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Several bills have been introduced to the Parliament of the United Kingdom which would declare a climate emergency, but none have passed. [1] [2] [3] The Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill was tabled as an early day motion on 2 September 2020 and received its first reading the same day. [4] [5]
A Bill to require the Secretary of State to achieve climate and nature targets for the United Kingdom; 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 ...
An Act to extend the period during which departmental functions may be exercised in the absence of Ministers to cover the whole of the current period in which there is no Executive; to give the Secretary of State power, during that period, to commission advice and information for the purpose of developing options for raising more public revenue ...
5 January – The UK government confirms it will not go ahead with a plan to privatise Channel 4. [2] 9 January – A new scheme to support businesses with the cost of energy bills is outlined in the House of Commons to replace existing support due to end in March. The scheme will replace capped energy bills with a wholesale discount on gas and ...
A 2021 parliamentary report Coronavirus: Lessons learned to date [298] described the decisions on lockdowns and social distancing during the early weeks of the pandemic, and the advice that led to them, as "one of the most important public health failures the UK has ever experienced", and the vaccination approach, including its research ...
The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the second time this year, in good news for mortgage-holders and other borrowers.. Policymakers at the Bank of England opted to reduce interest rates ...
An Act to make provision to extend the period following the Northern Ireland Assembly election of 5 May 2022 during which Ministers may be appointed and after which the Secretary of State must propose a date for another election; about the exercise of functions in the absence of Northern Ireland Ministers; to confer powers on the Secretary of ...
The state of emergency goes into effect in all 21 counties at 5 p.m. today. ... like the state Board of Public Utilities, ... Drivers can check road conditions and travel updates across the state ...