It's all over! First something to eat and a glass of wine. Then I'll post up some reaction.
18:04 Is all CRU data and code available? Witnesses will check the story out and write.
18:01 Willis says chief scientist should prevent suppression of data in future. Beddington says there are issues. Proprietory data argument again. Beddington does not know if NOAA has same problem.
18:00 Beddington says new temperature set was not in response to the UEA emails.
17:58 Slingo says uncertainties order of magnitude higher for satellites.
17:56 Discussion of UHI. Slingo says they've looked at urbanisation. Says station environment is important. This was a very carefully worded answer.
17:52 Willis asks about plans for new global temperature sets. Has Slingo lost confidence. She says no, and then explains it all.
17:50 Stewart asks about FoI requests again. Does Beddington sympathise with scientists deluged with requests. "Sort of".
17:47 Willis asks about proactive release of materials under EIR. Beddington says timing is an issue. Says they can look at it. Beddington says lots of time invested. Need sensible limits. (Not if the law says otherwise!)
17:46 Slingo says they have released the code, but climate models are big. Says code is tested twice a day because they use it for weather forecasts. Code is given to academic institutions and to international met services. Tested all the time by many people.
17:43 Stringer asks Beddington if code should be available. Beddington says yes but it's a question of timing.
17:42 Watson talking about attribution and modelling. Much talk of the hockey stick being resolved but no mention of for or against.
17:40 Stringer cites Wegman siding with McIntyre in the face of IPCC peer review. Is Slingo worried. No. Waffles about current warming.
17:39 Stringer asks about funding sources influencing results. Beddington says there is no problem in this area.
17:36 Slingo says they are not withholding anything they can release. Refers to ownership by NMSs.
17:36 Beddington says that Russell's terms of reference are adequate. Notes scientific review too. Says very comprehensive.
17:35 Watson says media has portrayed CRU emails as a crisis. Says no effect on IPCC findings.
17:33 Slingo doesn't answer the question of whether there is a crisis in British science. Says wait until the Russell inquiry has reported. Slingo says IPCC peer review is much more thorough than any other area of science.
17:32 Naysmith asks if IoP has been premature. Beddington says yes. Possibility of things being taken out of context. Have they all been briefed to say this?
17:30: Naysmith refers to scientists whose submissions say CRU affair has damaged reputation of science. Beddington says not, and will not comment on UEA situation until then.
17:30 Watson agrees!
17:29 Slingo - global warming is unequivocal. 90% certain human activity. Says uncertainties re emissions scenarios and what will happen in future.
17:27 Beddington says important that questions are framed in uncertainty terms.
17:23 Boswell asks Beddington about Royal Society/NERC statement about warming climate. Beddington agrees with statement. Boswell asks how much uncertainty and if the data is transparent. Beddington relies on the "confirmed by other studies" argument.