Climate Change Bill [HL]

I might have to do that at the end of the day. Obviously I have been inadequate in explaining these matters so far, for which I apologise, but I shall try to answer the question by reading the Bill that we are scrutinising. We are dealing with Clause 37, which says: "““For the purposes of this Part activities are regarded as indirectly causing or contributing to greenhouse gas emissions if they involve, in particular””," paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d). I recited examples of that in the production of motor vehicles. Clause 36, which we have just passed, defines a trading scheme—at the bottom of page 17—as, "““a scheme that operates by … limiting or encouraging … activities that consist of the emission of greenhouse gas or that cause or contribute, directly or indirectly, to such emissions””." For the purpose of this part of the Bill, those activities indirectly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions—because there has to be a definition of direct or indirect—are those listed in paragraphs (a) to (d) in Clause 37. I gave the example of a motor vehicle plant. It would not matter where that plant was because the end of Clause 37 says: "““This Part applies to activities carried on in the United Kingdom, regardless of where the related emissions, reductions or removals of greenhouse gas occur””." We have always said that a tonne of carbon anywhere on the planet is a tonne of carbon. It does not matter whether it is in the UK or anywhere else.