3. 2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:27 pm on 6 June 2017.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 2:27, 6 June 2017

Could we, in light of President Trump’s recent cowardly retreat from one of the biggest challenges facing this generation and future generations on climate change, find time for another statement from our Cabinet Secretary on climate change? Last year, when the Cabinet Secretary returned from the talks and the convention in Marrakesh, she made clear the role of nations and regions and cities in tackling climate change, and no matter the size of that nation, the importance of this for its people, but also people overseas and people of future generations, in tackling the massive risks that we face, but also gaining the opportunities that come from tackling climate change.

So, in light of President Trump’s statement, I think it’s an opportune moment to actually have a refreshed statement on that, which would be welcome. It would also, perhaps, give us a chance to see where people in this Chamber stand on this issue, not least in light of the leader of UKIP in this Chamber actually writing to President Trump welcoming his announcement—

‘a very warm invitation to you in Wales and hope you may be able to fit in a visit to your fellow Celts here’, where he’d find this retreat from climate change would be very welcome indeed. I think we need to disabuse him of that notion.