Results 1-20 of 6,145 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:John Gummer

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Would the hon. Gentleman set aside party politics for just a moment and agree with me that what we really want from the Government is some real enthusiasm about these new things? I long to hear the Minister of State get up and say with excitement, "We are pushing the shipping industry to do these things. We are the leaders on this matter." That would be better than being told by the Danes...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Is not the United States figure even higher? Many of the green issues are separate from the rest of the package. The total figure is actually close to 30 per cent. The real laggard is the United Kingdom.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Does the hon. Gentleman not find it surprising that large numbers of big companies have been perfectly prepared to sign up to not using HFCs? There are no sectors in which HFCs are necessary, and they could all be got rid of without much difficulty. The British Government have in the past voted against banning them, which is a rather serious matter. Would it not be a good idea if they got rid...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: A sort of sceptic, really.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Let me first declare an interest. I represent a constituency with 74 miles of coastline. Therefore, I sometimes feel that I am talking about a local concern. Like the right hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Mr. Morley), I also need to make an apology, in that I may not be here for the wind-ups. I have apologised to the Minister for that. We have to start by accepting that climate change is a...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: I am certainly happy to do that, and I hope that my hon. Friend will also congratulate His Holiness the Pope on doing precisely the same thing on a world basis. If I may say so, I was a little unhappy about the mutterings from the Secretary of State, whom I much admire, when he complained that Keynes, Hayek and Thatcher were all quoted together. I will take any support for what is so...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: As the hon. Gentleman suggests, as people's economic position improves, they are able to see how to improve their family life in ways other than having enough children to bring in the harvest and to look after the older generation because there is no alternative. That is a crucial issue, and women's education is at the heart of it. It is necessary for us to take the moral high ground, but...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: I will not give way to the hon. Gentleman, as I have had this argument with him before. He is wrong, and I am sorry about it, but one day he will find out why he is wrong. The fundamental reason why he is wrong is that we cannot afford to put second-order issues in front of the major issue that lies before us. That brings me to saying a few words about the Treasury. The Treasury is...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: I will not, because I do not have enough time.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: If I give way now, I will not be given any extra time. I want to say something very hard to the Government. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has been brave in many ways, but the Department for Transport is about as brave as a chicken. It finds it terribly difficult to move on anything. Indeed, Ministers in Departments across the board are not moving at the same speed as the...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Does my hon. Friend agree that the example he uses is another pointer to the fact that we cannot think of climate change on its own? Climate change is merely a symptom of the fact that we, as human beings, are living in a way that is absolutely unsustainable. We have to deal with that, even if it is nothing to do with climate change.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that before we can expect developing countries to make the major promises that they need to make, they must have confidence that we have accepted responsibility for causing the problem and profiting from the pollution that we are now suffering?

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: My hon. Friend knows that I take a clear view on Europe. Does he not agree that part the role of us all is to convince those who are as yet unconvinced, and that we will have additional opportunities to do that in these circumstances? The real fact of the matter is that climate change is too important for cheap party political points.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that even if we were wrong about human intervention in climate change, the measures that we need to take would have to be taken if we are to live in this world in a sustainable way, given the increase in population and the increase in the expectations and choices that that population has?

Points of Order (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. We very much appreciate the way in which you have sought to ensure that questions are answered promptly. We, as Members of Parliament, are increasingly under pressure in regard to individual cases dealt with by the Home Office involving people who urgently need an answer, often when items have been very severely delayed, lost in either the post or the Home...

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker.

Perpetuities and Accumulations Bill [ Lords]: Antisocial Behaviour (2 Nov 2009) has video

John Gummer: Does my hon. Friend agree that we also need to have an extensive look at the way in which many teachers think about looking after children? I was rather surprise to find that at the three party conferences, one teachers' union had a large headline over their stand that read, "Putting teachers first". Is it not important for our teaching unions to think again about putting children first?

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

John Gummer: First, does the right hon. Gentleman agree that under our Government, we were not at war, and we are now at war? Secondly, will he please explain in plain English the word "additional" in his amendment to the motion? Since when has replacing a cut been additional? Additional means more, not merely putting back what he has stolen.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

John Gummer: Has my hon. Friend noticed that whatever the mistake, the Government always blame someone else and never take responsibility? The Government asked for the cuts; the Government knew what cuts were proposed; the Government accepted those cuts; and the Government should be ashamed of themselves.

Closed Circuit Television (Monitoring and Promotion): Schedule 22 — Repeals (27 Oct 2009) has video

John Gummer: I represent 74 miles of coastline, so for me this is an important Bill. I want to put it on record that I have a fundamental objection to the basis on which the coastal path is placed. It is entirely wrong and it will be very damaging in the future, but I recognise how we have reached this situation. However, that is my only disagreement, because the main part of the Bill on marine protection...