Madam Speaker, past inaction is making it increasingly difficult to reach our targets.
That is why these targets need to be enshrined in legislation and set in advance so we can have a plan for achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
If we fail to do this, we run the risk of making the same mistakes and missing our targets because they were not enshrined in law. Once the targets are enshrined in law, successive governments that want to get around them will bear the odious responsibility of having amended the legislation to do so.