Conservative proposals on global poverty have ducked the crucial issue of climate change, according to Liberal Democrat Shadow International Development Secretary, Lynne Featherstone MP.

The Conservative’s motion on global poverty in today’s opposition day debate in Parliament also fails to mention the issue of climate change.

Commenting on the policy review, which was published today, Lynne Featherstone said:

"With David Cameron using climate change as one of the justifications for his trip to Rwanda it is astonishing that this report pays so little attention to one of the greatest challenges facing the developing world in the 21^st century.

“It is the poorest nations that have done the least to cause climate change yet are set to suffer the worst consequences.

“A report on tackling global poverty that fails to treat climate change as a crucial issue is hardly worth the paper it is written on.”