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Climate Change Bill [Lords]

The Minister is pushing at an open door in persuading not all, but the overwhelming majority of the House, I suspect, about the urgent need for the Bill, but will he help us with the question of targets? In the other place, Lord Rooker made it clear, saying:"““We admit that the 60 per cent target is an old one; it is seven years old…There have been significant advances in science since the 60 per cent target was set””.—[Official Report, House of Lords, 11 December 2007; Vol. 697, c. 179.]" Lord Stern now says that there should be an 80 per cent. target by 2050. Is it not a cop-out simply to try to pass that on to a committee? Should not this House and Parliament take the political decision to set the target and accord with what people such as Lord Stern now advise?