division_name: Eu Referendum: Energy and Environment
motion: <p class="indent" pid="b175.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House recognises the uncertainty created by the result of the EU referendum for the protections currently in place for the UK&#8217;s energy security, climate change commitments and the natural environment; notes that the discussion leading up to the EU referendum made little mention of environmental protection or climate change and considers that regulations and ambitions in those areas should in no way be diminished as a result of the outcome of that referendum; has serious concerns about the signals being sent to investors in those sectors by continued uncertainty; and therefore urges the Government to identify and fill any legislative gaps in environmental protection that may arise from the removal of EU law.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b177.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;considerable uncertainty and market turmoil.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b177.2/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;likely to cause project investors and banks to hesitate about committing new capital, and could cause a drop in renewable energy asset values&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b179.0/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;we simply do not know the capability of the vast majority of stuff out there for current weather, never mind the future&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b180.4/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It is absolutely clear that it is business as usual while we remain members of the EU.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2016-07-07">7 July</phrase> 2016; Vol. 62, c. 1030.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b181.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;is not a decision I can make at this stage.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2016-07-07">7 July</phrase> 2016; Vol. 612, c. 1028.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b208.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;ridiculous costs on British businesses&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2016-11-29">29 November</phrase> 2011; Vol. 536, c. 808.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b211.2/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;There will still be intense and intensifying European cooperation and partnership in a huge number of fields: the arts, the sciences, the universities, and on improving the environment.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b213.4/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;if you don&#8217;t have CCS, then you really need to virtually completely decarbonise your transport sector and completely decarbonise your heating sectors, in order to deliver on the 2050 ambition&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b213.4/9" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;What impact do you think the UK&#8217;s decision to leave the EU will have on environmental protection?&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="b213.4/11" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Without binding EU law, it is likely environmental regulations will be weakened or scrapped in the UK.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b221.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b221.3/4" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 229, Noes 278.</p>