Extreme Heat Preparedness Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Extreme Heat Preparedness

Mike Amesbury Excerpts
Monday 18th July 2022

(2 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kit Malthouse Portrait Kit Malthouse
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The hon. Lady is living in an alternative universe, as this is the Government who legislated for net zero and who fought tooth and nail at COP26. How short memories are about what we saw at that global conference in Glasgow, where my right hon. Friend the COP26 President fought tooth and nail with some of the world’s biggest polluters to keep 1.5° alive. When we have these debates in the Chamber, I wish at least some credit were given for the work that has been done, at the same time as challenging us on the work we are doing.

Mike Amesbury Portrait Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)
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If maximum indoor temperatures are good enough for workers in the United States, Germany and Spain, why not have those protections for British workers?

Kit Malthouse Portrait Kit Malthouse
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Employers already have an obligation to make sure temperatures at work are maintained at a reasonable level for the circumstances. That will vary from workplace to workplace, as I am sure the hon. Gentleman will know as a working man. There is a lot we can improve in our work and employment regulation but, at the moment, the law is pretty specific about where responsibility should lie.