Results 1-18 of 18 for climate change speaker:Julian Brazier

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Members: Correspondence (27 Mar 2009)

Julian Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letters of 5 November 2008 and 9 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Canterbury, sent on behalf of a constituent, Mr Scott Collins.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy Tariffs (5 Mar 2009)

Julian Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of likely changes to domestic energy tariffs in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008) has video

Julian Brazier: ...hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer), who explained just how seriously the proposed development would damage the credibility that the Government are rightly trying to build on climate change. We heard a typically punchy speech from my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip-Northwood (Mr. Hurd), who defended his constituents vigorously. Other forms of impact were are all...

Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008) has video

Julian Brazier: ...arguments, on the one hand, and a severe and sustained devastation of quality of life for hundreds of thousands of people, on the other. We have to make that decision against a background of climate change. Through a high-speed rail alternative, our plans offer some of the growth that the economists want, a much better connected journey for passengers, a railway system fit for the modern...

Flight Paths (London) (2 Jul 2008)

Julian Brazier: ...held? How many of the 12 million people who might be affected by the plans have been able to respond? Flying is vital to our country, but there are two great environmental problems linked to it: climate change and noise. Of course, with noise, there are also issues to do with NOx—oxides of nitrogen. Many people who live close to airports and along flight paths, or who are potentially...

Heathrow Expansion (12 Dec 2007)

Julian Brazier: ...for expansion at Stansted to get it at Heathrow. Is that true? The Opposition are firmly against further runway expansion at Stansted and Gatwick. Nobody with a serious commitment to combating climate change—we heard a brief but remarkable speech from my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip-Northwood (Mr. Hurd)—could consider the three extra runways that were in the Government's...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Carbon Dioxide Emissions (4 Dec 2007) has video

Julian Brazier: In view of Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot's recent announcement on tracking containers, why have the Government chosen to exclude imports from the Climate Change Bill? Does the Secretary of State realise that goods travelling much of their journey to the UK by lorry have a much higher carbon footprint than those that travel the whole way by sea?

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Aerodrome charges: noise and emissions (12 Oct 2006)

Julian Brazier: ...purpose of the 2003 White Paper as follows: "we have to balance those benefits against the serious environmental impact of air travel, particularly the growing contribution of aircraft emissions to climate change, and the significant impact that airports can have on those living nearby. That is why the Government remain committed that, over time, aviation meets the external costs that it...

Orders of the Day: Clause 1 — Aerodrome charges: noise and emissions (8 May 2006)

Julian Brazier: ...by welcoming the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, the hon. Member for Halton (Derek Twigg) to the Chamber and, indeed, the hon. Member for Lincoln (Gillian Merron)? I look forward to our exchanges across the Dispatch Box, although I do not know how many there will be, because few people think that the noise of 1,000 soundbites has settled anything for long. Lords amendment No. 1,...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Aviation Bill: Clause 1 - Aerodrome charges: noise and emissions (5 Jul 2005)

Julian Brazier: ...of State, individual non-designated airports and the British Airports Authority. There is a string of overlapping responsibilities. As the body who is ultimately answerable to Parliament on climate change, which is at the heart of much of the Bill, the Secretary of State is the appropriate person for the airlines to appeal to. If the hon. Gentleman said that the clause would be better...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Aviation Bill: Clause 1 - Aerodrome charges: noise and emissions (5 Jul 2005)

Julian Brazier: ...sentiment behind new clause 5 that the Conservative party shares. Amendments Nos. 16, 17 and 18 seem, prima facie, to be redundant. I should have thought that ''pollution'' must include impact on climate change. If it does not, I congratulate the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington as that would be a big hole in the Bill. I think that the Minister will tell us that they are...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Aviation Bill (5 Jul 2005)

Julian Brazier: ...it had been, which was important to those of us who had worked hard and felt that we might have been wasting our time. There is huge public interest in this Bill, which covers issues ranging from climate change to the quality of life of ordinary people. The Opposition welcome the fact that there are no knives in the motion, as it gives us the freedom to range as we see fit over the issues....

Aviation (South-East) (22 Jun 2005)

Julian Brazier: ...have reminded us just how strongly the environmental features, especially those relating to global warming, are being challenged. I also attended the worrying presentation by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. It claims that if aviation continues to grow at its present rate, it could wipe out all savings made by all other sectors of the economy, making it completely impossible...

Aviation (South-East) (22 Jun 2005)

Julian Brazier: ...train service to Stansted is becoming worse. Two new stops will be introduced soon. The Government's policy in the White Paper is a mess. It lacks a coherent vision. The Government want to tackle climate change; they want to expand capacity in respect of the most serious polluters. They are willing to allow airport expansion, but chose the wrong site in the wrong place with an inadequate...

International Development Policy (Science) (17 Mar 2005)

Mr Julian Brazier: ...saw a successful example of that in Papua New Guinea. However, is the Minister really suggesting that there can be local leadership in areas such as the development of HIV drugs and the analysis of climate change, which involves one of the most difficult modelling processes?

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (11 Jul 2002)

Mr Julian Brazier: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received from the manufacturing sector regarding the climate change levy.

Child Witnesses (13 Dec 1994)

Mr Julian Brazier: ...which he has brought to his office in building on moves which were already in train. However, I suggest that almost all the points that I listed in my speech come back to the need for judges to change their attitudes and to change the way in which they run their courts—and, of course, training and a memorandum from the Lord Chancellor are part of the solution. But we have...

Orders of the Day — European Fighter Aircraft (9 Jul 1992)

Mr Julian Brazier: ...Member for Wyre (Mr. Mans) has just done, at the words of Chancellor Kohl and Herr Volker Rühe and their approach to the project. They have continuously reminded us of the disjunction and the great change in Europe as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union. They and, indeed, the press have made many references to the terrifically changed climate in Germany. There is overwhelming...