Results 1-17 of 17 for climate change speaker:James Clappison

Orders of the Day: Clause 3 — Changes of terminology (3 Mar 2008)

James Clappison: ...Liberal Democrats have to face up to the seriousness of what is taking place here. I know that the hon. Gentleman has had his problems on this matter, but he has to face up to the fact that major changes in foreign policy have taken place and that that pillar has been completely collapsed. There is qualified majority voting on foreign policy and, increasingly, incrementally, we are going...

Deferred Division: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 8) (27 Feb 2008)

James Clappison: ...was promised in his manifesto even though this treaty, by his own admission, is almost exactly the same as the original constitution, but now has the magical ingredient of six extra words about climate change. Important questions have been asked during the debate. We have heard well-informed speeches, and I would ask the same questions that others have posed about the emissions trading...

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 7): Treaty of Lisbon (No. 8) — [8th Allotted Day] (27 Feb 2008)

James Clappison: ...look at article 174 in the previous treaty, which seems to include an almost identical provision to that to which the Secretary of State referred in article 191, except for the words to do with climate change. Is that the case?

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2) — (2nd Allotted Day) (30 Jan 2008)

James Clappison: ...(Chris Huhne), on the subject of home affairs. It needs no great prescience to suggest that the same case will be made in forthcoming debates about foreign and security policy, the environment and climate change. Is there any area in which the Liberal Democrats do not want further integration and concession of authority?

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Climate Change Levy (12 Jul 2001)

Mr James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received from business about the impact of the climate change levy on business.

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Corus (22 Mar 2001)

Mr James Clappison: Will the introduction of the climate change levy next month result in a net cost to the steel industry?

Opposition Day: Crime (24 May 2000)

Mr James Clappison: ...policing by the Metropolitan police, and it is the widespread perception—which I suspect is backed up by the figures, although they are hard to obtain because policing districts were changed—that there was a substantial reduction in police numbers. That was certainly the complaint of all three political parties in Hertsmere. Especially in the past year, the result has been a...

Prayers: Earth Summit II (19 Mar 1997)

Mr James Clappison: ...26 countries, ranging from the conservation of marine turtles in Egypt to the revision of the Galapagos marine management plan. We have heard a good deal today about the UN framework convention on climate change. We fully accept that we in the north have a special responsibility to take action on controlling emissions of greenhouse gases. Unless the richer nations take responsibility for...

Prayers: Earth Summit II (19 Mar 1997)

Mr James Clappison: ...ensuring that new financial mechanisms and new opportunities for technology transfer are fully explored. We should not get stuck in debates on aid and technology transfer that bear no relation to changes in the real world. In this respect, the development of new markets for trade and investment will be crucial. We regret that the WTO meeting in Singapore last December made such little...

House Condition Survey (Energy Reports) (22 Jan 1997)

Mr James Clappison: ...by 50 per cent. The switch from coal to gas has produced a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and made a contribution to the substantial progress that we have achieved in meeting our climate change commitments under the climate change convention. Our homes are generally much warmer than they were 20 years ago. That has direct benefits in comfort and health. Although housing...

World Trade and the Environment (11 Dec 1996)

Mr James Clappison: ...largest donor to the global environment facility—a project that helps developing countries and other countries in transition to meet their obligations under the biodiversity convention and the climate change convention. The hon. Member for Deptford mentioned Singapore and made a number of false points in her speech. At the beginning, she seemed to be attacking free trade; she went...

Sustainable Development (4 Dec 1996)

Mr James Clappison: ..., she would do well to look at her party's draft manifesto, which does not mention it at all. Apparently her party's leadership does not consider it a subject worth contemplating. I come next to climate change, an important Rio subject on which my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk touched—drought, floods, changes in sea level and consequent economic and social changes. The...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment: Global Warming (19 Nov 1996)

Mr James Clappison: The hon. Gentleman will know that the estimates to which I referred are supported by the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Hadley centre. It is important for us to work on the basis of the best scientific advice, which in this case is also accepted by other developed countries that have signed up to the climate change convention. As the hon. Gentleman may also...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment: Global Warming (19 Nov 1996)

Mr James Clappison: ...that unlike many other developed economies, such as the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada and most of the European Union, this country is on course to comply with the targets it agreed in the climate change convention. We are now setting challenging targets for the future to protect our climate.

Opposition Day: Water Metering (9 Jul 1996)

Mr James Clappison: .... Friend the Secretary of State made clear—the hon. Gentleman himself said that he was particularly concerned about poorer families—the Liberal Democrats' policy would lead to arbitrary changes, especially for people in the lower band. As the Consumers Association said: Many low-income families could experience a considerable increase in their bills with this switch. That is...

Opposition Day: Water Metering (9 Jul 1996)

Mr James Clappison: ...single issue of water conservation, just as we are committed on all the other great international and national issues. It seems, however, that the Labour party has no interest in, and no policy on, climate change, biodiversity, air quality, forestry or any of the other important national and international obligations that we have taken on and are fulfilling. The longer the hon. Member for...

Orders of the Day — Energy Conservation Bill (10 May 1996)

Mr James Clappison: ...the position of someone who has scientific experience. He knows of the important linkages between energy conservation and environmental benefits, and he is familiar with the important issues of climate change and emissions. It is important to make the straightforward linkage, which the hon. Member for Nottingham, South made, between energy conservation and the environment, and between...