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HANSARDEnvironment and Climate EmergencyMy Lords, again, this was asked of me last week. I was asked by one of the noble Baroness’s former noble friends whether I would lie down in front of the runway. I said that that…01 Jul 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate EmergencyMy Lords, I am grateful for the support of the noble Lord and the party opposite. I regretted its Motion on Wednesday last week because, as I made clear in the debate on the…01 Jul 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate EmergencyMy Lords, the Government recognise the urgency of tackling climate change and protecting our environment. Following the Committee on Climate Change report, we have introduced…01 Jul 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate EmergencyMy Lords, I believe that birth control is at the forefront of the Department for International Development’s concerns, but the noble Lord will be aware that the rate of population…01 Jul 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate EmergencyMy Lords, as I made quite clear in the debate last week, our plans for net zero cover the whole economy, including international aviation and shipping.01 Jul 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate EmergencyMy Lords, in the time I have available to respond to a Question of this sort, I cannot go into detail on every single bit of research that we are doing into energy storage, carbon…01 Jul 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate EmergencyMy Lords, I have no intention of commenting on press reports of that sort. The aid budget will continue to be used to provide aid as appropriate. Where necessary, that could…01 Jul 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019That the draft Order laid before the House on 12 June be approved. Relevant document: 53rd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, two weeks ago, in laying this order, my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy made a Statement in another place,…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019My noble friend is absolutely correct. I should have said 1.5 degrees centigrade and 2 degrees centigrade, and I am grateful for that correction. The panel made it clear that…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019My noble friend is of course correct: as he is aware, this is about carbon production. If we wanted to measure total consumption, we would need worldwide agreement with other…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019The order addresses setting a new target. Obviously, we will have to address the questions about how we achieve it. As I understood my noble friend’s question—I may have…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019If I may finish this sentence, I will give way. They are already covered by our existing domestic legislation and the Committee on Climate Change accounts for international…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019My noble friend is correct. I was trying to distinguish between domestic and international in the legislation that we already have. As I and my noble friend have made clear, both…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I do not think that I will be behaving like a Stalinist censor if I kill off the debate at this stage; I suspect that the House will be with me if we bring this to a…26 Jun 2019HANSARDClimate Change Act 2008 (2050 Target Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I have mentioned the Treasury review, which will be available when it comes out in due course, but that question is a matter for the Committee on Climate Change, which…26 Jun 2019HANSARDConsumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019That the draft Order laid before the House on 13 May be approved. Relevant document: 52nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee25 Jun 2019HANSARDConsumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, this order aims to strengthen the ability of the Office for Product Safety & Standards to carry out its role in leading the response to national product safety incidents…25 Jun 2019HANSARDConsumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I think the noble Baroness is probably right that Whirlpool has absorbed something in the order of 14 different companies, so that what an individual will think of as an…25 Jun 2019HANSARDConsumer Rights Act 2015 (Enforcement) (Amendment) Order 2019My Lords, I am grateful for the general support for the order from my noble friend and the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayter and Lady Burt, and for the questions they have asked. I am…25 Jun 2019