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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2395

Climate Change (Net Zero UK Carbon Account) Bill

[As Introduced]
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This bill creates a new way for the UK to measure and account for its carbon emissions. It establishes clearer rules for tracking progress toward the goal of reaching net zero carbon (where the UK produces no more greenhouse gases than it removes from the atmosphere) by 2050.

Presented by Alex Chalk.
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The people's count16 votes
0% Aye · 0100% No · 16
MPs' vote626 MPs
58% Ayes · 36342% Noes · 263
The democratic gap

58% , a wide gap

Outcome mismatch, the public would block this bill, but Parliament passed it.

Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading30 Apr 2019
  • 2nd reading