Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Water White Paper.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2011-12-08/debates/11120860000004/WaterWhitePaper
Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab)
If the Government are abiding by their promised timetable, 8 December is part of early summer. Is it not true that this White Paper is not only late, but lame and limited? It appears to disregard altogether the immense potential of water resources to generate clean, sustainable energy.
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