Results 1-20 of 24 for climate change speaker:Edward Davey

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Edward Davey: ...only because that will reduce the paranoia in Russia on that issue—it was paranoia—but because a sensible approach was not being taken on BMD. We also must engage with the Russians on climate change. Everyone talks about the importance of China with regard to climate change, but Russia, with its massive energy supplies, is equally significant. Other hon. Members have talked...

European Affairs (16 Jun 2009) has video

Edward Davey: ...should take over every aspect of national regulation—of course not, but some issues are clearly supra-national, which is why an organisation such as the European Union is so helpful. Tackling climate change is, as the Foreign Secretary said, absolutely critical. Although we have seen some developments to prepare for Copenhagen under the Czech presidency, I have to say that I have...

European Affairs (16 Jun 2009) has video

Edward Davey: ...only by co-operating with other EU countries; I would have thought that that was self-evident. The European Council is very important. We need to drive home on the economic agenda, and also on the climate change agenda. I hope we can find a way out of the problems that we have got ourselves into over institutional change. I hope we can use this chance to take forward a very positive agenda...

United States of America (10 Feb 2009)

Edward Davey: ...particularly notable that Vice-President Biden made that point in his speech in Munich. It is fantastic to see an Administration who talk so positively about engaging with the rest of the world on climate change and who are so concerned about pandemics and how damaging they can be to hundreds of thousands of people, mainly those living in developing countries. The Obama Administration...

Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...and urgency of the matter that the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks rightly discussed, that decision sent the wrong signal to the international community at a key point, when we want to change completely the nature of the debate. The British Government have led on a number of aspects of non-proliferation—particularly research and development into new verification technologies,...

European Affairs (9 Dec 2008) has video

Edward Davey: The right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague) began his remarks by reminding the House that, in the past six months, the world has changed in dramatic and serious ways. He rightly talked about the changes in the economy and the changes in the security debate, particularly after the crisis in South Ossetia. He could have added the election of President-elect Barack Obama, which...

European Affairs (9 Dec 2008) has video

Edward Davey: Yes. The other major issue at the summit is climate change, which has been a critical policy priority for the French presidency. Getting a deal on climate change is critical. I rather regret that the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks devoted only a tiny portion of his 40-minute speech to that critical issue, because in many ways the decision that will be taken this week is potentially...

European Affairs (9 Dec 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...States who is progressive and rational, we should be talking to the Russians in the way that is proposed, to try to persuade them to see their historic destiny in mainstream Europe. That would change the whole dynamics of the security situation around the world. This summit is particularly important because of the background of President-elect Obama and the impact of his relationship with...

Orders of the Day: European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill (20 Jun 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...it will have to conduct a thorough and comprehensive analysis and get through some tricky issues. I am reminded of Sir Nicholas Stern's recent work in looking at the potential costs and benefits of climate change. I refer the hon. Member for Christchurch to that study. The Stern review of climate change had to deal with some difficult risk and probability analysis, using some clever...

Orders of the Day: European Affairs (18 Jun 2008) has video

Edward Davey: .... In their analysis of the problem, both papers argue that the price rises have short-term elements, but they focus on the worrying thing for us all, which is the fact that underlying structural changes are not just evident but strong, and they will demand major changes in how we in this country, and people elsewhere, do things. The volatility of food prices is a phenomenon that has been...

Orders of the Day: European Affairs (18 Jun 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...EU, with or without the Lisbon treaty. We need to move on from institutional rancour and deal with the EU's policy agenda, which is so important for dealing with international crime, terrorism and climate change and for restoring prosperity to the countries of the EU.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Lisbon Treaty (16 Jun 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...and danger, Britain's national interest remains in the European Union, playing a positive role. It is time for the European Union to focus all its energy on the agenda of economic reform, climate change and tackling terrorism. The Foreign Secretary's job now is to ensure that Britain plays that constructive role in Europe so that Europe's benefits become ever clearer to the peoples of Europe.

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — European Commission (12 Jun 2008)

Edward Davey: ...section of the document that talks of a "sustainable Europe". It focuses on environmental issues in what I have described as a work programme. I welcome the increased emphasis on policies to tackle climate change. Although it is part of the Lisbon treaty, the European Commission and the European Union are doing a lot of work outside the treaty. That is one of the most important arguments...

Orders of the Day: Clause 8 — Commencement (5 Mar 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...the first time in a generation to argue the case for Europe. More importantly, it would enable us to set to rest people's concerns about Europe and rebuild the deep coalition for Europe. Whether on climate change or on globalisation, on beating terrorism or on tackling international crime, the arguments for the future role of Europe are as strong as the past arguments for a Europe that has...

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Addition to list of treaties (20 Feb 2008)

Edward Davey: ...1 deals with the United Nations Security Council. When challenged on it, the hon. Member for Rayleigh had absolutely no answer. He must accept that the treaty proposes the most timid, modest, small change that could possibly be made to the relationship between the European Union and the United Nations Security Council. The idea that the British Government or a serious political party...

Orders of the Day: European Union (Amendment) Bill (21 Jan 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...secede from the EU can hardly be said by Eurosceptics to be against the national interest. More positively, a treaty that, for the first time, explicitly makes one of the EU's objectives tackling climate change must be in all our interests. A treaty that makes the EU more accountable and responsive to citizens, voluntary groups and civil society as a whole, with citizens' initiatives and a...

Orders of the Day: European Union (Amendment) Bill (21 Jan 2008) has video

Edward Davey: ...or Union alone with those achievements, but equally, to deny a central role for the EU in our modern day and in our future peace and prosperity is historically illiterate. When we look ahead to climate change, to the fight against terrorism, to defeating internationally organised crime and to meeting the global economic challenges, I frankly find it inconceivable to believe that we would...

Waterloo Station (14 Mar 2007)

Edward Davey: ...why they are so cross. The lack of capacity that produces such overcrowding has been brought to the Minister's attention for some considerable time, and given the pressing macro need— climate change—for more public transport, it seems absurd that the Government have not grasped that major opportunity. As my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable) said, it will...

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill (30 Apr 2002)

Mr Edward Davey: ...treated in the Budget, because it contradicts what the Government have said in the past. In the 2000 Budget, the Government cut employers' national insurance contributions, linking that to the introduction of the climate change levy. They lauded that proposal and said that it would increase employment. When my hon. Friend the Member for Yeovil questioned the Chancellor about it at the...

Single European Currency (15 Jan 2002)

Mr Edward Davey: .... As I sat here listening to today's speeches, it was as if 1 January had not happened. The hon. Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell) referred to it, but he dismissed the convergence and changeover as a trivial matter that was just about filling some ATMs throughout the high streets of continental Europe. It was a significant change, showing what can be achieved practically and the...