Results 1-8 of 8 for climate change speaker:Colin Breed

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

Colin Breed: ...the problems that we are supposedly trying to regulate in the first place. I agree that we need regulation, that it should be tuned to the current circumstances and that supervision needs to be changed and improved, but what do we really want regulation to do for us in this country? At the end of the day, the need for regulation really seems to stem from the problems surrounding debt,...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: Housing (17 Jun 2009)

Colin Breed: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what financial incentives his Department provides to encourage the (a) construction and (b) adaptation of homes to incorporate (i) renewable energy technologies and (ii) sustainable building materials.

Orders of the Day: Clause 117 — Penalties for errors (29 Apr 2008) has video

Colin Breed: ...discussion when it was introduced. The taxes, levies and duties for the penalties that are payable have been considerably extended to include environmental taxes such as the aggregates levy, the climate change levy and landfill tax; excise duties such as those on alcohol, tobacco, oils, gambling and air passenger duty; stamp duties such as stamp duty land tax and stamp duty reserve tax;...

Water Charges (South-West) (14 Jun 2005)

Colin Breed: ...and perhaps even a stealth tax, could be used in this equalisation solution? Finally, I end where I began—discussing the situation of 30 years ago. I shall quote a letter to the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment from Water Voice dated 11 February 2005. No doubt it will form part of the discussions tomorrow. Dr. Noel Olsen, the chairman, says in his last paragraph:...

Armed Forces Personnel (20 Jan 2005)

Mr Colin Breed: ..., which has been welcomed across the House, but we do not see why that should necessarily lead to a reduction in numbers. Cutting personnel numbers is a dangerous game, especially in the current climate, as there seems little likelihood of any major reduction in our commitments throughout the world, at least in the immediate future. Recruitment and retention of our armed forces personnel...

Organic Farming (12 Jul 2001)

Mr Colin Breed: Does my hon. Friend accept that the climate change levy may be restricting organic production in horticulture?

Orders of the Day — Common Agricultural Policy (11 May 2000)

Mr Colin Breed: ...8212;we have been calling for one for quite some while. Although there has been little progress on CAP reform, many of us hoped that the summit would take place earlier. However, it has not really changed anything. Agriculture is still in crisis. Some prices have improved marginally—some farmers are approaching the glory days of breaking even, but that will not compensate them for...

Horticulture (20 Jan 1999)

Mr Colin Breed: ..., such as the strength of the pound and the weather, to which reference has been made, which resulted in a lack of demand for items such as salad crops and garden plants. Little can be done about climatic disadvantages which visit us from time to time, but the main difficulty lies with the fact that we are increasingly trading in a global market. Everywhere in Britain, we are subjected to...