Results 1-20 of 21 for climate change speaker:Don Foster

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Political Activities (12 Nov 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 278W, on party conferences, how much the (a) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and (b) Chair of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group spent sending representatives to attend each of the party political conferences in 2009; and whether prior permission was sought from the...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Party Conferences (27 Oct 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Olympic Games 2012 (17 Jun 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Surveys (26 Jan 2009)

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department's central media and communication unit has spent on public surveys since its inception.

[Janet Anderson in the Chair] — DCMS Annual Report (22 Jan 2009)

Don Foster: ...in two hours of sport? May I also ask him to look again at the details of this scheme to see whether research can be conducted into finding out how much of that two hours is taken up with changing time as opposed to physical activity? Currently, changing time is included within the two-hour target, when it should be excluded. We have much work to do to get young people to continue...

Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund: Betting, Gaming and Lotteries (28 Mar 2007)

Don Foster: ...with a vote on the CAP's recommendations without the Joint Committee's views on two specific issues. First, it should consider the impact on the CAP's recommendations of the recent and significant changes in gambling ecology in this country. Secondly, it should consider the concerns that have been expressed not least by the Merits Committee in another place about the remit given to the CAP...

Licensing Act 2003 (12 Jul 2005)

Don Foster: .... It provides a good definition. I shall not read it out but it is in Box 1 and he can read it. Since I have an opportunity to refer to that document, let me consider whether, in this country's climate of binge drinking, the measure that has been passed but not yet implemented will be beneficial. On the police, whom the Under-Secretary mentioned, the document states: "The changes to...

Transport (23 Jun 2003)

Mr Don Foster: ...where environmental and sustainability criteria are lacking. It says: "There are still no official estimates for the cost of congestion nor its impact on economic growth; current policies will fail to provide sufficient cuts in climate change emissions . . . The Department has already taken decisions on the outcome of the first eight multi-modal studies yet the impact of climate change has...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Combined Heat and Power (8 Apr 2003)

Mr Don Foster: ...she plans for micro combined heat and power in achieving carbon savings up to 2010; (2) what role she plans for micro combined heat and power in the achievement of Government objectives in (a) the Climate Change strategy, (b) the fuel poverty strategy and (c) the Energy White Paper, in so far as they relate to her Department; and if she will make a statement; (3) if she will make a...

Written Answers — Transport: Climate Change (12 Mar 2003)

Mr Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment his Department has made of the reports on climate change published by (a) the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and (b) the UK Climate Impacts Programme on the transport sector; (2) what studies his Department has carried out into the effect of climate change on railway infrastructure; (3) if he will make a...

Rural Communities and Transport (26 Jun 2001)

Mr Don Foster: ...is little sign that the Government will do anything to put them into action, or of what the new Department is to do. The Queen's Speech states that the Government are determined about "Tackling climate change and making a reality of sustainable development". As has been implied, however, the key issue is the Kyoto protocol, which we understand is to be left in the hands of the Deputy Prime...

Rural Communities and Transport (26 Jun 2001)

Mr Don Foster: ...are being placed in a difficult position by the imposition of housebuilding targets by central Government. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will join me in trying to persuade the Government to change their approach. Local authorities should have a much greater say in setting such targets in their areas. The Government should also consider a variety of other measures. For example, action...

Climate Change Negotiations (27 Nov 2000)

Mr Don Foster: May I join the Deputy Prime Minister in expressing genuine regret at the failure of the Hague talks? What lessons on climate change can he take from the Conservative party, which recently announced its intention to scrap the climate change levy? Will he confirm—

Opposition Day: Fuel Protests (25 Oct 2000)

Mr Don Foster: ...about the Hatfield crash. For the first time in three and half years, the Prime Minister made a major speech on the environment, in which he acknowledged the explicit link between car use and climate change. He talked about the need for co-operation and leadership to press forward the green agenda, and he made it clear that time was not on our side. The Prime Minister's speech shows that...

Orders of the Day — Local Government Bill [Lords]: Local Authority to Decide Whether to Introduce Executive Arrangements (4 Jul 2000)

Mr Don Foster: .... From various measures, it is clear that the Government continue to be a centralising Government. That is best demonstrated by their insistence on imposing on all local councils a requirement to change their decision-making arrangements to one of three models selected by the Government. In response to that challenge from the Government, different proposals have been made from the those...