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Climate Change Bill [HL]

I support my noble friend’s amendments, particularly Amendment No. 18. Clearly, when taking Bills through previously, one of the problems has always been the delay between information being gathered and going into the public domain. I hope that the Minister will respond to that. Even if the Government cannot accept one calendar month, perhaps they will look at it in a practical way and, if a month is too short, which I hope it is not, come up with an alternative timing. It is very important to have defined in the Bill that the Government have a responsibility to publish the advice given to the committee within a reasonable time.