Results 1-20 of 96 for climate change speaker:David Drew

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Emissions: Buildings (23 Nov 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether energy companies may count interest free loans which they provide for the greening of community buildings against their carbon emission reduction targets.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (12 Nov 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the evidential basis is for the estimates made of average carbon dioxide emissions reductions under the Warm Front scheme; whether arrangements are made for the external audit of such estimates; and what the (a) estimated and (b) actual reductions were in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Natural Gas (10 Nov 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will assess the merits of potential substitutes for natural gas supplies for (a) domestic and (b) industrial consumption in the UK.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Housing (9 Nov 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what change in average Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) ratings of (a) all and (b) new-build housing stock in England has been achieved in each SAP band A to G in each year since 2005; what assessment he has made of how the actual energy rating of new-build houses corresponds with that predicted by their developers; what...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Hydrogen (9 Nov 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the merits of underground storage of hydrogen fuel cells.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

David Drew: Climate change affects us all, because the greatest change in Africa now is mass migration, which is not happening just within Africa, but will affect the entire western world. Does my hon. Friend agree with that?

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

David Drew: ...the worst aspects of flooding? It has been disappointing to see the low take-up of measures introduced for that purpose. Government must pay attention to that, because flooding is key feature of climate change.

Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Mitigation (Developing Countries) (5 Nov 2009) has video

David Drew: What steps he is taking to reach an international agreement on climate change, with particular reference to helping developing countries introduce carbon mitigation measures.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Green Hydrogen (5 Nov 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on the use of green hydrogen as an alternative to natural gas.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers (21 Jul 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what discussions he has had with his special adviser on feed-in tariffs as part of his Department's new Climate Change Strategy; (2) how many meetings in his Department his special adviser on feed-in tariffs has attended since appointment.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Gloucestershire Energy Strategy (21 Jul 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made in implementing the Gloucestershire Energy Strategy; and what recent discussions his Department has had with those responsible for the strategy.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Insulation: Housing (21 Jul 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funding is available to local authorities for programmes for loft insulation (a) in (i) private and (ii) public residential housing and (b) for community buildings.

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

David Drew: ...of the statutory sector, in which local authorities are key. We have various performance indicators, which I hope can be addressed. I welcome the fact that almost all local authorities now include climate change in the targets they are willing to address, and I would hope that they would include child poverty as something that everybody wants to eradicate, but if we do not target resources...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Berkeley Power Station (15 Jul 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has for the future use of the former nuclear laboratories site at Berkeley; and when he expects the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to present proposals for that future use.

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

David Drew: What recent representations he has received from those living in rural areas on the effects on their living conditions of climate change; and if he will make a statement.

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

David Drew: Two years ago my county was under water, which sadly is a harbinger of what climate change will probably bring. What guarantees can the Government give that we will get appropriate measures—those that we have already spoken about—and that those measures will be applied in rural areas, where we have a disproportionately high number of older people living in older property that is...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Council Tax (7 Jul 2009) has video

David Drew: ...offer council tax discounts for householders and businesses that have introduced energy-efficiency measures and microgeneration? In one fell swoop, that would deal more quickly with the problems of climate change than anything else that could be done.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (2 Jul 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential effect of measures in the Marine and Coastal Access Bill on (a) tidal stream technology and (b) off-shore wind power generation.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: River Severn: Tidal Power (25 Jun 2009)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how the review of tidal energy in the River Severn plans to take into account the views of people resident beside the river.