Climate Change Bill [HL]

I shall intervene only briefly on this amendment to return to the issue raised by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, in his amendment. My noble friend intervened to draw the noble Lord’s attention to the existence of legislation on these matters, but what I want to emphasise about this amendment is that if noble Lords were looking at the Bill as a member of the public might look at it and were seeking to establish what matters must be taken into account, it is important that they are defined. The responsibility that the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, is referring to is defined in this section. In many ways, this is presentational. The argument was not so much about an absence of these responsibilities, but about their definition being clearly identifiable in this part of the Bill. I hope that despite my noble friend’s response to the amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, he will take that matter into account before Report.