Results 1-18 of 18 for climate change speaker:Harry Cohen

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change: Bangladesh (12 Oct 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will seek to place on the agenda of the forthcoming Copenhagen Conference the subject of assistance to Bangladesh to cope with the effects of climate change.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Oil: Prices (16 Sep 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment has been made of the potential effects of a petrol embargo on Iran on the UK economy, with particular reference to oil prices.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Appointments (26 Mar 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility who previously had careers in the banking industry.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: International Renewable Energy Agency (3 Feb 2009)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reasons the Government has not supported the proposal for an International Renewable Energy Agency; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work of the International Energy Agency in the area of renewable energy; and if he will make a statement.

Bills Presented: Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship (14 Jan 2009) has video

Harry Cohen: ...parliamentary verdict on the excursion into Iraq. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in his modest way, called the Iraq war "wrong". It was more than that—it was illegal. The whole idea of regime change is illegal under international law. It was said by very many international jurists and experts that it was illegal. Kofi Annan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the time,...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Nuclear Power Stations (27 Oct 2008)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the potential impact on the price of electricity of proposals by energy companies to build new nuclear power stations.

Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (17 Mar 2008)

Harry Cohen: ...Budget overall, but I shall start by giving my pennyworth on the environmental issues. First, I agree with the Secretary of State that the main tool the Government have is not the Budget but the Climate Change Bill, and I therefore look to him and the Government to agree to including much stronger carbon emission targets in the Bill. Secondly, I welcome the 10 per cent. increase in air...

Orders of the Day: Greater London Authority Bill (12 Dec 2006)

Harry Cohen: ...can ignore it if they wish? That is not good enough. There should be a control over disposal, and I favour a strategic waste management authority for London as a whole, under the Mayor. One of the climate change powers is a duty to try to reduce carbon emissions. That is incredibly important, but just how far does it run? I hope that it runs a long way and that the Bill contains a lot of...

Drought Order (London) (27 Jun 2006)

Harry Cohen: ...argument, however, is that they are not appropriate here in London. His reason is their high energy use; he talks of the plant pumping out 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year, thereby contributing to climate change. Nevertheless, there needs to be investment in future water supplies, so instead he favours effluent re-use. That sounds awful, but it is far less...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (28 Mar 2006)

Harry Cohen: ...wards will have safer neighbourhood teams from the beginning of next month, so I thank him for reducing the wait they would otherwise have had. I am pleased that the Budget contains measures to tackle climate change, including an increase in line with inflation of the climate change levy from April 2007, the introduction of a new zero rate of vehicle excise duty for the small number of...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (28 Mar 2006)

Harry Cohen: The gist of my speech is the measures needed to tackle climate change. At least the Chancellor has moved in the right direction, given the measures that I have already mentioned. It would certainly be a retrograde step if the Conservatives had their way with a so-called voluntary agreement instead of the climate change levy. Aviation tax could be even more important than the levy. Figures...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (28 Mar 2006)

Harry Cohen: ...Finally, there are still great emissions and energy wastage from buildings—in London, for example, as much as from cars. The Government need to address that in their taxation regime. We need to tackle climate change and promote environmental protection. The Budget has made a start, but we need to do more.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (5 Dec 2002)

Mr Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has held with her EU counterparts on proposals to introduce legislation concerning climate change; and if she will make a statement.

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Weapons (India and Pakistan) (31 Jul 1998)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...sheep in Wales are still controlled because of the effects of the Chernobyl accident 12 years ago. The work done on nuclear winter during the cold war proved that it was possible to cause major changes in the world's climate with only a small number of nuclear weapons. Possession of nuclear weapons by any state is a global issue. The greatest threat to the 21st century would be...

Whipps Cross Hospital (21 May 1997)

Mr Harry Cohen: ..., but their recommendations have not always been implemented, and then new consultants are appointed. The trade union talks of "destabilisation" of the work force, which puts the blame on the staff who have left and creates a climate of fear so that employees cannot speak their mind. The hospital staff, to whom I pay tribute for keeping the service going in awful circumstances, have been...

Pensions (Divorce) (1 Nov 1994)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...discretion of the courts, which usually ignore pension rights because they say that they cannot overrule the pension fund trustees or the trust fund rules. That is not right, and the law should be changed in England and Wales. In Germany and other countries, there are different laws. German law explicitly incorporates the idea of community of property within marriage. Assets acquired by...

Orders of the Day — Nuclear Arms Control (13 Jul 1987)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...8212;like certain spiders, like the headlights of cars—they seem to paralyse. We must break that paralysis. That is what the people of the world want. The circumstances and the arguments have changed. In the same article Amis compared his and his father's view—his father representing the outdated Tory notions still prevalent in his House. He states: My father regards nuclear...

Orders of the Day — Local Government (Interim Provisions) Bill: Commencement and Termination of Interim Provisions (9 May 1984)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...proposals, and that is in advance of a major petition that is due to be presented to the House later this month. I suspect that the same situation prevails in the metropolitan councils. The climate can be judged not only by opinion polls and the consultation procedures, but by the local council elections that took place last week. The local government plans of the Government were given...