A Bill to require the United Kingdom to achieve climate and nature targets; to give the Secretary of State a duty to implement a strategy to achieve those targets; to establish a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise the Secretary of State in creating that strategy; to give duties to the Committee on Climate Change and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee regarding the strategy and targets; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
29 April 2022
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Climate and Ecology Bill would require the UK to set legally binding climate and nature targets and to put in place a strategy to meet them. It would establish a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise Ministers and would place duties on the main climate and nature bodies to help design and monitor the strategy. Overall, it aims to join climate action with nature restoration under a single framework.
The bill is at the 2nd reading stage in the House of Commons, having originated there. It has completed the 1st reading (2021) and the 2nd reading (2022); further stages would be needed for it to become law.
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21 Jun 2021
6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
