Zero Hour is asking people to sign an open letter to the PM to ask that the Climate and Nature Bill will be permitted emergency debate time when it returns to the House of Commons on July 11th. You can do this by following the sign now link to the website below or you can follow our advice on writing a personal email or letter which could be taken more seriously.

You may have already signed up to send the special Zero Hour colour letter and do a social media post, if so that is brilliant but an extra personal email or letter won’t go amiss. Do whatever you have capacity for – it all helps!

This is an example of the letter being sent to Keir Starmer if you click on the website link…..

Dear Sir Keir Starmer,

We write as residents of Melksham and Devizes.

Nearly a year ago, you were elected on a promise of ‘change’. Yet, we have seen little progress, only broken pledges and missed opportunities.

In Melksham and Devizes, people face soaring food prices, cold homes, overstretched NHS services, and the destruction of our natural habitats, rivers, and green spaces.

You campaigned for a Britain ready to tackle 21st-century challenges, particularly the climate and nature crisis; a Britain that capitalises on the opportunities a just-led transition offers, and puts workers before profits.

At COP29, you acknowledged the risks of warming beyond 1.5°C—floods, economic instability, and threats to national security—while promising that a Labour Government would seize the opportunities of energy independence to boost living standards.

But, the UK is off track to meet its 2015 Paris and 2022 Montreal climate and nature commitments. And yet, vast amounts of public money is being spent on subsidies for unproven technologies that benefit major fossil fuel corporations more than communities and workers like us.

We risk losing the benefits of action: lower energy bills, warmer homes, thriving ecosystems, better public transport, and clean rivers and air. By failing our international pledges, you let down the most vulnerable people, including in Melksham and Devizes.

The Climate and Nature Bill, debated in Parliament in January 2025, offers a solution.

Crafted by leading scientists, it would make the UK’s climate and nature targets legally binding and actively involve communities in a fair way forward—driving transformative change, and creating a greener, fairer, more prosperous UK.

We know that tackling the climate and nature crisis will deliver REAL change for people across the UK—those disillusioned with politics, hit hard by the cost of living crisis, and worried about the future. We must rise to the challenge and call for action that puts people first—shaped by communities and designed to benefit the public, rather than large multinational corporations.

Yet despite the Energy Secretary’s promise to deliver the “spirit and substance” of the Bill, no action has followed.

On the 11th of July, the CAN Bill will return to the House of Commons, but is unlikely to progress without your Government’s support. With your 400-seat majority, you have the power to grant it emergency debate time and deliver the change you promised.

Prime Minister, we want REAL change for a better Britain. People in Melksham and Devizes want you to step up climate and nature action—not pull back.

Will you ensure the CAN Bill is allocated more time, debated and voted on in this parliamentary session?

Sign now

If you feel you could send a more personal email or letter to the your MP/the PM we suggest you follow our suggestions below. Personal letters are taken more seriously than form letters and you can ask for a response.

Write a personalised letter to Keir Starmer and / or your MP in support of the Climate and Nature (CAN) Bill.

Begin with a positive, maybe about the report of the Climate Change Committee saying that our emissions have reduced by 50.4% below those in 1990.

Use some facts from the Zero Hours letter but please feel free to research some of your own – personal works best. You could mention statistics about melting glaciers or warming seas or the effects of more floods or wildfires in your area.

Points to include:

  • A commitment in Paris and Montreal to have legally binding targets to reduce emissions and reach net zero by 2050 and protect 30% of the UK land ans sea mass for nature by 2030.
  • We will all benefit, especially the most vulnerable, from lower energy bills,warmer homes, thriving ecosystems, better public transport, clean rivers and air which this bill would help us achieve.
  • The Climate and Nature Bill, debated in Parliament in January 2025, offers a positive way forward to ensure we get there.
  • Crafted by leading scientists, it would make the UK’s climate and nature targets legally binding and actively involve communities in a fair wayforward—driving transformative change, and creating a greener, fairer, more prosperous UK.
  • We know that tackling the climate and nature crisis will deliver REAL change for people across the UK—those disillusioned with politics, hit hard by the cost
  • of living crisis, and worried about the future. We must rise to the challenge and call for action that puts people first—shaped by communities and designed to benefit the public, rather than large multinational corporations.
  • Despite the Energy Secretary’s promise after the January debate to deliver the “spirit and substance” of the Bill, there has been no action has followed.
  • On the 11th of July, the CAN Bill will return to the House of Commons. With your 400-seat majority, you have the power to grant it time for an emergency
  • debate and deliver the change you promised.

Do add your name and address and ask for a response.

Say that you see this as a priority and would like a reply confirming the Government’s response to the request that time will be granted for an emergency debate and the reasons for whatever decision is made.

Many thanks and if you do receive a response do let us know at [email protected].