Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Draft Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026 Draft Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026.
14:35 Miatta Fahnbulleh (Labour)
The instruments provide some functions in relation to transport and economic development, but there is a strong interrelationship with the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. Subject to Royal Assent to the Bill, these strategic authorities will be classed as mayoral strategic authorities, and the functions reserved for their tier will automatically be conferred on them. That is why the instruments confer fewer functions than previous instruments establishing strategic authorities. The provisions in the Bill will give these strategic authorities functions on transport, strategic planning and housing, adult skills and employment support, economic regeneration, and the environment and climate change, ensuring that they can deliver for their residents even before a mayor is in place.
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