and commendable. Does the Minister agree that the UK is well placed to lead on turning sentiment into reality by pressing for trade and development policies bound tightly to agreed global constraints, in order to protect the environment, which sustains us all?
Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Con)
My Lords, the noble Lord is completely right to make this point. We want our generation to be the first to leave the world in a better state than we found it. Working on agreements such as this is an important component of that.