Procurement Bill enshrines climate change considerations for all public spend

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Procurement Bill 2022 is at the committee stage in the House of Lords. This provides Government and Parliament an opportunity to incorporate specific environmental considerations and obligations on all Contracting Authorities in relation to the management of procurement and public expenditure.

Climate change is an existential threat to the UK and globally. UK Public Sector spends £300B per annum, tax payers money should be spent to prevent negative climate impact and encourage positive climate solutions and innovation. This supports Governments stated strategy of being a world leader in climate change, its COP26 and broader climate obligations, while encouraging economic growth. Current policies have proven to be insufficient to drive the change required, hence legislation is needed.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. We understanding you'd like changes to the Procurement Bill in relation to climate change, but we're not clear from your petition how you'd like the Bill to be amended.

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Timeline

14 Aug 2022	Petition opened for signatures
16 Aug 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Aug 2022

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