Results 1-15 of 15 for climate change speaker:Richard Burden

Deferred Division: Regional Accountability (12 Nov 2008) has video

Richard Burden: ...is missing is the regional and sub-regional issues that affect my constituents, in which the local MP has an unclear role, at best. That is where there is a gap. In the past, that was occasionally changed by force of circumstance. For me, the gap was partly bridged a few years ago by the Rover crisis at the Longbridge plant in my constituency. A taskforce was set up that involved...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 3 — Vehicle excise duty: variation of graduated rates for light passenger vehicles (2 Jul 2008) has video

Richard Burden: No. Obviously, I am not making myself clear, because I am arguing that this is not a retrospective change. The key issue that we have to face is whether vehicle excise duty can be a useful way to combat rises in CO2 emissions. Given the interest in this debate, I am sorry that more hon. Members were not present yesterday when Julia King, of the King review, spoke to the all-party motor group...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 3 — Vehicle excise duty: variation of graduated rates for light passenger vehicles (2 Jul 2008) has video

Richard Burden: ...Greening) says that this is a simple matter, but it is anything but simple to work out the relationships between taxation on cars based on their performance and their contribution to combating climate change and the influence of those factors on customer behaviour. Even though I have some problems with the Government's proposals, I question the concept that what is being...

Deferred Divisions: Vehicle Excise Duty (14 May 2008) has video

Richard Burden: ...frame policies that ensure that the production and use of motor vehicles—not much has been said about production, but it is part of the issue—play their part in meeting the challenge of climate change? In doing so, we must also recognise the strategic importance of the UK motor industry and the specific aspects of the automotive industry in which we excel. That is sometimes an...

Deferred Divisions: Vehicle Excise Duty (14 May 2008) has video

Richard Burden: ...and so on. I would like the proceeds of transport-related environmental taxation to be used not simply to reduce other taxes but to invest in the very things that will enable us to combat climate change as far as we are able. Conservative Members need to reconsider that point. Do they want to use environmental taxes only to reduce other taxes or do they want to invest in the technologies...

Deferred Divisions: Vehicle Excise Duty (14 May 2008) has video

Richard Burden: ...other duties? Does he believe that VED should play any role in incentivising or disincentivising customer choices when buying cars? Does he believe that fuel duty should play any role in combating climate change? If so, what is that role? If not, what does he suggest instead?

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Car Manufacturing (12 Dec 2007)

Richard Burden: ...there, not in Brazil. It is important to recognise that some 25 per cent. of Ford's global engine requirements are still sourced from the UK. I wish to say a couple of things about the challenge of climate change and how the Government and the industry can respond to it. The Prime Minister is absolutely right that the UK must be at the forefront of driving that agenda forward. It is also...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Nov 2007) has video

Richard Burden: I welcome the speech that the Prime Minister made on Monday about the challenge of climate change, and in particular the decision to locate the energy technologies institute with a consortium of universities in the midlands. However, does he agree that if we are really going to seize the opportunity to become world leaders in the development of environmental technologies, the initiatives that...

The Economy, Trade and Industry (25 Jun 2001)

Mr Richard Burden: ...when such a Bill comes before the House. I should like to turn briefly to issues affecting manufacturing, as I come from a region built on that industry. The nature of manufacturing industry is changing beyond all recognition, but it is still a vital part of the future strength of our economy. Without a firm manufacturing base, the foundations of a strong economy can become extremely...

The Economy, Trade and Industry (25 Jun 2001)

Mr Richard Burden: ...our disappointment with policies currently emanating from the United States Administration on meeting that challenge. As a Government, we must look more at the detail of the way in which our own climate change levy has impacted on small manufacturing firms. The commitment to the climate change levy is, rightly, fiscally neutral, which I welcome, but having talked to manufacturers in my...

Opposition Day: Manufacturing Industry (24 Jan 2001)

Mr Richard Burden: ...;lags behind that of our competitors. Maybe again we can look at what extra action we can take in that area. Lastly, I want to say something on a matter that Conservative Members have mentioned: the climate change levy. We on the Labour Benches take no lessons from them on that matter. All that we have heard from them is "Scrap it". Protection of the environment is a matter that...

Orders of the Day — Residential Care (Birmingham) (8 Feb 1999)

Mr Richard Burden: .... However, I have been worried about the way in which the debate has gone in the past year in Birmingham. Under the most recent review of elderly persons homes, the selection of which homes should change their character, which should be recommended for closure, which should be offered other options and which should be refurbished seems to be linked to the current financial situation of the...

Orders of the Day — Israeli-occupied Territories (23 Jun 1998)

Mr Richard Burden: .... I hope also that the Israeli Government have been reminded that the United Kingdom and the international community regard east Jerusalem and the west bank as occupied territory and that any changes made to the status of the city of Jerusalem and any borders redefined unilaterally by the Israeli Government are absolutely prohibited under international law. Jerusalem is one of the most...

Health Services (Birmingham) (11 Mar 1998)

Mr Richard Burden: ...regional health authority. There were Public Accounts Committee reports on those authorities. My hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Dr. Jones) was also very vocal on the issue. A climate of mistrust remains about any proposals for change and for the future of health care in the city. I understand that. As well as addressing my hon. Friend the Minister today, I address people...

Orders of the Day — Car Tax (Abolition) Bill (25 Nov 1992)

Mr Richard Burden: ...were undertaken over the summer. All of them have provided some boost to the industry. I will not deny that, and I am sure that the industry will not deny that. But it is not enough, because in a climate of recession and rising unemployment the idea that the removal of the special car tax, or any other tax, will regenerate either the car industry or manufacturing industry in general is...