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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Carnegy of Lour (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 9 January 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Climate Change Bill [HL].


Climate Change Bill [HL]

Before the Minister answers that question, may I add a supplementary? My noble friend has just said that it is important that people understand this. What it all adds up to is that it must be clear to individual members of the public at the end of the day because they will suffer low emission light bulbs and so forth. They will feel this on their skin and want to know exactly what is being done. Amendment No. 110 quite simply says that the net UK carbon account should be expressed in terms of carbon units. It does not make sense for an account not to be expressed in terms of the units that it is worked out in. Could the Minister not try to amend the wording so that, at the end of the day, people can see we aim to arrive at a net total of carbon units expressed in carbon units? That makes sense; then we need not have these elaborate explanations which we all find so difficult to follow.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
697 c866 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Aviation Climate change Carbon dioxide Environment protection International cooperation Pollution control Standards Shipping Carbon emissions Climate Change Committee
Legislation
Climate Change Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
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