Results 1-20 of 48 for climate change speaker:David Amess
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
David Amess: ...of badgers. Some people might not think it a big issue, but in the course of a two-year battle to get something done about badgers, the Minister responsible, who now happens to be in charge of climate change, lost power, and the power for overall governance of badgers went to a quango. Councillors have accountability, which is provided by direct elections every four years. Quangos have no...
- Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)
David Amess: ...the matter. My second point about the Gracious Speech is about the energy Bill. I will now cheer up the right hon. Member for Leicester, East, because I welcome the measure, which seeks to tackle climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. It is imperative that we develop and expand renewable and low-carbon energy, in order to help guarantee our energy security and protect the...
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (4 Nov 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to lay before Parliament for approval a draft of the proposed Renewables Obligation Order 2010.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: EC Law (4 Nov 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the implementation of the EU Renewable Energy Directive for the operation of the renewables obligation in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
- The Maldives (14 Oct 2009)
David Amess: ...splendid achievement. President Mohamed Nasheed travelled last week from Malé to Manchester to address the Conservative party conference. The President spoke about the economy, democracy and climate change, which he described as a matter of "life or death" for the country. During the summer Adjournment debate on 21 July, I reported that the high commissioner, Dr. Farah Faizal, had...
- The Maldives (14 Oct 2009)
David Amess: ...its priority list of low-income countries. However, although it is not one of the world's poorest countries, it is one of the lowest lying, and as such is one of those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. More than 80 per cent. of the nation is less than 1 metre above sea level and, according to a 2007 study by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a...
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy Prices (9 Jul 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of trends in domestic energy prices; and if he will make a statement.
- Public Bill Committee: Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords]: Clause 67 (16 Jun 2009)
David Amess: ...out from ‘(b)’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘must be designed so as to ensure that the regional strategy as a whole— (a) contributes to the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate change; and (b) is consistent with the proposals and policies prepared by the Secretary of State under section 13(1) of the Climate Change Act 2008.’.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Transport (11 Jun 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of UK (a) carbon dioxide and (b) other greenhouse gas emissions arising from (i) road travel, (ii) rail travel, (iii) domestic energy use, (iv) agriculture, (v) shipping and (vi) hovercraft in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy (8 Jun 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK energy demand that was met by energy from (a) fossil fuel sources in (i) each year from 1987 to 1989 and (ii) 2008 and (b) nuclear sources in each year since 1987.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (8 Jun 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much and what proportion of the UK electricity supply came from renewable sources in each year since 2006.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 (1 Jun 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what files are held by his Department on (a) the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 and (b) the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Bill of Session 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 (1 Jun 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars, (c) consultation documents and (d) other documents he (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequent on the provisions of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Written Questions (20 May 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2008, Official Report, column 557 on departmental records, what estimate he made of the cost of answering the Question; and if he will make a statement.
- [Jim Sheridan in the Chair] — India (12 May 2009)
David Amess: ...support of the chairman of the IPT, the hon. Member for Nuneaton (Mr. Olner) and the deputy of the IPT board of trustees. Highlights of our trip to Mumbai included a visit to the Bombay stock exchange, where we were given an excellent insight into Indian capital markets. We get star-struck by Wall street, so we were allowed to sound the gong to open trading, even though no one was...
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (12 May 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) people and (b) households were in fuel poverty in each local authority area in each year since 2000; and what the Government's target for fuel poverty reduction was in each such year.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 (12 May 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress the Government (a) made during 2008 and (b) has made to date in 2009 towards meeting the targets in the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 (12 May 2009)
David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000 on fuel poverty since July 2008; and if he will make a statement.