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Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change: International Co-operation (11 Nov 2009)

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for which aspects of the Government's contribution to commitments agreed at the International Monetary Fund-World Bank annual meetings in Istanbul in 2009 his Department will be responsible.

Written Answers — International Development: Peru: Dams (9 Nov 2009)

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial contribution the UK has made to hydroelectric dam projects in Peru via the (a) World Bank Group, (b) European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, (c) European Investment Bank and (d) other financial institutions funded from the public purse; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — International Development: Peru: EC External Trade (9 Nov 2009)

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) his European counterparts on the environmental and social effects of the EU free trade agreement with Peru; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — International Development: Peru: EC External Trade (9 Nov 2009)

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on the suspension of EU free trade agreement negotiations with Peru; and if he will make a statement.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: This has been an excellent debate. It is rather a shame that it had to end with some rather incoherent rambling and on a slightly sour note, but I do not think that we will let that spoil our enjoyment of the afternoon. I was in Copenhagen for the GLOBE meeting two weekends ago and returned feeling rather more encouraged than I had expected. There has been a great deal of negative press...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. If we take Europe as an example of how the world might look and consider the different regulatory regimes and the various methods of incentivising renewable energy, we can see that great strides forward have been made in some parts of Europe, such as Germany and Spain, because they have the right framework and incentives in place and the well of money has...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: I do not quite understand the right hon. Gentleman's point. Substantial UK and international investment goes into those countries, but it does not come here. We want it here in the UK, but we need it to flow around the world. Let me talk briefly about the many points that have been made in this excellent debate. The right hon. Member for Scunthorpe (Mr. Morley) spoke about the opportunities...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: I am afraid I do not necessarily agree with my right hon. Friend. He described himself today as, I think, putting forward a lukewarm case for what I guess we would call climate scepticism.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: I stand corrected. Let me make a serious point, however. I know that my right hon. Friend is very genuine in his beliefs, but if we were talking about the probability of our children or grandchildren suffering not from climate change, but from cancer, would he indulge in the same rhetoric about probabilities and ratios? If we were talking about a 60 per cent. probability of our kids...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: I appreciate the points my right hon. Friend makes, but even if we are at the lukewarm end of the range of probabilities, that is still a very substantial problem. If I thought there was any chance of actions taken by myself or a Government of which I was a member leading to a 10, 20 or 30 per cent.—let alone a 60 or 70 per cent., or, as the IPCC believes, a 93 per...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: Indeed. My hon. Friend discussed a lot of the developments in China that people do not appreciate—for example, the fact that it is ahead of us in the amount of renewable energy that it generates and that, sadly, it is increasingly ahead of us in the deployment of CCS technology. If we are not careful, we could be patting ourselves on the back for agreeing to stretching, long-term...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: As my hon. Friends point out, that was certainly no criticism of the climate change agenda. As we have repeatedly pointed out, Europe is ideally suited to deal with climate change. We want to work closely with our European partners on climate change and not on other issues. The hon. Member for Southampton, Test (Dr. Whitehead) held the House spellbound—at least, there was not a great...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: I want to reassure the hon. Gentleman that there is nothing confused on our side. We are very clear that, if we win the next general election, there will be no third runway at Heathrow.

Energy and Climate Change: Energy Pricing (5 Nov 2009) has video

Gregory Barker: Despite the huge drop in wholesale prices in recent months, the Department's own statistics show that more than 4.5 million people will be in fuel poverty this winter, which is a massive increase on last year. When we called last year for an investigation by the Competition Commission, the Minister dithered and said he would talk to Ofgem, because he thought that that would offer a quicker...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change: EU Action (4 Nov 2009)

Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the establishment of a European Commission Directorate General for energy and climate change; and if he will make a statement.