Results 1-20 of 241 for climate change speaker:Norman Baker

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Travel (12 Nov 2009)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many miles (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have travelled by (i) car, (ii) rail and (iii) air on Government business in each year since his Department's creation.

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

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received from (a) Landis and Gyr Group, (b) African Minerals (UK) Ltd., (c) Eastern Petroleum Corporation Ltd., (d) Gulf Keystone Petroleum (UK) Ltd., (e) Torftech Ltd. and (f) VAL Energy since 1 April 2008.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (26 Oct 2009)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment the Government has made of the effects on climate change of (a) black carbon and (b) improvements in air quality.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Biofuels (21 Jul 2009)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Ofgem's ruling of March 2009 on biodiesel, glycerol and the Renewables Obligation on the production of bio-fuels from used cooking oil; and if he will make a statement; (2) what incentives his Department provides for the production of biofuels from used cooking oil; and...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

Norman Baker: ...point-to-point flights, as my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik) described them. I also support that objective. Clearly, if one must travel from A to B and can do so without changing flights on the way, carbon emissions are reduced. I support those two objectives, but I do not agree with the prescription set out by the hon. Member for Sedgefield. I have listened...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

Norman Baker: In a moment. Climate change exists and it must be dealt with in the round, as my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire did, taking account of the wish to travel and the environmental footprint.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Air Pollution: Airports (11 Jun 2009)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps are being taken to include emissions of greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide from aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Publicity (10 Jun 2009)

Norman Baker: ...of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 399W, on railways: mobility, for what reasons his Department has not advertised to promote rail services generically in support of the Government's climate change and social exclusion objectives.

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Rail Industry (3 Jun 2009)

Norman Baker: ...bus passengers. Train and bus passengers should be out protesting. They are the ones who have seen the price increase. RPI plus 1 per cent. makes no sense in a Government policy designed to tackle climate change. If we want to tackle climate change, we have to persuade people to use lower-carbon means of transport. It means getting people on to buses and trains, although they are being...

Energy and Climate Change: Aviation (23 Apr 2009) has video

Norman Baker: What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on managing the effects on climate change of the Government's proposals for the aviation market.

Energy and Climate Change: Aviation (23 Apr 2009) has video

Norman Baker: ...only sector in which carbon emissions have increased since 1990, is it not time that the Secretary of State had a word with the Secretary of State for Transport and told him to stop derailing his climate change strategy?

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Oil: Reserves (26 Mar 2009)

Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 1239-40W, on oil: reserves, what quantities of the 11.1 million tonnes of oil are stored in which countries.

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Norman Baker: ...that. The right hon. Gentleman has a long record on this issue. Let me make it absolutely clear that, although we have a number of reasons for objecting to a third runway, our principal reason is climate change. Therefore, the people whom I feel most sorry for are the two who have been corralled on to the Front Bench today: the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Norman Baker: ...at the end of the debate, he ought to answer that point in full and clarify the Government's position on that matter. As I mentioned, we have long been concerned about the impact of aviation on climate change. That is the primary, but not the only, reason why we oppose a third runway at Heathrow. According to Government figures, aviation accounted for 13 per cent. of total UK climate...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Norman Baker: ...with the Government, which is the easy way of dealing with the matter, the way of least resistance, they will have to answer to their consciences. They will have to answer for the inconsistencies with the Climate Change Act 2008, and they will have to answer mostly to their constituents if they happen to live anywhere near London or the flight path. This is the one opportunity that we all...