The hon. Gentleman's little rant has reminded me of a point that was made to me by people working in the refrigeration industry. Regulation to ban chlorofluorocarbons because of the damage to the ozone layer was introduced before the industry came up with the solution. It was driven to find a solution because regulation was already in place.
Energy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Robert Smith
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 February 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill.
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