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Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change: Conferences (12 Nov 2009)

Clive Efford: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the contribution from the Minister of State of 5 November 2009, Official Report, columns 1090-91, on climate change, for what reasons he is seeking an agreement on a reduction of the use of hydroflurocarbons (HFCs) at the Copenhagen climate change summit rather than a ban on HFCs; and if he will make a statement.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Clive Efford: Like many who have spoken today, I think that climate change is the most important issue confronting politicians of our generation, notwithstanding the speech by the right hon. Member for Hitchin and Harpenden (Mr. Lilley). I am not sure whether his point was that climate change is not occurring or, if climate change is not the fault of the activities of human kind, that we should perhaps...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Clive Efford: ...have, the Conservatives will not be in the vanguard of those debates. In fact, people who are concerned about the issue will be alarmed that they have aligned themselves with people who deny that climate change is even a problem. The Conservatives may have concerns about the European Union and this country's association with it, but I would suggest that it is not in this country's best...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Clive Efford: ...out, some large companies, including Unilever, Coca Cola and McDonald's have said that they want to stop using HFCs, so there is already a great deal of interest within the industry in such a change. The major UK supermarkets say the same, but make the point that, in order to make progress, they need a level playing field. This is a highly competitive market, in which the supermarkets are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Council (2 Nov 2009) has video

Clive Efford: ...them alongside dealing with CO2 as part of a Europe-wide agreement. I urge my right hon. Friend to discuss this matter with the Secretaries of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and for Climate Change to ensure that we get Europe-wide agreement on a reduction. I do not expect my right hon. Friend to give a detailed answer on that now, but I do want to draw it to his attention...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Clive Efford: We run the risk of being a generation of politicians that did not make the right decisions to tackle one of the biggest issues confronting us, which is climate change, and to minimise its impact on future generations. May I commend my right hon. Friend for the action that he has taken? He has been the first Head of State to recognise the need for leaders of Governments to attend the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: UK Low Carbon Transition Plan (15 Jul 2009)

Clive Efford: My right hon. Friend will appreciate that the Government have set themselves some challenging targets for reducing CO2 emissions. What role will the Climate Change Committee have in monitoring the progress and success of the substantial measures that he has announced?

Hydrofluorocarbons Limitation (30 Jun 2009) has video

Clive Efford: ...progress that had been made by supermarkets that signed up in 2007 to reducing emissions of HFCs, and the agency asked 11 of the large high street supermarkets what they were doing to reduce the climate change impacts of their refrigeration. The results did not make for encouraging reading. The best-performing supermarket had succeeded in introducing climate-friendly refrigerants in only...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Clive Efford: Almost all the people who contacted me about today's debate believed that it was about climate change and the impact on it that airport expansion has, not just at Heathrow, but in general. However, we are talking about an early-day motion in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Selby (Mr. Grogan) that the Conservatives adopted to entice as many hon. Members as possible to follow them...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Clive Efford: ...this bubble of the House of Commons or elsewhere. The matter should be brought back to the Floor of the House; let us have a vote on it in the near future. That would be a test of our commitment on climate change. We passed the Climate Change Bill, which is now an Act. There is the Committee on Climate Change, and we intend it to consider the measures that we have put in place for airport...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Clive Efford: The hon. Lady will appreciate that many people are concerned about the impact on climate change of the expansion of air transport anywhere. Can she explain to the House the difference between the impact of expanding flights at Heathrow and that of doing so elsewhere?

Business of the House: Transport Infrastructure (15 Jan 2009) has video

Clive Efford: Residents of south-east London will welcome the decision not to proceed with mixed mode, but they and everyone else will also be concerned about the impact of my right hon. Friend's proposals on climate change. Can he clarify the role that the Climate Change Committee will play in overseeing the environmental measures that he has announced? Will it merely comment on those measures, or will it...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Climate Change (3 Jun 2008) has video

Clive Efford: My right hon. Friend will be aware of the contribution that traffic congestion makes to emissions and climate change. May I draw her attention to the fact that we face a problem in south-east London at the Blackwall tunnel every day, and that a three-bridge scheme proposes to deal with it? I understand that the Mayor of London is not going to build the Thames Gateway bridge. Some of us have...

Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video

Clive Efford: The Queen's Speech contains radical proposals on families, climate change, housing and local government. I want to focus on local government and the empowerment of local communities so it is fitting that I follow the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood (Mr. Hurd). I congratulate him on his success in bringing in the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 and on the prospect of its enactment. Many...

Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]: Climate Change (8 May 2007)

Clive Efford: If the Conservatives are facing up to the challenges of climate change, would the hon. Gentleman care to explain why certain Conservative authorities have cut recycling facilities? How many of the recently elected Conservative authorities does he anticipate will make similar cuts, and will he defend their record in future years, after they have made those cuts?

Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]: Climate Change (8 May 2007)

Clive Efford: We are trying to educate the public about how they can play their part in tackling climate change, but does my hon. Friend agree that schools have a very important role? They are educating the adults of the future, so what work is he doing with the Department for Education and Skills to encourage schools to participate more? The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs website has...