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Climate Change Bill [HL]

Proceeding contribution from Lord Turnbull (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 25 February 2008. It occurred during Debate on bills on Climate Change Bill [HL].
My Lords, I, too, oppose this amendment. It seems to me technically flawed that the mention of 2 degrees appears at only one point in the Bill. Currently, the Bill has a target specified in greenhouse gases as parts per million, followed by a number of procedures to reconsider that over time on the advice of the Committee on Climate Change. But there seems to be no such mechanisms in relation to this 2 degrees. If, over time, scientific opinion changes upwards or downwards, we are left with 2 degrees in the Bill. If this is to be adopted, a whole series of consequential changes have to be made to allow for advice and reconsideration. For the reasons that noble Lords have put forward, it would be better for this not to be in the Bill.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
699 c454 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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