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Recommendation 13
13
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We welcome the Government’s decision to accept the CCC’s advice on the level of the...
Recommendation
We welcome the Government’s decision to accept the CCC’s advice on the level of the UK’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution. In the year of the UK’s COP26 Presidency this sends the right signal about the Government’s commitment to domestic climate policy. However, while we acknowledge the need to fully assess the sixth budget advice, we reiterate the need for the Government to show global leadership by taking 12 Net zero and UN climate summits: Scrutiny of Preparations for COP26 – interim report decisive action on the UK’s domestic ambitions. We recommend that the Government commit to accepting the sixth budget advice in full and lay the Statutory Instrument required to give effect to it as early as possible.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response states that the COP26 President is liaising with colleagues regarding recess dates, completely failing to address the recommendation to commit to the sixth carbon budget advice and lay the Statutory Instrument.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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30. We are grateful to the CCC for their expert advice, which we will consider in detail ahead of setting the sixth carbon budget in legislation. It is right that we take time to consider the recommendations carefully and in full. We will write to the committee once the timetable for laying the statutory instrument has been agreed.
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