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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 5 March 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Tyrie. The answering member was Joan Ruddock.

Climate Change

Westminster hall adjournment debate on adaptation to climate change.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
472 c449-74WH 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2008-0858
Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lord Tyrie | 472 c460WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister has added to that abuse by saying, ““You said it.”” It is a pity that she is so disenga...
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Philip Davies | 472 c459WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that the argument is similar to the one put forward by CND in the 1980s—th...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c459-60WH (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with my hon. Friend’s unilateralist-multilateralist analogy. Our actions must of ...
Nigel Evans | 472 c457WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. I apologise for not being here at the start of the d...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c457-9WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has articulated in a few sentences one of the key minority dissenting views. The majo...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c456WH (Link to this contribution) —yes, partly through the emission of carbon into the atmosphere? Does he accept that premise, but no...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c456-7WH (Link to this contribution) At the beginning, I gave a list of six conditions that need to be met, among which were that we need...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c456WH (Link to this contribution) For clarity, to avoid the woolly thinking of which my hon. Friend is such an enemy, am I right in th...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c456WH (Link to this contribution) I do not know. I would like to think about that, and I would need to do quite a lot of reading on th...
Philip Davies | 472 c453WH (Link to this contribution) This is not just a question of Nick Stern. My hon. Friend will know that Al Gore’s film, ““An Inconv...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c453-4WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. The Gore report is a scandal. The fact that it has been distributed to our schools refle...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c455WH (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting point about some of the people who argue most strongly for early action on gl...
Christopher Chope | 472 c455WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on his excellent speech. Does he accept that if it is so desperately v...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c454-5WH (Link to this contribution) The best thing that I can do in response to that somewhat confused intervention is to move on. Nick...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c454WH (Link to this contribution) I find that a curious statement for a national politician to make. Is not thinking about the welfare...
David Kidney | 472 c456WH (Link to this contribution) I disagree with the hon. Gentleman’s view of the risk and the need for urgent action on mitigation, ...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c456WH (Link to this contribution) I do. I was nearing the point during that intervention at which I would have said that there was som...
Joan Ruddock | 472 c455-6WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has spent a great deal of time on a critique of the Stern report, but suppose tha...
Andrew Smith | 472 c450WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman has secured this debate, and I am glad to be able to squeeze in...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c453WH (Link to this contribution) That is quite an interesting question. I have not come to debate this issue because I have a hidden ...
Greg Knight | 472 c450WH (Link to this contribution) Has my hon. Friend read the recent report by Professor David Newbury of Cambridge university, which ...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c450WH (Link to this contribution) That is the nub of the matter. I shall discuss that in a moment as it is why I have initiated this d...
Mark Field | 472 c451WH (Link to this contribution) Like my hon. Friend, I have a sceptical frame of mind. It is important to consider this matter in su...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c450-1WH (Link to this contribution) I need to think carefully about that point. At first blush, I am not convinced of the argument, so r...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c452WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a case that he obviously believes quite sincerely. Does he remember that ba...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c451-2WH (Link to this contribution) That is an issue of cost-benefit analysis. Clearly, one can never be absolutely sure when one tries ...
Steve Webb | 472 c452-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has been very generous in taking interventions. In principle, there ought to be a...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c452WH (Link to this contribution) That is exactly my point. When we see a consensus, we should be wary of it. That one turned out to b...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c449WH (Link to this contribution) There are a lot of measurement problems with global warming. There has not been any global warming f...
Philip Davies | 472 c449WH (Link to this contribution) As my hon. Friend knows, I share many of his views. Does he agree that it would be a mistake to act ...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c449WH (Link to this contribution) That was an interesting intervention. The idea of a peak oil moment in the resources industry is an ...
Mark Field | 472 c449WH (Link to this contribution) I was at school slightly more recently than my hon. Friend—probably about 30 years ago. One other or...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c449WH (Link to this contribution) When I was at school, the standard orthodoxy in geography lessons was that we were on the threshold ...
Joan Ruddock | 472 c474WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed, it is a matter for debate and discussion. I simply make the point that it is only honest to ...
Joan Ruddock | 472 c471-4WH (Link to this contribution) I shall not give way, because I have so little time. We have put in place a world-leading resource, ...
Lord Tyrie | 472 c474WH (Link to this contribution) I should be grateful if the Minister would confirm exactly what she is telling my constituents. Is s...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c468-70WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. We are seeing an extraordinary change in weather patterns. With global warming, we could...
Speaker | 472 c470WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise for interrupting the hon. Gentleman, but I want to give the Minister the chance t...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c470WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry; I will not give way. Some say that we should act for long-term climate change reasons, ...
Joan Ruddock | 472 c470-1WH (Link to this contribution) For the very first time in my life, I must say how incredibly grateful I am to the hon. Member for B...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c470WH (Link to this contribution) With that, Mr. Benton, I am very happy to draw my remarks to a conclusion. I look forward to hearing...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c468WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. The right hon. Gentleman, who has a great deal of experience in this sector, makes a key...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c467-8WH (Link to this contribution) It has been an interesting afternoon. I thought that we were in for a run around the course and a di...
Elliot Morley | 472 c468WH (Link to this contribution) I also had the opportunity to visit the Arctic and I saw the retreat of the glaciers there, which wa...
Philip Davies | 472 c468WH (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend explain why, over the past year, we have seen the single fastest temperature cha...
Steve Webb | 472 c464-5WH (Link to this contribution) I must admit that I came along this afternoon anticipating a routine—if I may use that word—Westmins...
Steve Webb | 472 c466-7WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman will forgive me for not giving way. I disagree with the hon. Member ...
Steve Webb | 472 c465-6WH (Link to this contribution) I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman, if he will forgive me, because I think that I have the sh...
Lord Barker of Battle | 472 c463WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is undoubtedly the greatest expert in the House on adaptation. Most of us are ver...
Rob Marris | 472 c464WH (Link to this contribution) That was a very helpful intervention. We need to look at wildlife corridors so that those creatures ...
Mark Field | 472 c462WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his sensible comments about adaptation. The concern among many on our...
Rob Marris | 472 c462WH (Link to this contribution) To some extent, I agree with the hon. Gentleman. The international discussions are cost free, but th...
Mark Field | 472 c462WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Rob Marris | 472 c462-3WH (Link to this contribution) No, I must make some progress. Therefore, we must look at the practicalities. We all know young peop...
Rob Marris | 472 c460-1WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the hon. Member for Chichester (Mr. Tyrie) has secured this debate. He made a thou...
Rob Marris | 472 c462WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree. The UK has a leading role, if not the leading role, in addressing the causes of cl...
Joan Ruddock | 472 c461-2WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend knows that I agree very much about the need to advance the issue of adaptation, and I...
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