Climate change bills in Northern Ireland edge closer to completion

First legally binding climate act faces race against the clock before Stormont's dissolution next month

Northern Ireland's first legally binding climate act faces a race against time to get passed before the devolved institutions at Stormont are dissolved in the coming weeks.

The second of two climate change bills - introduced by the agriculture minister, Edwin Poots - has moved through consideration stage, with a batch of new amendments prompting more than 25 hours of assembly debate.