Results 1-15 of 15 for climate change speaker:Bob Blizzard

Orders of the Day: Energy Supply (30 Oct 2006)

Bob Blizzard: ...—grid connection installations, gas power stations and gas storage, and that is before we even address any possible further round of nuclear power stations. A few years ago we tried to make some changes through the Planning and Compulsory PurchaseAct 2004, but those of us who wanted change were beaten back. I am pleased that in this debate there has been agreement in all parts of the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Climate Change (17 May 2006)

Bob Blizzard: What plans he has to visit Latin America to discuss the post-Kyoto climate change agenda.

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Offshore Wind Power (17 Nov 2005)

Bob Blizzard: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what contribution he expects offshore wind power to make to Government policy for tackling climate change.

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change (10 Nov 2005)

Bob Blizzard: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he has commissioned on the relative costs of energy sources and tackling climate change.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Energy Efficiency (9 Jun 2005)

Bob Blizzard: Barely a day goes by without a major story on climate change coming forth from our television screens. Should not we capture that public concern with a mass public campaign about energy saving so that we get everyone to do their bit? I do not hear that debate going on at the moment. We have programmes, but we are not into mass communication. The rise in prosperity in this country is, I fear,...

Wind Farms (25 Oct 2004)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ...and other renewable sources. I ask them, what other source of renewable energy is more commercially applicable now, on a scale sufficient to achieve the 10 and 20 per cent. targets and to tackle climate change? No such source is available now, on that scale and at that cost. If we do not make an impact now, we shall have no chance of doing so in the future. Wind energy is the most...

Wind Farms (25 Oct 2004)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ..., to get off the ground and play their full part. Wind energy, especially from offshore wind farms, is key for my constituency. As I said, it is a coastal constituency. Global warming and climate change are real threats to people who live by the coast. I am not talking only about the impact that a rise in sea levels would have on places such as Lowestoft, Kessingland and Corton that are...

Carbon Capture and Storage (13 Jul 2004)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ...Let me emphasise that I am not talking about just dumping CO 2 in the deep ocean, as was once suggested. Carbon capture and storage is safe, but do the public think it safe? The Tyndall centre for climate change research in Manchester carried out a survey and found, first, that nobody had ever heard of CCS, but when it was explained, although most people said that they would rather see a...

Public Bill Committee: Energy Bill [Lords]: Clause 1 - Security and integrity of supply (20 May 2004)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ...in CO2 emissions by 2050, it will be increasingly difficult for any Government to keep the lights on throughout the country. I say that as a Member who represents a coastal constituency in which climate change has an even starker relevance. On Second Reading, it was widely recognised that the main problem with our energy policy is that even if we meet our renewables targets of 10 per...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (14 Apr 2003)

Mr Bob Blizzard: From what the hon. Gentleman has just said, can we conclude that he is committing his party to reversing the 1p increase in national insurance, to abolishing the climate change levy, and to reversing what he calls the pensions tax?

Litter and Fouling of Land by Dogs (14 Jan 2003)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ...the natural and the built environment. Litter is also a health risk; dog faeces even more so. Litter pollution has a simple solution. It does not take an earth summit, an EU directive, complex technology, a climate change levy or even congestion charging to tackle it—just do not drop it. That is already recognised in law, as it is illegal to drop litter and dog dirt, but the statute...

Litter and Fouling of Land By Dogs (21 Nov 2001)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ...pollution has a much simpler solution than most other forms of pollution. It does not take catalytic converters, international protocols, European directives, an integrated transport policy or a climate change levy to tackle it. The answer is simple—do not drop litter. Unfortunately, the long-standing culture in our country is one in which we live and walk about in litter. We try not...

Orders of the Day — Litter Laws (17 May 1999)

Mr Bob Blizzard: .... There is no need to fit filtering devices to chimneys, to set up purifying processes in chemical plants, or to develop an integrated transport policy to reduce car usage, or even to devise a climate change level. The answer is simple: do not drop litter and do not leave the dog dirt behind. The ordinary person may feel that large, pollution-type issues, such as reaching Kyoto targets,...

Prayers: Transport (Eastern Region) (24 Mar 1999)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ...needs. Some of those "interest groups" have no realistic economic policy; they are at heart anti-car, indeed anti-motor vehicle. Then there are those who ignore the issues of pollution and climate change. They are typified by the right hon. Member for Wokingham (Redwood), whom I heard speaking to the annual dinner of the Institute of Petroleum. His rallying call to an audience whom he...

Adjournment (Whitsun) (20 May 1998)

Mr Bob Blizzard: ...been good for the United Kingdom. As for the view that the large companies are easy targets and big international organisations, increased taxes would not hit those companies. They could simply change their investment pattern. There are plenty of other places in the world where they could go and find oil and gas. The people who would be hit are British contractors, and that means British...