The view in our Treasury and governments round the world is that it's not for governments to compensate people against damage arising from climate change.
On a separate transport issue, Transport Minister Keith Brown was asked whether the Scottish Government will have to compensate BP for potential damage to its pipeline during construction of the new Forth road bridge.
What is clear is BP cannot, should not, and will not, leave the Gulf without meeting its responsibility to plug the well, to clean up the damage that's been caused, and to compensate those that have been damaged.
But he stood firm publicly, arguing that to compensate the earlier victims would set a precedent for medical mishaps (such as brain damage at birth and faulty breast implants) that might bankrupt the health system.