Results 1-20 of 30 for climate change speaker:Karen Buck

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Karen Buck: Is my hon. Friend also aware that a number of leading Conservative councils have chosen not to back the 10:10 campaign and not to give local leadership on climate change? In fact, on Wednesday night, Westminster city council refused to support a motion accepting 10:10.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Karen Buck: ...not worry him just a little that the international consensus that we need to establish, not just for Copenhagen but beyond, requires working with partners who understand and accept the reality of climate change? Has not his party, worryingly, put itself in a position in Europe where it is allied with climate changers— [ Interruption. ] — sorry, climate change deniers? Is there...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (27 Oct 2009)

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of applicants for Warm Front grants were asked to make a contribution towards the cost of works in each English region in 2007-08.

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

Karen Buck: The right hon. Gentleman feels strongly that Parliament has to commit to the 10:10 campaign today, but why was that not proposed by the Liberal Democrats as an amendment to the Climate Change Act 2008 when we passed it just a few months ago? Is it not a fact that this is about not a serious, sustained reduction in carbon emissions, but a gimmick to make them feel better?

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Karen Buck: ...not hit the target in 2010 does not mean that we cannot hit it in 2011. We do not want a target for 2020 to take total precedence over interim measures. Similar concerns were raised in relation to the Climate Change Act 2008 about not allowing long-term perfection to drive out the messier and less perfect but none the less very important interim objectives. My right hon. Friend the...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (20 May 2009)

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households were estimated to be in fuel poverty in each (a) region and (b) London local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most recent year for which figures are available.

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Karen Buck: How seriously can my right hon. Friend take the Opposition's position on carbon emissions and climate change in the aviation debate when the most senior elected Conservative politician in the country is planning a major expansion of airports in east London? Does that not destroy the central plank of their argument?

Business of the House: Transport Infrastructure (15 Jan 2009) has video

Karen Buck: My right hon. Friend understands the symbolic significance of Heathrow expansion in the context of the climate change agenda. Does he accept that there is enormous scepticism about the compatibility of the increase in flights and aviation emissions with Britain's capacity to meet our reduced carbon emissions target by 2050? Can he tell us what proportion of that target will be accounted for...

Points of Order: Local Authorities (Social Equality Audits) (17 Jun 2008) has video

Karen Buck: ...'s knowledge about inequality is limited, and attitudes are complex, ambiguous and apparently contradictory. In turn, policy makers know little about how the perceptions people have are formed, or changed. We could simply choose to ignore the ramifications of inequality, precisely because public attitudes are complex and contradictory. But by doing so, we would be turning our backs on a...

Orders of the Day: "Schedule 29B — Promotions of Bills in Parliament by the London Waste Authority (27 Feb 2007)

Karen Buck: ...playing party political games over whether authorities of certain political complexions are good or bad. We need to examine London's performance as a whole, which is poor. The situation needs to change, and that is the case in inner London, with its challenging circumstances, and in several outer-London authorities, too. One needs only to look at the diagrammatic representation of London's...

Orders of the Day: "Schedule 29B — Promotions of Bills in Parliament by the London Waste Authority (27 Feb 2007)

Karen Buck: ...in the area of environmental gain. It is relevant to note that today the Mayor has put forward a plan for reducing carbon in London and making London one of the leading global cities in achieving climate change targets. I am proud of the fact that—thanks to the Government and the devolution of London government that was achieved in the run-up to 2000 and subsequently—we now...

Orders of the Day: "Schedule 29B — Promotions of Bills in Parliament by the London Waste Authority (27 Feb 2007)

Karen Buck: ...and the recovery of renewable energy from our waste. The authority would be in a position to offer clear purpose and pace, commensurate with the challenges of waste management and combating climate change. The issue of waste hierarchy is central to the argument. Our challenge is to minimise waste production, then to recycle and compost whatever we can and then to recover heat and power...

Public Bill Committee: Greater London Authority Bill: Clause 36 (16 Jan 2007)

Karen Buck: The hon. Gentleman is advancing an argument against any change ever. When there is structural change, there is always the risk that during the period of reorganisation those involved are not focusing on their core functions. That argument does not apply to anything else that the Government are doing, but let us put it to one side. Of course there is an element of risk. The issue lies in the...

Public Bill Committee: Greater London Authority Bill: Clause 36 (16 Jan 2007)

Karen Buck: I shall be brief. The comments made by the Minister and by Opposition Members fall into two categories. The first is that we are basically doing all right, so any fundamental changes such as those I have proposed would pose a risk to the objectives, which I think we broadly share. The second, stressed by the hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, is that there is a conflict between the...

Public Bill Committee: Greater London Authority Bill: Clause 36 (16 Jan 2007)

Karen Buck: ...because the Mayor has strategic responsibility for transport and has planning functions, he can combine the waste management, planning and transport strategies in the interests of a progressive climate change agenda, so as to get the maximum benefit and to cross-reference those policies so that they work together most effectively. Although that is still possible to some modest extent with...

Public Bill Committee: Greater London Authority Bill: Clause 36 (16 Jan 2007)

Karen Buck: ...spend a few minutes outlining the key points. The central issue—establishing a single waste disposal authority for London—stems from the recognition that the existing arrangements and changes proposed by the Government are not capable of bringing about the step change in waste management that will be necessary if we are to offer Londoners the most efficient and effective waste...

Southampton Airport (28 Feb 2006)

Karen Buck: ...in Southampton around the airport and, as he mentioned in closing, in terms of the contribution of aviation—among many other strands of the transport industry and domestic use—to climate change and how we address that. Before I come to those issues, I remind my right hon. Friend that the air transport White Paper, which we published in 2003, was the first attempt to set out a...

Written Answers — Transport: Emissions (14 Feb 2006)

Karen Buck: ...3 per cent. in 2050 of the UK's contribution to global warming. The Air Transport White Paper sets out the Government's belief that the best way of ensuring aviation contributes towards the goal of climate stabilisation would be through a well-designed emissions trading regime, for which we are pressing at international and European level. We are working through the International Civil...

Written Answers — Transport: Aviation Pollution (19 Dec 2005)

Karen Buck: Our forecasts for aviation and climate change, and the assumptions underlying them, are set out in Aviation and Global Warming", published by the Department for Transport in January 2004. The best case" scenario emissions forecasts assumed the introduction of economic instruments to tackle climate change, resulting in improved fuel efficiency. We have not undertaken analysis to consider these...