Results 1-10 of 10 for climate change speaker:Angela Browning

Royal Assent: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

Angela Browning: ..., not that they should do something about the problem tomorrow but that they should plan and factor into the development of the motorway structure a radically different system to accommodate the changing needs. However, we have been met with opposition. It is true that the Highways Agency may consider some minor changes, because it realises that there is an immediate problem, but we were...

Point of Order: Summer Adjournment (26 Jul 2007) has video

Angela Browning: ...gave the statistics from the 1960s, '70s and '80s. They showed that we are not experiencing unique levels of rainfall, but we clearly have to take account of what we now know about the predicted climate change when we propose to build on flood plains. There are proposals to build a new town, Cranbrook, in my constituency, starting with about 3,000 properties and building up to 10,000. It...

Roads (Tiverton and Honiton) (28 Jan 2004)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...he will have a serious interest in road safety and we all know that the maintenance of roads is a matter of road safety. Increasingly in Devon, particularly in rural communities and with so-called climate change, more and more roads are subject to flooding, which has a huge impact on the maintenance budget. Devon, a large, rural county, has three times the national average of road length...

Economy and Trade and Industry (18 Nov 2002)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...the business rates. An article in The Times last month made it clear that thousands of people have already been hit with bills of up to #600. I am referring not to people who have, for example, changed their outbuildings into a large business but to people who are working from a bedroom. Apparently the Treasury's guidance includes a 6 o'clock rule that if domestic use can take place in a...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Regulatory Impact Assessment Costs (27 Nov 2001)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...the regulatory impact assessment for (a) the Air Quality Limits Values Regulations 2001, (b) the Fishing Vessels (Code of Practice for the Safety of Small Fishing Vessels) Regulations 2001, (c) the Climate Change Agreements (Eligible Facilities) Regulations 2001 and (d) the Biocidal Products Regulations 2001; (3) of the regulatory impact assessment for (a) the Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot...

Opposition Day: UK Manufacturing and Enterprise (16 May 2000)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...in Europe for producing cars. Since 1997, under new Labour, Britain has dropped from fourth to eighth in the world competitiveness league. Today's debate is an opportunity to examine what has changed and gives the Secretary of State a chance to spell out his Government's policy on competition, manufacturing and business so that companies can plan for the future—something that they...

Opposition Day: UK Manufacturing and Enterprise (16 May 2000)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...of Investigatory Powers Bill. As Computer Weekly reported: They are not trying to fight any more. They are just going. They fear the UK simply isn't a safe place for confidential data. The famous climate change tax will add to business costs next year. It will add 12 per cent. to Nissan's energy bill, 16 per cent. to that of British Aerospace and 10 per cent. to that of B&Q. Yet...

Opposition Day: UK Manufacturing and Enterprise (16 May 2000)

Mrs Angela Browning: It would be charitable, given how much has been said about the climate change tax, to say that DTI Ministers are in a state of blissful ignorance. However, we know that they are not; they are only too aware of how damaging the tax will be to British industry and manufacturing. Yet despite being the sponsoring Department for business and industry, Ministers make no attempt to speak up for...

Small Business (8 Mar 2000)

Mrs Angela Browning: ...other place. When it comes to the House of Commons, I will go into more detail. The lady writes: We are at present registered for 25 Residents and have 2 double rooms, to accommodate the physical changes required we would have to reduce to 19 Residents. It is unlikely that our running costs would then be covered by the fees we are currently able to charge. The Government have paid no...

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: East Midlands (2 Mar 2000)

Mrs Angela Browning: We continue to receive letters from manufacturing and horticultural companies in the east midlands. What assessment has the Minister made of the impact of the climate change tax in that region? There is great concern, particularly in the clothing industry, among firms that have already invested capital to improve the efficiency of their factory systems. The Government were forced to modify...