Climate Change Bill [HL]

I thank all Members of the Committee who have spoken. In particular, I pay tribute to the work of the noble Earl, Lord Selborne, and the whole staff at Kew. In thanking the Minister very much for her full reply, I declare an interest: the British embassy in Argentina funded a visit that I made as a member of the Joint Committee on climate change in order to have a discussion with Argentinean parliamentarians, the media and so on. It was the British embassy’s initiative, under the Government’s programme, and it really raised the level of discussion in Argentina. I concur with the Minister that the Government are making important strides in the world. The sort of work that Defra and the noble Earl, Lord Selborne, are doing needs to be kept at the heart of our debates and the information that we receive. I accept that this may not, therefore, need to be in the Bill. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.