Extract from DBEIS
questions in the Commons: Paris Climate Change
Agreement
(East Antrim) (DUP):
Germany, France, India and China are building coal-fired power
stations by the hundreds while we are relying on more and more
expensive sources of energy. Does the Minister not recognise the
damage done to our economy by pursuing means of expensive energy
while turning her back on cheap energy? Does she really believe
that erecting a few windmills will affect the world’s climate,
which is determined by the sun and by natural forces beyond the
control of man?
The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth (Claire
Perry): It is always good to listen to the right hon.
Gentleman on this point. We could debate the science, but the
truth is that we and 57 other countries, states and cities around
the world have committed to phase out coal, because it is the
most polluting fossil fuel. We do not need it, because we have a
big investment in renewables and we have clean gas as part of our
energy mix, which we must maintain going forward.
Extract from
Westminster Hall debate on Cosmetics Testing on
Animals
Dr (East Kilbride, Strathaven and
Lesmahagow) (SNP):...Although no global ban has yet
been enacted, the European Union ban on animal testing for
cosmetics and on the sale of cosmetics tested on animals came fully
into force in 2013. Other bans, some more comprehensive than
others, are now in place in many countries. Guatemala, New
Zealand, India, Israel, Norway, South Korea,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam have legislation, and
things are moving forward in Brazil Argentina, Canada, Chile, South
Africa and China. In the USA, state-level bans have been enacted,
as well as some mandated alternative laws. In a global market, it
is essential that all countries ban the practice, to avoid testing
simply moving around the world to countries with no effective laws,
to ensure a level playing field and to put an end to animal
suffering. The challenge is to make cruel cosmetics a thing of the
past once and for all, and to achieve one coherent global ban on
animal testing for cosmetics...
(Workington) (Lab):...The
EU resolution that aims to establish a global ban on animal testing
for cosmetics by 2023 is a real step forward in improving animal
welfare and closing loopholes on cosmetic animal testing worldwide.
The EU resolution and events such as this debate do much to help
increase visibility of this important issue. If countries outside
the EU such as Guatemala, India, New Zealand and Turkey can put in
place bans, every other country can, too...
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