We need to halt Bill that will create a green tyranny

THERE is a Bill going through Parliament at the moment that wishes to impose yet more net-zero madness on the UK and, by establishing a Climate and Nature Assembly, will make decisions that bypass Parliament and our elected representatives.

- Tim Newark

This Bill, imposing a Green dictatorship on us in my view, has its second reading this week and must not be allowed to pass as it stands.

Just as Donald Trump is seeking to free America from ideologically driven eco targets that constrain the US economy, this Green and Lib Dem-promoted Bill seeks to double down on previous legislation that tied us to legally binding targets for reducing carbon emissions that have led to deindustrialisation and the widespread loss of jobs.

By appointing a citizens' assembly, no doubt stuffed with like-minded eco-zealots, it will recommend radical action to the Secretary of State and Committee of Climate Change.

Let's not forget the CCC has already been pushing for the toughest carbon reductions of 60% by 2030.

Past chairmen have not exactly been neutral, with John Gummer facing criticism for a conflict of interest, having not allegedly declared his own involvement in advising clean energy companies.

That Tory climate zealot and former MP Chris Skidmore, now a professor of climate change, should also be wildly in support of the Bill is alarming.