Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s Progress Debate
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Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
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Net Zero Carbon Emissions: UK’s Progress
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster Excerpts(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Claire Perry
I would just love to make some progress, because I have only three minutes left. I wish to leave some time for the hon. Lady who called this debate.
Claire Perry
In that case, having given way very generously, I will say this: I entirely accept the challenge of working further and faster. We must keep leading from the front so that we can avoid the climate catastrophe that others have been so eloquent about. We must find the new opportunities that this transition presents. We must repair our ecosystems so that we can look the next generation in the eye and say that we did what we had to do to protect our planet for their future. We protected planet A because there is no planet B.