Last week in Parliament I met Greta Thunberg, an inspiring 16 year old from Sweden whose message on climate change is a clarion call for our time. I’m also proud of the children from my constituency who have been making their voices heard on climate change. We only have 12 years to act to avoid catastrophic, irreversible climate change.

Today, The Labour Party forced the government to declare a ClimateEmergency an essential step which must now be followed through with urgent action across every government department.