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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:07 pm on 7 January 2010.

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Photo of Nicholas Winterton Nicholas Winterton Conservative, Macclesfield 12:07, 7 January 2010

It would be particularly appropriate at this time to have a topical debate on the Met Office, which costs taxpayers about £200 million a year. Surely it is time to stop treating the serial inaccuracy of the Met Office's forecasts as just a joke. It has become a scandal; it looks as if it has been hijacked by the climate change lobby. May we have a topical debate very soon on the subject?