Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Truswell (Labour), on Monday, 17 December 2007, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 113 members in total.

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PLANNING BILL AND CLIMATE CHANGE

That this House welcomes the Government's stated intention to integrate planning policy with the crucial commitment to address climate change; notes that the Planning Bill imposes a duty on local authorities to produce policy that contributes to the mitigation of climate change; strongly believes that this duty should be strengthened and imposed on Ministers when drawing up National Policy Statements (NPSs) and on the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC); further considers that the Committee on Climate Change should be a statutory consultee in NPSs and Major Infrastructure Projects processes; and urges that mechanisms are put in place to monitor and report on the discharge of this duty.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

604 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Colin Burgon

Colin Challen

Paddy Tipping

Lord Whitehead

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Subjects

Climate change Environment protection Planning

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk