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Proceeding contribution from Claire O'Neill (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 April 2019. It occurred during Urgent question on Climate Action and Extinction Rebellion.


Climate Action and Extinction Rebellion

I thank the hon. Lady for my inadvertent promotion. She just has to look at the numbers: we have had the cleanest year for electricity generation that we have ever had, and this weekend this country, which was built on coal, went for the longest period ever without using any coal. We are legislating to ensure that homes will have no more fossil fuel heating, and 42,000 homes in my constituency are now off the gas grid. From 2025, no home will be able to be built there unless it has some other form of heating. [Interruption.] The hon. Lady shakes her head, but she knows better than many in this place, given her long involvement in these matters, that it is all very well for politicians to stand up and mouth empty platitudes but what we have to do is deliver actions, not words. That is what we are delivering.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
658 c622 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Demonstrations Climate change Greater London Carbon emissions Extinction Rebellion
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on hansard.parliament.uk