HC Deb 20 May 1997 vol 294 c46W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions from what sources his Department evaluates information concerning global temperature changes. [516]

Ms Angela Eagle

Information concerning global temperature changes is compiled from observations made at more than 1,000 land meteorological stations and a similar number of ships and buoys around the world. Analysis of the data is undertaken by the UK Met Office, in conjunction with the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia.