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Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power (20 Jul 2009)

William Cash: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria are used in the selection of sites for the construction of wind turbines; what assessment is made of the potential environmental effects on the local area of the siting of such turbines; and if he will make a statement.

Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery): Finance Bill (6 May 2009) has video

William Cash: ...cent. of GDP. That is truly frightening, but it is also true. That is where the problem lies. My right hon. Friend the Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley) has produced an extremely interesting paper on climate change. I cannot recall the figures precisely, but the figures that we have been given and those that the ONS has given have not included the ones that my right hon....

Effectiveness of the European Union (4 Mar 2009)

William Cash: ...to act unanimously to overturn an ECJ decision, which is a straitjacket. When things go wrong, such a concrete system is completely unacceptable and unworkable in a democracy. Democracies have to change with the times. Unfortunately, the EU is designed to continue, irrespective of anything else, towards further and deeper integration, whatever the consequences. I will give the EU credit on...

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 5): Treaty of Lisbon (No. 6) — [6th Allotted Day] (25 Feb 2008)

William Cash: ...to economic partnership agreements. Does he agree that there are severe criticisms from non-governmental organisations of how EPAs work in practice? There is strong concern about some aspects of climate change policy, as applied by the EU in relation to biodiesel. There is also the problem of corruption and related issues and the failure of the Court of Auditors, not to mention the...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Water and Sanitation (Developing Countries) (5 Jun 2007)

William Cash: ...years, did a report on which issues the public throughout the world regarded as the most significant and the most important. It discussed which medical and related solutions had led to the biggest change in the world, and some 15 milestones were chosen. Interestingly, sanitation came above antibiotics, by a clear head. When people focus on sanitation and water, they realise that it is the...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Water and Sanitation (Developing Countries) (5 Jun 2007)

William Cash: ...to Africa and south Asia and to the issue of sanitation. I pay tribute to the Secretary of State for his work, and I hope that he will take my criticisms, such as they are, in good heart. With a change of Prime Minister, who knows what might happen to the right hon. Gentleman? However, the plain fact is that his voice in such matters will continue to reverberate, and I sincerely trust that...

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 3) (11 Mar 2002)

Mr William Cash: .... Labour Back Benchers made some extremely coherent arguments, as did Opposition Members, and some of my hon. Friends made some notable speeches. As a result, we eventually managed to create a climate in which the Government were prepared to consider making a number of important amendments and, in certain respects, to break new ground. Those amendments may not go as far as we should like,...

Orders of the Day — Small Business Bill (18 Jan 1985)

Mr Bill Cash: The first words in the Bill are For the purpose of promoting enterprise and employment". That is the object to which the Bill is directed and to which the Government are committed. Rapidly changing technology is bringing with it a significant change in the nature of employment. As in other countries in the industrialised world, including Socialist countries such as France and Spain, the...

Orders of the Day — Small Business Bill (18 Jan 1985)

Mr Bill Cash: ...re-create a balanced economic environment in which new businesses can take root and expand and through which we can successfully compete in world markets and provide enough lasting jobs. Without changes in legislation positively to provide that environment, I believe that we shall fail significantly to reduce unemployment and to achieve our other objective of a society more friendly...