Elections Bill (Third sitting) - 16th September 2021

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Elections Bill (Third sitting).

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2021-09-16/debates/36F71463-ACFC-4304-BB7C-3AA917EB65C1/ElectionsBillThirdsitting

12:11 Chloe Smith

On policies, my members are interested in a huge range, not just ones that affect us directly. Climate change is a big one. That is a huge one for us. Reversing austerity—all the Tory cuts to all sorts of things; we want to reverse them. We have family members—for example, I have a sister who is disabled. My father is 97. I have nieces and nephews who are disabled. I have nieces and nephews with children and new babies. We are all concerned for everybody in Britain and that they have better lives.

As I say, climate change is a big one. One of our motions at conference will be on proportional representation, which a lot of our members think would be a good idea—changing the electoral system. Reform of the House of Lords is one we would be concerned with.

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12:13 Chloe Smith

Anne Wafer: One would be the education system. We are very much against tuition fees for universities. We want to be rid of those. We are very concerned about what has happened to people during the pandemic, and we need the green new deal and regeneration of jobs, but those need to be green jobs because of the climate crisis.

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