As a member of the environment committee in the EU Parliament, it is my job to assess the facts on the climate in the interests of my Yorkshire and Lincolnshire constituents.

We know that the globe has been warmer in the Minoan, Roman and Medieval periods.

We know carbon dioxide in the atmosphere precedes, not follows, historical periods of global warming. We know that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is but 0.001 per cent of the total CO2 held in the ocean, surface rocks, air, soil and life.

We know there has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995.

We also know there are significant numbers of independent academics led by, among others, Professor Ian Plimer and Professor Robert Carter, who challenge obviously flawed warming hypotheses.

We know our electricity bills are soaring and jobs being lost to this unscientific lunacy.

Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolshire, Main Street, Wressle, Selby