We are uniquely placed to do so given our relationship with the United States, given that we are one of the few countries likely to meet the Kyoto targets, courtesy of the dash for gas led by a Conservative Government, and because we should see it as the right response to the current Crisis in the Eu.

The Chief Secretary says that failure to pass the Bill - I take it that by extension, that means to pass it with this clause incorporated in it - will create a political Crisis in the Eu.

The Chief Secretary told us earlier that defeating the Bill or substantially amending it, as new clause 1 proposes, would create a political Crisis in the Eu.