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
Alex SobelLabour (Co-op)
12 February 2025
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The Climate and Nature Bill would require the UK to set and meet legally binding climate and nature targets. It would place a duty on the Secretary of State to prepare and carry out a strategy to reach those targets, and it would create a Climate and Nature Assembly to advise on that strategy. It also places duties on the main climate and nature advisory bodies to help shape the targets and strategy.
The bill is currently at second reading in the House of Commons, having had its first reading on 21 March 2024. If it passes the second reading, it will proceed to committee stage and further readings in the Commons, before moving to the Lords.
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21 Mar 2024
The dissolution of Parliament took place on Thursday 30 May 2024. All business in the House of Commons and House of Lords has come to an end and this bill will make no further progress.
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