greg clark.es in this house on which we passionately disagree. but there are moments when we can act together, to take the long—term decisions that will shape the future of the worlds that we leave to our children and our grandchildren. just over a decade ago, i was the shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change when the honourable member for doncaster north secured royal assent for the landmark 2008 climate change act. and i was proud on behalf of my party to speak in support of the first law of its kind in the world. setting a legally binding target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050, relative to 1990 levels. and today, i am proud to stand on this side of the house to propose an amendment to that same act, which will enable this parliament to make its own historic commitment to tackling climate change. but this mood of consensus did not stop criticism. labour said achieving the new target would need huge investment. we will need coordinated planning in new l

the group has written to the business secretary, greg clark to say the uk's nuclear programme has ‘ann one job. this is according to the tuc, which says the number of people doing so—called gig economy work has doubled in the last three years. and its young people most likely to be doing this type of flexible, insecure work. suggestions by conservative leader hopeful boris johnson that stamp duty on house sales will be cut has pushed up the house builders shares — taylor whimpey is u, as are bovis and berkeley. that's all the business news. scientists in brazil say they've unearthed the fossilised remains of an entirely new species of dinosaur. it's estimated the animal lived around 90 million years ago. tim allman has more. ok, it's not much of a looker, but it is quite special in its own way. vespersaurus paranaensis, a dinosaur we never even knew existed. these are some of its remains, discovered by palaeontologists in the south—west of the country. it's at theropod, the same family as the velociraptor and the tyrannosaurus rex. believed to be around 1.5 metres in length, it was th

sick pay, i have done in consultation with both the health secretary and the business secretary, greg clarklt of a lot of work done in the past few months. my of work done in the past few months. my predecessor wanted to lead on making sure that we put disability at the centre of the cabinet office. a lot of people criticise government for not working across different departments. sometimes that is justified. but if you want to address that, you can put it at the centre of the cabinet office, where the leveraged really is for working across government, and that is what we are doing. i want to talk to you about the leadership race. you're supporting jeremy hunt for prime minister. borisjohnson boris johnson making the front borisjohnson making the front pages again. let us give you an idea of what is being said. it is this picture that people seem to be focusing on at least the papers, borisjohnson focusing on at least the papers, boris johnson with focusing on at least the papers, borisjohnson with his partner in a beer garden. he said yesterday in an interview with the bbc he won't a nswer

greg clark, the industrial strategy secretary, is still on his feet, taking questions about the greenhousen that motion, we will return there. the government has announced ambitious plans to cut net greenhouse gas emissions in the uk to almost zero by 2050, in order to tackle global warming. britain is the first major nation to propose the target, which would be enshrined in law. the prime minister said reducing pollution would also benefit public health and cut nhs costs. some say the drive is too late to avert serious damage to the climate — but others fear the ambition will be impossible to achieve. 0ur environment analyst, roger harrabin, has more details. carbon pollution from fossil fuels. it's helped drive our economies and increase our wealth for more than 200 years. now, in the uk by 2050, it'll have to stop. to ensure that we make our contribution to dealing with climate change by laying the legislation for a net—zero target by 2050 today. this puts us on the path to become the first major economy to set a net zero emissions target in law. the announcement has won applause. i thi