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Wayne David Excerpts
Thursday 30th October 2014

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. We have a lot of questions to get through and we must make more timely progress.

Wayne David Portrait Wayne David (Caerphilly) (Lab)
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7. What steps she is taking to promote adaptation to climate change.

Dan Rogerson Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Dan Rogerson)
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We are building the nation’s resilience to a changing climate primarily through the implementation of the first “National Adaptation Programme” report, which DEFRA published last July. This sets out more than 370 actions across key sectors involving Government, business, councils, civil society and academia. The Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Support Service also helps a wide range of organisations to adapt.

Wayne David Portrait Wayne David
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It is clear that the Minister’s Department has a real problem with credibility. Will he unequivocally condemn the crazy ideas on climate change expressed by the previous Secretary of State?