Johannesburg Summit

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:49 pm on 15 May 2002.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru, Ceredigion 7:49, 15 May 2002

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that; I am not sure whether I want to intervene now.

I was intrigued by the right hon. Gentleman's amendment to the motion. It specifically says that it expects that there will be a

"cut in 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012, reaching a cut of 23 per cent.".

In other words, the cut would overshoot the Kyoto targets. It was interesting that he chose to make that point in the amendment. Is he prepared to stand by that claim and will he come to the Environmental Audit Committee and be prepared to allow it to audit the Government's record on achieving that target?