Professor Ray Bates:

I think I have already stated my position in my recommendation B as to what should be done about the agricultural sector. In my view, it should be seen on the pan-European scale.

Deputy Corcoran Kennedy asked whether I was critical of the IPCC. I regard the IPCC as, overall, having the most authoritative voice. I believe its authority should be protected and that the recommendations of the InterAcademy Council would have led to greater authority for the IPCC. I am not sure if they were all followed to the letter but there was a set of very specific recommendations to the IPCC in the wake of the last IPCC report. I would not go beyond anything that was said in that InterAcademy Council report.