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(SJ) Bishop Nicholas Holtam calls for environmental issues to be debated ahead of EU referendum
The Bishop of Salisbury has called for environmental issues take a more prominent role in the debate over Britain’s future in the EU.
Rt Revd Nicholas Holtam said Britain has taken stand on the environment in recent years which has made other countries “clean their acts up”.
The Church of England speaker on climate change also called for the voices of younger voters to be heard ahead of the June 23 referendum.
“It is not the job of a Bishop to push people to vote in any particular way,” he said. “The scope of the debate, however, is something where I do have a duty to speak out.
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