UKIP AM Mark Reckless, whose appointment as Chair of the National Assembly committee investigating climate change has led to thousands of people signing a hostile petition, is cutting short a family holiday in France to attend its first meeting. Around 7,000 signatures are on the petition, calling on the Assembly to rescind Mr Reckless’ appointment. Organised by the Wales Green Party, it says: “Ukip AMs don’t believe that climate change is being caused by humans and have pledged to axe the £73m budget ring-fenced to fight climate change in Wales. “It is unacceptable that this be allowed to happen and that this vital issue be placed so low on the priorities of Welsh Government that they are allowing a party that denies its existence to preside over it.”
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