Climate Change Bill [HL]

I shall respond to the presentation made by the noble Lord, Lord Lea of Crondall, in general rather than on specifics because we have spent time discussing the pain and problems that will occur on the international scene and he has highlighted the pain and problems that may occur on the domestic scene. That is very realistic. We do have to think of it and I know the Minister will have been thinking about it. It reminds me of some sentences that characterise a great deal of what we are doing in the Bill. They were written by Matthew Arnold: "““We cannot kindle when we will""The fire which in the heart resides,""The spirit bloweth and is still,""In mystery our soul abides””." The real nub is: "““But tasks in hours of insight willed""May be through hours of gloom fulfilled””."