Results 1-16 of 16 for climate change speaker:Clive Betts

Amendment of the Law (23 Apr 2009)

Clive Betts: ...in due course. I shall not deal too much with the bigger picture of the Budget: instead, I want to focus on some of the particulars. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change amply illustrated the clear divide between the two sides of the House. We on the Labour Benches are looking to target measures to help the economy in general, firms and individuals...

Amendment of the Law (23 Apr 2009)

Clive Betts: ...taken on the environment. Those on carbon capture, offshore wind farms and combined heat and power are all important moves to sustain those industries and ensure that we fulfil our international climate change commitments. I also hope that some of the measures that we have taken to support industry will help to sustain and develop firms in the green transport sector, which is something...

Orders of the Day: Schedule 7 — Repeals (27 Oct 2008) has video

Clive Betts: ...has declined to a third of what it was before deregulation. I wholeheartedly welcome the Bill, particularly the provisions dealing with quality contracts and the rights of local authorities. On climate change, there is a requirement for transport authorities to have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State. Will my right hon. Friend ensure that authorities cannot get away with...

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

Clive Betts: ...Secretary of State for Transport to try to persuade him to support an amendment that I have tabled to the Local Transport Bill that would require all local authorities to have regard to issues of climate change when formulating their transport policies?

Deferred Division: Schedule 7 — Repeals (25 Jun 2008) has video

Clive Betts: ...of the review. My idea of carrying out a review is that we should look at how something is operating and, on the basis of that evidence, decide whether we like what we see or whether we want to change it. We should not prejudge these things in advance. Apart from the hon. Lady's well-rehearsed arguments about who should take the final decisions, and her suggestion that she might change the...

Deferred Division: Schedule 7 — Repeals (25 Jun 2008) has video

Clive Betts: ...of the accountability process. I welcome the Bill. It has been improved as a result of the constructive debates that we have had, and there are important provisions here that will do much to tackle climate change and to help the regeneration of our cities, which I welcome.

Deferred Division: Planning Bill (25 Jun 2008) has video

Clive Betts: ...expeditious method, but I have not heard her propose anything that would deliver it. It is all right for us in this House to pass resolutions and legislation committing ourselves to dealing with climate change, putting forward appropriate targets and perhaps even seeking to improve them, but the reality is that if we do not have a mechanism for ensuring that applications for nuclear power...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Energy Efficient Homes (8 May 2007)

Clive Betts: ...the board? If the Government, while pretending to be green, rejected a measure as modest as making energy certificates part of home information packs, that commitment to being green and to tackling climate change would be nothing more than skin deep.

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

Clive Betts: I very much welcome the inclusion in the Queen's Speech of a climate change Bill. Like many hon. Members, I have received many representations from constituents for the inclusion of that Bill. One thing I would say is that I have not yet been convinced by the argument that we should have annual targets. I listened with great interest to the comments made in a thoughtful speech by my hon....

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

Clive Betts: ...have now accepted that there should be six pilot authorities on housing—one is my authority in Sheffield—which will consider the workings of the housing revenue account and see whether changes are needed to allow those rules to be used so that houses can be built. I welcome the Minister's pilot scheme, but, clearly, some end results are needed as quickly as possible. In...

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Mis-Sold Personal Pensions etc. (25 Jan 1996)

Mr Clive Betts: ...91 per cent. were completely mis-sold, but that 91 per cent. were not conducted in a totally proper way. That is an enormous scandal because that was how things worked within the self-regulatory climate that the Government proposed. 4.45 pm The Economic Secretary to the Treasury said that the Government still cannot discover, after all this time, how many people are involved, how many...

Orders of the Day — Non-Domestic Rating Bill: Limit on Increase in Non-Domestic Rates for 1994 Financial Year (13 Jan 1994)

Mr Clive Betts: ...of transitional arrangements that protect businesses that would otherwise suffer a marked increase in their business rate. It must be accepted, however, that a revaluation reflects certain changes that have occurred in the standing of a business vis-a-vis other businesses since the previous valuation. Those revaluations reflect current conditions. The transitional arrangements should act...

Orders of the Day — Non-Domestic Rating Bill (12 Jan 1994)

Mr Clive Betts: ...attitude of the Government. They are not bothered about local authorities getting involved in the promotion and development of their local economy, in working with business to create a successful climate for business, in helping small businesses to grow. None of those things appears to be important to the Government —or, if they are, the measures that the Government have taken by...

Orders of the Day — Ways and Means: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (22 Mar 1993)

Mr Clive Betts: ...incomes because of the national insurance increases. They, not the higher-paid, will suffer. The Government have offered those in low-paid employment a real double whammy. I personally welcome the changes in mortgage tax relief. I do not consider the mortgage tax relief scheme defensible; I have held that view for many years. But why did not the Government use the money to introduce a...

Petition: Urban Programme Funding (3 Dec 1992)

Mr Clive Betts: ...that date. Even commitments which have already been entered into will not be funded after March next year, even though commitments. I look to the Minister for a response on those important points. There has been no explanation for this fundamental change of policy. In the meantime, the problems of our inner-city areas remain. Local authorities will be left to pick up the pieces. The same...

Orders of the Day — Autumn Statement (19 Nov 1992)

Mr Clive Betts: .... With that forecasting record, one has very real doubts about whether the forecast for next year of 1 per cent. growth is right. If it is not, the economy will continue to decline. It is not just the figures that have changed. The words have changed, too. Last spring, unemployment was still "the price worth paying" for reducing inflation. Now the accent appears to be on growth, jobs and...