Results 1-20 of 106 for climate change speaker:David Chaytor

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

David Chaytor: ......to make it their policy to achieve a 10 per cent. reduction in greenhouse gas emissions" by next year. Will the hon. Gentleman tell the House how many Tory councils have already signed up to the climate change indicator in the comprehensive performance assessment, and how many Tory councils have mechanisms in place even to measure their emissions, let alone to cut them by 10 per cent....

Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency (9 Jul 2009) has video

David Chaytor: Is not a national energy efficiency programme important not only as regards climate change, but for job creation? On the economic stimulus packages that different countries have introduced in response to the economic crisis, is it not true that the proportion of those resources that we are allocating to green jobs is far lower than in the USA, China, France, Germany and South Korea? Would not...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Solar Power: Housing (8 Jul 2009)

David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much grant funding his Department provided for the installation of solar photovoltaic technology in domestic dwellings in each of the last five years; and what budget is available for these purposes in 2009-10.

Energy and Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Road Transport) (13 Nov 2008) has video

David Chaytor: ...that exempting the current vehicle fleet from graduated VED—for which the forces of conservatism on both sides of the House have lobbied—would be counter-productive to the Government's climate change strategy? Will she speak to her colleagues in the Treasury about that before the pre-Budget statement in two weeks time?

Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions (13 Nov 2008) has video

David Chaytor: In four weeks, the UN climate change conference in Poznan will consider the European Union's climate change and renewable energy package. Will the Secretary of State assure the House that the stringent targets in that package are fully supported by the Government and that there has been no attempt to dilute the targets with which we are presented?

Business of the House (30 Oct 2008) has video

David Chaytor: ...my right hon. and learned Friend find time for a debate on road pricing and congestion charging so that we can have the opportunity to see how those policies fit in with the policies agreed in the Climate Change Bill on Tuesday, which set stringent targets for emission reductions? It would offer a chance for those who supported the Climate Change Bill but who oppose road pricing to justify...

Business of the House: Standing Orders Etc. (Energy and Climate Change) (28 Oct 2008)

David Chaytor: ...of the Environmental Audit Committee, of which I am a member. In his opening remarks, the Deputy Leader of the House recognised the Environmental Audit Committee's contribution to the scrutiny of climate change in recent years. Indeed, in the current Parliament, we have made it the main focus of our activities. It is generally agreed that the overwhelming majority of Select Committee...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 16 — Carbon emissions reduction targets (28 Oct 2008)

David Chaytor: The hon. Gentleman has just argued that at a time of economic slowdown, spraying away tax cuts is not the best way to pursue our climate change policy. The point also applies to the Liberal Democrats; just a few moments ago, the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Martin Horwood) said that the Government were too miserly and unambitious in the scale of their financial support for CCS. His party...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 15 — Advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping (28 Oct 2008) has video

David Chaytor: I am curious about the 46 per cent. of climate scientists. Will the hon. Gentleman tell the House why none of them is represented on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which is the authoritative body? Is this a global conspiracy?

Orders of the Day: New Clause 15 — Advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping (28 Oct 2008) has video

David Chaytor: ...to consider the context of amendment No. 72, because it would simply add aviation and shipping to those matters that must be taken into account by the Secretary of State and the Committee on Climate Change, which include "scientific knowledge about climate change...technology relevant to climate change ... economic circumstances ... fiscal circumstances ... social circumstances...energy...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 15 — Advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping (28 Oct 2008) has video

David Chaytor: I do not agree. Clause 10 is very specific when it states: "The following matters must be taken into account" both "by the Secretary of State ... and ... by the Committee on Climate Change". There is hardly any difference. There is a difference between the wording used in new clause 15 and amendment No. 72 and that used in new clause 14, and that is why I urge the House to reject any attempt...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: New Clause 19 (8 Jul 2008)

David Chaytor: ...very brief, but I want to speak in support of the principle of the new clause because it emphasises the importance of reducing demand as a solution to the problems of energy supply, as well as to climate change. It also introduces the importance of the role of local government in delivering policies to alleviate climate change. Too often in recent years, the role of local and regional...

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

David Chaytor: .... I was also delighted to hear the hon. Member for Taunton (Mr. Browne) demolish the case put by the Opposition Front-Bench spokeswoman—at least until he admitted that he agreed that the VED change should not apply to the existing fleet of vehicles. I turn now to the question of retrospectivity. The VED proposal is not a retrospective, as it will come into force for the first time...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 15 (1 Jul 2008)

David Chaytor: ...many of the measurements, the different formulae that could be adopted and the different impacts that that could have on the UK. I also struggle to understand precisely the way in which the ETS and our climate change legislation will work. However, in a sense, that does not matter, because just as there is consensus on the need to include aviation and shipping, there is consensus on the...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 6 (26 Jun 2008)

David Chaytor: ...of the next Parliament, and therefore all parties would have to match up their support for a target with a set of principles, policies and mechanisms in their election manifesto. The argument for changing the target date from 2020 to 2015 is stronger than the argument for changing, at this stage, the current 2020 target of 26 per cent. to a higher target. Having a 2015 target, which nobody...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (26 Jun 2008)

David Chaytor: ...which some Opposition Members decided to debate not the relative merits of 80 per cent. or 60 per cent. but a topic that relates to our consideration of part 2 of the Bill, namely the status of the Climate Change Committee. That is interesting, because it suggests that they do not want to debate the relative merits of 80 per cent. or 60 per cent., which might cause them some difficulty. It...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (26 Jun 2008)

David Chaytor: ...per cent.” formula. I entirely understand the case presented by my hon. Friend the Minister, but it seems to me that if we accept—I think that the whole Committee does—that  the Climate Change Committee will have an advisory responsibility later this year, we cannot simultaneously argue that there should be a figure in the Bill, because it is for the Committee to...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (26 Jun 2008)

David Chaytor: ...;following the advice of the hon. Member for Banbury to my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test earlier, I am tempted to repeat the whole argument. Essentially, the issue is here regardless of climate change. Because of the finite nature of fossil fuels, it makes absolute sense to set a higher target to send the right signals now to business, industry and the population of all...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (24 Jun 2008)

David Chaytor: ...simply that he puts enormous emphasis on the importance of following the most expert scientific advice but that the most expert scientific advice actually comes from the IPCC? The Committee on Climate Change is not made up entirely of scientists. In fact, as his colleague pointed out, the chairman is a part-time chairman who was previously a director of the Confederation of British...