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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Martin Horwood: I am sure that the right hon. and learned Gentleman's memory is very good, so he will remember that in those days we were campaigning for regional, elected government that took powers from London down to the regions, not the exact reverse, which we have now.

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Martin Horwood: Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Olympics: Energy National Policy Statements (9 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: The Secretary of State claimed that his statement was consistent with the Committee on Climate Change's projections, but actually, it said last month that unabated coal should not form any part of our energy generation plans after 2020, whereas the statement only compels clean carbon capture and storage on 400 MW for each power station, and only expects the rest to be retro-fitted later. Does...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] (3 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: I was about to conclude, but I happily give way.

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] (3 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: I think that that is broadly what I said. The Conservative Government's actions at that time damaged morale in the intelligence services considerably and, if anything, weakened national security instead of strengthening it. The Government should take pride in their attention to the proper employment rights of civil servants at GCHQ and give active consideration to the amendment, which seeks...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation): [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] (3 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: I was recently privileged publicly to welcome Her Majesty the Queen to GCHQ, along with the mayor of Cheltenham. I would not like to inflate my own importance in that, given that the mayor and I were almost the only people present who could be publicly photographed. During that visit, I jokingly asked whether Her Majesty needed security clearance, and was told, I think equally in jest, that...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) (3 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: I oppose the Bill, although I should make it clear that I do so in a personal capacity as an environmentalist, not as a spokesman for my party— [ Interruption ]—as is the requirement with ten-minute Bills. Although it looks at first sight like traditional Conservative opposition to wind power, the Bill that the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire (Peter Luff) proposes would in...

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) (3 Nov 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: It would, because it would impose on planning law—not on planning guidance, local area partnerships or local area policy—a rule that that turbine should not be allowed, because it is about 60 metres from the nearest dwelling. That is well inside the hon. Gentleman's proposed limit for a small turbine of 800 metres—I have translated that—away from any dwelling. So the...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)

Martin Horwood: The hon. Lady identifies an important point. Does she agree that a ludicrous aspect of the situation is the fact that not only do we import unsustainable biofuel, but companies such as Green Fuels in Gloucestershire that provide the technology to convert the enormous wealth of surplus cooking oil into a sustainable biofuel, find that their UK market has collapsed, and they are exporting the...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: Copenhagen is our last best chance to avoid catastrophe. For 30 years we have known about man-made climate change and I am deeply proud that the Liberal party, all those years ago, was the first British political party to address it. Since then, the science has become clearer and more worrying. There is now a clear global consensus among scientists that climate change is man-made but still...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: I was giving credit to the Commission for the work that it has done, but I am afraid that on the 10:10 campaign the Chamber must trump the Commission. This is where we decide on Parliament's ambitions. I also give credit where it is due to the Government. It is fair to say that they have shown leadership in helping to put climate change on the international agenda and introduced the world's...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: rose—

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Martin Horwood: I slightly regret the tone of the statements that the Minister has just made, because she is casting doubt on the Government's ability to sign up to the 10:10 campaign. Given that her Department, the Department for International Development and some British embassies have signed up to it, precisely what excuses are being given to her by other Departments for not doing so?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Incinerators (14 Sep 2009)

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many waste incinerators were operational in England at the latest date for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Incinerators (14 Sep 2009)

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the percentage of waste arisings incinerated in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Incinerators (14 Sep 2009)

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions there have been for offences related to poor air quality arising from incinerator use in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Incinerators (14 Sep 2009)

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the weight of waste incinerated in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Forestry (9 Sep 2009)

Martin Horwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the definition of (a) forestry investment and (b) sustainable forestry management was as contained in the declaration on international climate negotiations at the UK-French summit in Evian on 6 July 2009.