Proceeding contribution from Lord Lilley (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 28 October 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on Climate Change Bill [Lords].
Climate Change Bill [Lords]
I will give way in a moment, and especially to the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Challen). I have reservations about the certainty with which some people adopt the scientific case behind global alarmism, but I am equally uncertain that it is necessarily wrong, so I am quite prepared to take out an insurance policy against the possibility that we will face global warming, just as I insure my house against the possibility of fire. However, I ask the House whether it is sensible to buy into an insurance policy whose premiums could be twice the value of one's house—
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- 481 c760
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- 2007-08
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- Aviation Climate change Environment protection Energy Electricity generation Exhaust emissions International cooperation Pollution control Shipping Carbon emissions UK emissions trading scheme
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- Climate Change Bill (HL) 2007-08
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