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Climate Change Bill [Lords]

But surely the alternative is even worse. If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that we should have targets that are not sufficiently good to solve the problem, nobody would take any part at all. The targets are not invented; they are necessary if we are to counter climate change. We owe it to our constituents to say, ““That's what we've got to do and we've got to find a way of doing it,”” not to pretend that we can go for an easier target because it is better electorally.