Results 1-9 of 9 for climate change speaker:Charles Clarke

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Charles Clarke: ...Queen's Speech is political, but whether its politics are right. This legislative programme comes at the end of a Parliament elected in 2005, during which enormous and in many ways unpredictable changes have occurred in our national life. Some, such as the deep challenge from climate change and the reality of an ageing population, are now understood more widely and more deeply than they...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism (15 Feb 2006)

Charles Clarke: ...already and I want to make progress. The reason we made a manifesto commitment and why we think glorification should be dealt with as I propose is that people who glorify terrorism help to create a climate in which terrorism is regarded as somehow acceptable. They help to persuade impressionable members of their audiences that they have a moral duty to kill innocent people in pursuit of...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Terrorism Bill (9 Jan 2006)

Charles Clarke: ...so he will consult widely and will report within a year of commencement of the new Act. The high commissioner is concerned about Clauses 1 and 2 of the Bill. The Government have made a number of changes to these clauses during the Bill's parliamentary passage and given indications of further planned changes. These include imposing an intent test, with subjective recklessness, in Clause 1...

Written Answers — Home Department: Timber (24 Nov 2005)

Charles Clarke: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 160W by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment to the hon. member for Lewes (Norman Baker).

Written Answers — Home Department: Carbon Management Programme (16 Nov 2005)

Charles Clarke: The Department has no current plans to join the Carbon Trust CMP, it will be considered as further work on energy efficiency and climate change impacts, in response to the estate management targets of the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate, is taken forward. The Energy White Paper and the Framework for Sustainable Development on the Government Estate set targets...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Justice and Police Bill: Criminal Justice and Police Bill (14 Mar 2001)

Mr Charles Clarke: ...of the previous Government—that we have not moved as energetically as we should to improve police practices in the areas that we are discussing. We have moved relatively energetically to change the law. The right hon. Lady said earlier from a sedentary position that the new clause reflects an amendment that was moved in relation to other legislation. I acknowledge that and there is...

Public Bill Committee: Criminal Justice and Police Bill: Clause 70 - Arrestable offences (7 Mar 2001)

Mr Charles Clarke: ...priority to issues of prostitution by, for the first time ever, allocating resources—grants from the crime reduction programme—to deal with them. Straying into clause 71, the current climate on issues of pornography and children is changing—rightly so, and we are keen to encourage that. We think that such provisions should come into effect as soon as possible. So while...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (14 Dec 1999)

Mr Charles Clarke: ...law. Hon. Members from both sides of the House have spoken on that subject, and no doubt it will be fully debated, but the Government believe that it is an effective, positive and progressive change to give the judiciary power to deal with these matters. Finally, I turn to the question of incitement and overseas activity, mentioned by several of my right hon. and hon. Friends. First, I...

Orders of the Day — Bank of England Bill (11 Nov 1997)

Mr Charles Clarke: ...of the wider economic picture. I share what my right hon. Friend the shadow Chancellor described as the Conservative belief in the virtues of low inflation. I believe that creating in the UK a climate of permanently low inflation is a very desirable objective, and that it would be a big change in our culture. I do not believe, however, that hitting an inflation target should override...