Climate Change
Debate between Baroness Verma and Lord Taverne
Baroness Verma
My Lords, I am sure the Prime Minister will have a number of discussions, and I am sure climate change will among them.
Lord Taverne (LD)
My Lords, if there is a chance of reaching international agreement, will the Government do their best to avoid some of the defects of the Kyoto agreement? Britain has reduced its carbon emissions and has increased its carbon consumption, because many of the things we used to make are now imported, having been made abroad with coal.
Baroness Verma
My Lords, the noble Lord raises a number of issues in the round. Whatever each country is doing, it needs to work towards making sure that it is working towards cleaner energy. What we are trying to do in the UK is to encourage not just ourselves to do it but our member state partners.