§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what conclusions he has drawn for Scotland from the writings of the Government Chief Scientist on climate change. [160371]
§ Mrs. McGuireThe Government Chief Scientist's article in the journal Science in January 2004 concluded that the evidence for man-made climate change was convincing and could not be ignored. The Government shares that view, as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in reply to my hon. Friend on 11 March 2004,Official Report, column 1655W.
The Government are committed to making significant reductions in emissions of the greenhouse gases which cause man-made climate change. The UK Climate Change Programme sets out a number of measures to reduce such emissions; the UK programme includes the Scottish Executive's Climate Change Programme.