Results 1-20 of 74 for climate change speaker:Malcolm Bruce

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Malcolm Bruce: ...poor countries of the world sign up to anything that is conducted in that spirit? As the Chairman of the Select Committee on International Development, I know only too well that the perpetrators of climate change are us—the developed world—while the victims are the poorest countries in the world. My Committee will be in Bangladesh and Nepal next week. Bangladesh is probably one...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Malcolm Bruce: ....7 per cent. of GDP. People in poor countries are saying that the 10 per cent. rule implies that 10 per cent. is being skimmed off the development aid that they were expecting in order to deal with climate change, which is a problem of our making from which they are suffering. I agree with the Prime Minister that we must find substantial additional resources, and that we need to make it...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Development Agenda (24 Jun 2009) has video

Malcolm Bruce: ...afraid that our Committee has lost a great deal? We very much appreciate your contribution. I thank the Secretary of State for his answer, but does he not acknowledge that the economic downturn and climate change have mostly been caused by the G20, yet the impact is felt mostly by poor and developing countries? What steps will he take to ensure that the Copenhagen summit delivers for the...

[Robert Key in the Chair] — World Food Programme (21 May 2009)

Malcolm Bruce: ...Development Committee produced its report, this is a timely opportunity to bring some of the information up to date and for the Government to give an indication of how they are responding to a changing situation. Perhaps it would be convenient for hon. Members to reflect on the circumstances in which the Committee began work on its report a year ago. It was fortuitous that the crisis...

Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

Malcolm Bruce: I am happy to acknowledge that, but Botswana pioneered the arrangements and Namibia has wisely followed suit. The purpose of our visit to Kenya and Tanzania was to consider the impact of climate change and the ability to secure sustainable development in the changing circumstances of climate change and the difficult financial situation. In visiting Kenya, we were also mindful of the political...

Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

Malcolm Bruce: ...our tourists there, they will need more than that simply to offset what they have lost from the financial downturn. That brings me to my final rounding-off point. We are considering the impact of climate change and of poverty in developing countries, and there is a conference of the parties summit in Copenhagen in December. It seems to me that we have to ensure a recognition that the...

Royal Assent: International Aid Transparency (13 Nov 2008) has video

Malcolm Bruce: ...do so in future. I assure him that we continually discuss and ask about direct budget support. We are going to visit Kenya and Tanzania in pursuit of our inquiry into sustainable development in a changing climate, but also with an awareness that Tanzania is the largest recipient of direct budget support in Africa. The Committee will want to ask about that and try to provide reassurance,...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Climate Change (5 Nov 2008) has video

Malcolm Bruce: The Minister will be aware—and it is worth reminding the House—that the Select Committee on International Development is about to embark on an inquiry into sustainable development in a changing climate. Does he agree that it is important for those of us in the west tackling climate change to understand that developing countries that have developed niche markets, selling, for...

Royal Assent: Energy Providers (16 Oct 2008) has video

Malcolm Bruce: ...that he wanted to proceed slowly, but the Government will have to look further into the law on regulation. It seems to me that if action is going to be taken to require energy companies to pass on changes to prices efficiently and to provide social tariffs, it will have to be done within the framework of new regulations for Ofgem. I do not see how the Government can achieve their objective...

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

Malcolm Bruce: ...Secretary of State's Department do to ensure that they do? Secondly, the Secretary of State has not mentioned the security of our own oil and gas production, which will still be needed despite the climate change commitments. Can he reassure us that the Government have a commitment to maximising production from our own resources for our own security?

Written Answers — International Development: Climate Change: Natural Disasters (6 Oct 2008)

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in his Department's work.

Written Answers — International Development: Climate Change: Non-governmental Organisations (6 Oct 2008)

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to ensure that scientific information on climate change is available for non-governmental organisations to incorporate into their work with vulnerable communities.

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Piper Alpha Disaster (20th Anniversary) (2 Jul 2008)

Malcolm Bruce: ...the North sea headquarters of BP is also in my constituency. The company has just moved into new offices, and by its own admission has had to re-evaluate its commitment to the North sea because of changing circumstances—not just the oil price but the amount of oil still to be produced. What is impressed on anyone who goes there is that there is an ageing infrastructure and there are...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Cross-border Rail Services (29 Jan 2008)

Malcolm Bruce: ...airport is in my constituency. It is expanding in both passenger numbers and services, but there are people who object to its expansion. They offer the usual arguments about pollution, noise and climate change. I point out to them that, although I am sympathetic to their arguments, the truth is that the airport is the lifeline communication for an economy such as ours. I would like to...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Cross-border Rail Services (29 Jan 2008)

Malcolm Bruce: ...makes my point. It is all very well saying, "We have a route—one route—and we can tell you exactly what the best fare is on it", but many people travelling cross-border have to change trains and operators, particularly when going from north-east to south-west, or vice versa, and that is where the difficulties arise. That was true in Victorian times, too, but there was none the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Climate Change (27 Feb 2007)

Malcolm Bruce: Is the Minister aware of the statement at the Globe climate change forum in Washington two weeks ago, to which American legislators signed up, that there was a need for a cap on greenhouse gas emissions of between 450 and 550 parts per million? That represents a complete turnaround of attitude in the United States towards climate change, and a great opportunity for Scotland to export energy...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

Malcolm Bruce: The Queen's Speech specifically mentions peace in the middle east, which has been discussed and which I shall address, the situation in Darfur, securing an agreement on the Doha round and the climate change Bill. Those points all relate to the politics of international development—the poor will suffer most from the consequences of climate change. The International Development Committee,...

Orders of the Day: International Development (26 Oct 2006)

Malcolm Bruce: ...that she raised. In my view, the Committee does not listen to her enough, and does not respond enough. If she continues to speak, we will. As a co-vice-chair of Globe UK, I consider issues of climate change to be fundamental. Although I do not think that all the criticisms of the Environmental Audit Committee are entirely fair or valid, I think that the Department must look again at what...

Tackling Climate Change (12 Oct 2005)

Malcolm Bruce: The Secretary of State will recall that the globe forum that she opened before the Gleneagles summit focused on exactly that issue and that Senator McCain, a champion of climate change within the United States, nevertheless clashed with the Chinese representative, saying that he did not think that America should give up one ounce of emissions unless China did the same. Contraction and...

European Affairs (15 Jun 2005)

Malcolm Bruce: ...(Sir Menzies Campbell) pointed out, the fact that countries have queued up to join the European Union is proof of huge success. In spite of the difficulties over the working arrangements that that change has brought about, no one is suggesting that they should leave or that another arrangement should be adopted. I remember standing outside the Polish embassy and talking about the support...