Climate Change Bill [HL]

I thank the noble Lord. I did not for one moment think that he did think that, but I felt it necessary to raise the point. I urge the noble Baroness, when she reconsiders this matter before Report, to push the figure up from 30 per cent to 40 per cent. I believe that there has to be such a figure. I am grateful to the Front Bench for supplying us with briefing paper 5, page 2 of which reads: "““The Kyoto Protocol allows countries to use international emissions trading mechanisms to help meet their targets, provided that this is ‘supplemental’ to domestic action to reduce emissions (which must constitute a ‘significant element’ of the action taken by developed countries)””." I wish that I could trust words such as ““supplemental”” and ““significant””, but life has taught me that I cannot. That is the reason—certainly from my perspective—for insisting on a figure being in the Bill. I would rather that it was 30 per cent but I shall settle for 40 if that is what it needs to get this amendment through this House. I shall support that situation at Report.