Climate Change Bill [HL]

We are back into an area where there seems to be a dichotomy of view between the opposition Benches and the Government. I see the whole project of trying to reduce carbon emissions as trying to build a house with rather rough stones of different sizes. We are not talking about wire-cut bricks, but dealing with situations in which there will be certain areas of the economy—certain sectors—where progress can be made quite quickly and things will move fast, and other areas where things will be more stubborn. There will be no one-size-fits-all solution. If the Committee on Climate Change is to have any credibility, it must have a sectoral approach built into its whole thinking process and into its dialogue with the Secretary of State, the wider public and Parliament. It will need to have a position on these matters. I do not see that as duplication. I see the Climate Change Committee as the place from which all this originates. However, for the time being, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 147 and 148 not moved.] Clause 27 agreed to. Clause 28 [Reports on progress]: [Amendments Nos. 149 to 151 not moved.]