Green Climate Fund Debate

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Green Climate Fund

Lord Tebbit Excerpts
Monday 27th October 2014

(9 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Verma Portrait Baroness Verma
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My Lords, in case I was not clear in my initial Answer, I repeat that the Prime Minister, like leaders from a number of other countries, will pledge our support in November.

Lord Tebbit Portrait Lord Tebbit (Con)
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My Lords, will my noble friend say whether this money, if it is produced and paid out, will be from some magic source of which we are not yet aware, or will it be simply more borrowing to add to the deficit and to our debt?

Baroness Verma Portrait Baroness Verma
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My Lords, with other countries, we pledged to ensure that £100 billion will be made available to tackle global climate change issues. Our contribution to that thus far is £3.87 billion.