Limiting Global Temperature Increase
Debate between Earl of Courtown and Baroness Fox of Buckley(4 months, 3 weeks ago)
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Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-Afl)
My Lords, whatever about the lobbyists from the fossil fuel companies, do the Government have any assessment of the cost in terms of CO2 used to travel to Dubai, or in terms of public money paid to facilitate the tens of thousands of pro-net zero lobbyists, NGOs and consultants who attended COP 28? Can the Minister reflect on the impact for developing countries of not using fossil fuels when they are so essential for enabling their citizens to achieve the prosperity of western economies?
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
Debate between Earl of Courtown and Baroness Fox of BuckleyMonday 15th May 2023
(11 months, 4 weeks ago)
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Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-Afl)
My Lords, I have one clarification for the noble Baroness. The point was made that this is not a Second Reading, but it has also been recognised that the amendments to the original Bill are substantial. The difficulty I have is how we hold this Bill to account when it is different from the Bill that we were holding to account. In many ways, it has been gutted, and we have had four days to assess it. I am not suggesting lots of Second Reading speeches; I simply wanted to reflect, as the noble Baroness already has, that this is a big change to the Bill. How do we deal with that in this discussion?
The Earl of Courtown (Con)
I apologise for interrupting the noble Baroness, but I remind the whole House that, as we are on Report, there cannot be any interruptions apart from material descriptions of various features.