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Climate Change: Copenhagen Conference

My Lords, on the question of the Met Office, the noble Lord raised an issue of science. The Government believe that there is overwhelming scientific evidence for climate change and that we have to base our policies and decisions on that basis. The fact that we face a lot of snow at the moment does not detract from the overwhelming scientific evidence. I cannot answer the questions about funding, because the details will need to be worked through. However, I take the noble Lord’s point that we must ensure that the funding is used in an acceptable way. That will be the subject of further discussion in the weeks ahead.