Amendment 119

Part of Environment Bill - Report (4th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 9:15 pm on 15 September 2021.

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Lord Lea of Crondall:

Moved by Lord Lea of Crondall

119: After Clause 136, insert the following new Clause—“Economic and environmental goals Within six months of the day on which this Act is passed the Secretary of State must publish plans to incorporate a metric for reducing greenhouse gas emissions as a coefficient of GDP growth.” Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment would require the Secretary of State to publish plans on a metric for greenhouse gas emissions as a coefficient of GDP growth (i.e. the degree to which greenhouse gas emissions are growing more or less than GDP). The metric could be published alongside regular GDP updates with the intention that the coefficient should, over time, reduce.