Measures To Prevent Climate Change
Details
Status: Active
Groups: Environmental Issues
Description
There have been votes in Parliament on targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and on increasing the proportion of electricity generated via renewable means as well as on the establishment of a UK Green Investment Bank, to invest in projects which, for example, reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
[Person name] voted for/against measures to prevent climate change
Decisions
Decisions may be read as agreeing with the policy, or being against the policy.
| month | decision | alignment | strength | decision type | uses powers | voting cluster | participant count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-03 | Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill | agree | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Low participation vote | 143 |
| 2000-03 | "Table — 20. Climate change levy | agree | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 497 |
| 2004-11 | Housing Bill — Improvements in Energy Efficiency — rejected | against | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 445 |
| 2007-05 | Climate Change — new sense of urgency — rejected | agree | weak | Division | does_not_use_powers | Medium conflict: Opposition Aye, Government No | 357 |
| 2008-04 | Energy Bill — Renewable energy feed-in tariff — rejected | agree | weak | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 460 |
| 2008-06 | Planning Bill — National Planning Policy Statement To Include Policies Which Help Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 497 |
| 2008-06 | Climate Change Bill — Second Reading | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No | 348 |
| 2008-10 | Climate Change Bill — Electricity generating station performance standards — rejected | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 482 |
| 2008-10 | Climate Change Bill — International aviation and shipping emission projections — rejected | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Medium conflict: Opposition Aye, Government No | 342 |
| 2008-10 | Climate Change Bill — Report on the civil estate | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Cross party aye | 481 |
| 2008-10 | Climate Change Bill — Third Reading (and other amendments) | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Cross party aye | 466 |
| 2009-10 | Government to sign up to 10:10 climate change campaign — rejected | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 523 |
| 2011-09 | Energy Bill — Clause 42 — Bring Forward Date Landlords of Private Rented Homes Must Follow Domestic Energy Efficiency Regulations | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 500 |
| 2012-06 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Decline Second Reading | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 516 |
| 2012-10 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — New Clause 22 — UK Green Investment Bank — Duty to Support Climate Change Act Targets | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 512 |
| 2012-10 | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill — Third Reading | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 518 |
| 2012-12 | Energy Bill — Decline Second Reading | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 485 |
| 2013-06 | Energy Bill- Clause 42 — Exemption from Carbon Dioxide Emission Limits During Commissioning of Electricity Generation Plants Using Carbon Capture and Storage | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 523 |
| 2013-06 | Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Requirement to Set a Decarbonisation Target Range | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 557 |
| 2013-06 | Energy Bill — Clause 10 — Financial Incentives for Larger Small Scale Low Carbon Generation Plants | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 557 |
| 2013-06 | Energy Bill — Third Reading | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Cross party aye | 404 |
| 2013-12 | Energy Bill — Enabling Carbon Dioxide Emissions Limits to be Applied to Stations Which Fit Pollution Abatement Equipment | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 554 |
| 2015-07 | Summer Budget 2015 | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 610 |
| 2015-07 | Summer Budget 2015 Resolution 21 — Application of Climate Change Levy to Electricity from Renewable Sources | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No | 402 |
| 2015-09 | Finance Bill — Application of Climate Change Levy Tax to Electricity Generated from Renewable Sources | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 555 |
| 2015-10 | Finance Bill — Clause 42 — Vehicle Tax — Relation to Carbon Dioxide Emissions — Surcharge for Vehicles Costing Over Forty Thousand Pounds | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 563 |
| 2016-03 | Energy Bill — New Clause 8 — Setting a Decarbonisation Target Range | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 499 |
| 2016-03 | Energy Bill — New Clause 3 — Carbon Capture and Storage Strategy for the Energy Industry | agree | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 497 |
| 2016-05 | Housing and Planning Bill — New Clause — Permitted Carbon Dixoide Emission Rate for New Homes | against | strong | Division | insufficent_info | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 449 |
| 2016-05 | Housing and Planning Bill — Carbon Dioxide Emission Rate and Energy Performance of New Homes | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 498 |
| 2016-09 | Finance Bill — New Clause 15 — VAT on Installation of Energy Saving Materials | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 572 |
| 2019-06 | Approve: Climate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019 | agree | strong | Agreement | uses_powers | Agreement | 0 |
| 2019-06 | The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) (Energy-Saving Materials) Order 2019 | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 453 |
| 2019-10 | Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — The Economy — In the Interest of the Many — Green Industrial Revolution | agree | weak | Division | does_not_use_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 602 |
| 2020-02 | Transport — Eliminate Substantial Majority of Emissions by 2030 | agree | weak | Division | does_not_use_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 491 |
| 2020-09 | United Kingdom Internal Market Bill — New Clause 6 — Climate and Nature Emergency Impact Statement as Prerequisite for Financial Assistance | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 607 |
| 2020-10 | Agriculture Bill — New Clause After Clause 42 — Contribution of Agriculture and Associated Land Use to Climate Change Targets | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 547 |
| 2020-11 | Pension Schemes Bill — Clause 124 — Climate Change Risk | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 610 |
| 2021-01 | Financial Services Bill — Schedule 2 — Prudential Regulation of Investment Firms — Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 621 |
| 2021-01 | Environment Bill — New Clause 1 — Environmental Principles: Public Authorities | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 632 |
| 2021-05 | Environment Bill — New Clause 24 — Prohibition on Burning of Vegetation on Peat in Upland Areas | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 568 |
| 2021-06 | Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill — New Clause 1 — Supporting Net Zero Greenhouse Targeted Gas Emission Target | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 625 |
| 2021-07 | Health and Care Bill — Second Reading | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 575 |
| 2021-07 | Health and Care Bill — Decline Second Reading | against | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 579 |
| 2021-10 | Environment Bill — Clause 18 — Policy Statement on Environmental Principles — Exemptions | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 489 |
| 2021-11 | Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill — Second Reading | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No | 359 |
| 2021-11 | Health and Care Bill — Third Reading | agree | weak | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 536 |
| 2021-12 | Subsidy Control Bill — Schedule 1 — The Subsidy Control Principles — Net Zero Greenhouse Gasses Emissions Target | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 468 |
| 2022-01 | Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill — Third Reading | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Cross party aye | 510 |
| 2022-05 | Programme for Government — Workers' Rights — Cost of Living — Climate — Benefits — Windfall Tax — Devolution — Human Rights | agree | weak | Division | does_not_use_powers | Medium conflict: Opposition Aye, Government No | 368 |
| 2023-12 | Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Cross party aye | 403 |
| 2024-02 | Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill Committee: Amendment 17 | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Opposition proposes | 512 |
| 2024-02 | Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill: Third Reading | against | strong | Division | uses_powers | Strong conflict: Gov proposes | 503 |
| 2025-01 | Draft Clean Heat Market Mechanism Regulations 2024 | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Divided opposition: Government Aye, Opposition divided | 533 |
| 2025-04 | Infrastructure Planning (Onshore Wind and Solar Generation) Order 2025 | agree | strong | Division | uses_powers | Nominal opposition: Government Aye Opposition Weak No | 408 |