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Proceeding contribution from Lord Lawson of Blaby (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 30 October 2006. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Climate Change.


Climate Change

My Lords, seldom can this House have heard a Statement containing so much fantasy with so little relation to the real world. I have one specific question. It is generally agreed that China will very soon overtake the United States as the largest emitter of carbon dioxide. If the Chinese insist on maintaining their current position of generating their growth on the back of low-cost carbon-based energy, what do the Government propose to do? Will they pay the Chinese to change their ways, or propose trade sanctions against them if they do not? What are they going to do, in concert with our allies and partners in Europe?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
686 c82 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Costs Air pollution Climate change Carbon dioxide Developing countries Climate change levy Electricity generation Exhaust emissions Fuels Pollution control Renewable energy Taxation Research
Link
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