Climate change: Official apologises to Poots over briefing
The permanent secretary of the Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has apologised to Edwin Poots for a briefing he received on climate change.
He was criticised by members of other parties and environmental groups.
But speaking at the DAERA committee on Thursday, senior civil servant Mr McMahon said that in preparing for an assembly debate on climate change, officials had submitted a briefing to the minister which "included a line which stated that we should not be using language, such as emergency or crisis".
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