Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 3
Fifth Report - Local government and the path to net zero
Published 29 Oct 2021
Paragraph 27
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We welcome the ambitious targets set by many local authorities, and we are pleased the Government has now committed in its Net Zero Strategy to clarifying the relationship between central and local government in the delivery of net zero and to improving co-ordination between different layers of government. It remains to be seen, however, if this will amount to the comprehensive delivery framework called for by the Climate Change Committee. We also recommend that any framework strike a careful balance between clarifying the expectations on local authorities and leaving them free to determine what climate action is most appropriate in their areas.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Fifth Report - Local government and the path to net zero (HC 34), paragraph 27, 29 October 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 18 January 2022 (deadline 29 December 2021).