Results 1-20 of 27 for climate change speaker:John Battle

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme: Leeds (27 Oct 2009)

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the number of pensioner householders in Leeds West constituency who have received grants under the Warm Front scheme.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme: Leeds (27 Oct 2009)

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in Leeds West constituency had received grants under the Warm Front scheme at the latest date for which figures are available; and what the average additional amount paid by such householders was for services provided under the scheme.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (2 Apr 2009)

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations his Department has received from (a) Warm Front contractors and (b) recipients of Warm Front grants on the reliability of Ravenheat boilers installed under the Warm Front scheme; what analysis his Department has made of such representations; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (2 Apr 2009)

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many sub-contracts Eaga has let to sub-contractors for installing Ravenheat boilers under the Warm Front scheme.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (2 Apr 2009)

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of Ravenheat boilers installed under the Warm Front scheme which have developed a fault within 12 months of installation.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Meters (4 Nov 2008)

John Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many homes were awaiting prepayment meter recalibration in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.

Orders of the Day: Planning and Energy Bill (25 Jan 2008)

John Battle: .... Fallon) on choosing this topic. I was happy to lend my name to this brief, modest and reasonable Bill. The Bill calls for a bit of reverse engineering in our approach to tackling the challenge of climate change, rather than leaving everything to top-down targets without thinking about the mechanisms that are needed on the ground floor. The very first word—"enable"—is probably...

Orders of the Day: Planning and Energy Bill (25 Jan 2008)

John Battle: ...that the Government are setting targets for the reduction of carbon emissions that are miles ahead of those set by everyone else, and we are about to build those targets into law through the Climate Change Bill. We are miles ahead of the rest of Europe, which is quite positive on this issue, and we have managed to get the Americans to catch up a little, but I fear that those big figures,...

Petition: Bangladesh (28 Nov 2007) has video

John Battle: There was a cyclone in 1991 and in 1998. They happen periodically, and that may be the result of climate change. It is key that we not only provide emergency aid, but make sure that development agencies do not walk away from the longer-term development of Bangladesh when it is no longer in the headlines, few though those headlines have been.

Written Answers — Treasury: Stern Report (30 Oct 2006)

John Battle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Stern Report on the economics of climate change to be published; and if he will make a statement.

Orders of the Day: International Development (26 Oct 2006)

John Battle: ...half of the century. The first of those themes was the development of economic globalisation, including India and China, but still excluding African countries. The second theme was the pace of climate change, to which Members have referred. The third theme was the impact of migration, which will massively increase and has been underestimated. The fourth theme was the persistence of faith...

Orders of the Day: International Development (26 Oct 2006)

John Battle: ...participatory democracy—one that does not assume that we in Britain have done it, have all the answers and have a perfect democracy. We have not, but we can learn from each other through exchanges and by building a much more mutual conversation. Page 20 of the White Paper contains the most important passage in the whole report. Under the heading "Understanding good governance", it...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — World Trade (Doha Development Agenda) (12 Oct 2006)

John Battle: ...expected to lead to higher food prices, affecting bread, breakfast cereals, pizzas and pasta" throughout the western world in the next 12 months. I read that out simply because there is a debate on climate change on the Floor of the House and because there is now pressure on food prices following the failed harvest in Australia and drought elsewhere. Who will pay the highest price in that...

Humanitarian Crisis (Southern Africa) (26 Jun 2003)

Mr John Battle: ...on with that longer-term development strategy, and to shift the frame from short-term crisis management to a longer-term approach. Two occasions during our Select Committee visit to southern Africa changed my perception of poverty and hunger in Africa. The first was watching a woman and her two daughters in a rural part of Malawi trying to plough and hoe hard, dry ground that had lacked...

Climate Change and Sustainable Development (5 Dec 2002)

Mr John Battle: ...that saving the forest and the people went together. I especially welcome a couple of statements in the Government's response. Paragraph 9.1 says: "We agree with the Committee's conclusion that climate change has social and humanitarian impacts, in addition to environmental and economic dimensions". The big words are there, but the problem is carrying them through. Paragraph 7.1 appears...

Climate Change and Sustainable Development (5 Dec 2002)

Mr John Battle: ..., "think and act locally and globally at the same time." What we do in the UK profoundly affects whether we impoverish those in Africa, rather than them simply being subject to the vicissitudes and changes of climate that are beyond their control.

Oral Answers to Questions — Kyoto Protocol (1 May 2001)

Mr John Battle: .... My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has discussed the issue on several occasions with his American counterpart, Secretary of State Colin Powell. The Government are committed to tackling climate change through constructive engagement with the international community and, as my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has spelt out, we continue to believe that the Kyoto protocol...

Oral Answers to Questions — Kyoto Protocol (1 May 2001)

Mr John Battle: ...has highlighted the challenges that we face in ensuring that the Kyoto protocol is signed up to. On his campaign website, I noticed some scientific references to the latest international panel on climate change, spelling out the impact of climate change. There is more or less consensus among the world's best scientists that human activity has an impact and is causing global warming. It...