Results 1-20 of 57 for climate change speaker:Tony Baldry

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Expenditure (15 Jul 2009)

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer.

Supplementary Estimates 2008-09 — Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Economic Situation (9 Mar 2009) has video

Tony Baldry: ...One has no sense of the regional development agencies or anyone else trying to ensure that the skills we have are put to the best possible use. The other day, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change made a long and passionate speech about what Britain can do in terms of green technology. Undoubtedly, the market is worth trillions of pounds and it could produce large numbers of...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Dioxide Emissions (22 Jan 2009)

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made towards the Government's target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent. by 2010; and if he will make a statement.

Business of the House: Employment, Universities and Skills and Housing (8 Dec 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ..., the Chancellor of the Exchequer devotes a whole section to "Supporting business", in which he makes the following acknowledgment: "Businesses are facing an exceptionally challenging economic climate with uncertainty over the short to medium term." He then goes on to give some indication of the help that the Government are supposedly giving to small and medium businesses. Measures to help...

Business of the House: Department of Energy and Climate Change (16 Oct 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: As someone who served on the Public Bill Committee on the Climate Change Bill, I very much welcome the Secretary of State's statement, although one thing puzzles me. If we are to meet the emission targets, surely power stations such as Kingsnorth will require effective carbon capture from day one, rather than at some unspecified date in the future.

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 33 (3 Jul 2008)

Tony Baldry: ...possible consensus on the Bill because it will run for many years under Governments of all persuasions. It must be in the interest of the Government and of business managers for the advice of the Climate Change Committee to be made available before Report and Third Reading, otherwise the remaining stages of the Bill will be incredibly frustrating. If we are not careful, the...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 25 (1 Jul 2008)

Tony Baldry: ...to ensure that the UK becomes a low carbon economy and does not rely too heavily on carbon credits. A major benefit of the amendment is that it would bolster the UK’s leadership on climate change by ensuring significant reduction efforts are made  at home. Financial flows to developing countries should come on top of these actions and not instead. Finally, the amendment would...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 14 (1 Jul 2008)

Tony Baldry: Since the Bill was debated on Second Reading, Lord Stern has advised that the cost of tackling global climate change has doubled from his original estimate of 1 per cent. of GDP to 2 per cent. Introducing carbon budgets will not be painless, and there will be a hit on various sections of the economy. We all know that those various sectors will go to their sponsoring Departments and make...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (24 Jun 2008)

Tony Baldry: It is good to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Cook and I know that you will show your usual tolerance. I am not a climate change scientist, but I am a lawyer and I have spent the last 35 years of my professional life construing Bills. This Bill has been very cleverly drafted to make it almost certainly judicial review-proof. Whoever drafted it provided the fewest possible opportunities for...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (24 Jun 2008)

Tony Baldry: .... Between now and Thursday, when the Committee next sits, I hope that he will reflect that it might be sensible to review his line to take on this, because this addresses the whole integrity of the Climate Change Committee. I want to echo the points that my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal made: the whole thrust of this Bill relates to targets and the work of the Climate...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (24 Jun 2008)

Tony Baldry: That was not a glimmer. The Minister spoke in plain terms. Would the Minister give an undertaking to accept the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee? In turn, the Minister said no. That is not a glimmer. That is a huge spotlight.

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (24 Jun 2008)

Tony Baldry: ...(Mr. Ainsworth) will give me an undertaking that when in due course he becomes Secretary of State for the Environment, the Conservative Government will implement, and not ignore, the report of the Climate Change Committee.

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (24 Jun 2008)

Tony Baldry: As I understand it, the Government’s position is slightly broader than that. Essentially, they are telling the Committee that the decision cannot be taken by MPs, but by the Committee on Climate Change. On Second Reading, the Minister was asked twice whether the Government would accept and implement the Committee’s recommendations. I was concerned, because on both occasions he...

Orders of the Day: Climate Change Bill [Lords] (9 Jun 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...that this and other Governments have a coherent energy policy. None of us chooses when we are born, so none of us chooses the challenges that face us during our lifetime. However, the challenge of climate change is probably the most serious that faces us as decision-takers, legislators and politicians. This Bill is therefore probably going to be the most important in this Parliament, and...

Orders of the Day: Climate Change Bill [Lords] (9 Jun 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: As I think was said earlier, this whole area of climate change provides the UK with considerable opportunities to export our green, clean technology. As my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (Mr. Yeo), the Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee, said in his very good contribution, if British business gets there first, it does give us a competitive advantage, and that goes with...

Orders of the Day: Climate Change Bill [Lords] (9 Jun 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...not the point that the hon. Gentleman makes, which was made by my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip-Northwood (Mr. Hurd), that the central issue is funding—for example, of the Committee on Climate Change? We saw DEFRA being rolled over on the rural payments scheme. The Treasury did not come to the rescue of DEFRA and say, "Terribly sorry, we have fallen foul of Brussels and here is...

Orders of the Day: Climate Change Bill [Lords] (9 Jun 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...of Commons, so I hope, Madam Deputy Speaker, that there will be some indulgence for us this evening. My right hon. Friend was seeking to suggest that the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was politically motivated. Can my hon. Friend confirm that as far as the vast majority of us are concerned, these were scientists giving scientific advice? Indeed, Professor Spicer...

Opposition Day — [12th Allotted Day]: Burma (14 May 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...rains will fall the next year and people will be able to return to their homes and villages, plant crops again and restart. The entire topography of the Irrawaddy delta looks as though it has been changed for ever. Relocating and rehousing thousands of families and children would be a massive humanitarian and political challenge to any Government, let alone a Government who are inherently...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Waste (13 Mar 2008)

Tony Baldry: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he next expects to meet representatives of the Waste and Resources Action Programme to discuss waste and climate change.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change (Economic Impact) (24 Jan 2008)

Tony Baldry: Should not the committee on climate change be set up now, as a matter of urgency? It is not due to report on the 2050 target or the inclusion of aviation in that target until late 2009, and the fact that it has not been set up yet gives an impression of a lack of a sense of urgency on the Government's part. Setting up the committee as soon as possible would send out a very good signal that...