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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill

That point relates to the remarks by my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch about catalytic converters and nitrous oxide. My hon. Friend the Member for Blaby (Mr. Robathan) has referred to a very particular effect, and we are getting down to the level of individual vehicles. I hope that we can debate whether the much-vaunted hybrid vehicles are as environmentally beneficial as has been claimed—I wonder how the battery is disposed of when a hybrid reaches end of life and whether that gives rise to greenhouse gases. We tend to get drawn into examining narrowly focused matters that should be broadened out. Few Ministers walk, while many of them have several cars or use a hybrid without having asked serious questions about the effect on the environment of the large battery at the end of life. Perhaps the Minister will tell us his views on that matter at some point, but an annual report on a global increase or decrease in those gases will not take us very far in terms of policy. I shall end as I began by recommending the House of Lords report, to which I hope to refer much more extensively on Third Reading, when we debate the general impact of the Bill. For the time being, I am happy to support my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch and eager to hear the Minister’s response.