Results 1-20 of 38 for climate change speaker:Ian Gibson

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Mineral Resources: International Cooperation (18 May 2009)

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the Government's strategy for preservation of global mineral resources.

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Honey Bee Health (29 Apr 2009)

Ian Gibson: ...never get involved in funding decisions. Such decisions are made by a few men—I say men because only the odd woman is involved, but the Equality Bill should sort that out. There should be a real change in the way in which research councils operate and engage with people. I am talking about not just getting the money and making decisions, but involving the people who tell them about...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Parliament: Energy Conservation (30 Mar 2009)

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will hold discussions with the authorities of (a) the House of Commons and (b) the House of Lords on measures to reduce energy loss from the Parliamentary estate.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Consumption (25 Mar 2009)

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to encourage energy companies to curtail consumer demand for electricity.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Sequestration (23 Mar 2009)

Ian Gibson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the development of carbon capture and storage technologies.

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Rose Report (10 Feb 2009)

Ian Gibson: ...full of television programmes and so on, and we need to reflect that much more in every school. On the theme of human, social and environmental understanding, how can children avoid hearing about climate change these days? They have heard of it and they think they can see it in individual events. That is arguable, but they need to know what the arguments are. What are we trying to do with...

Royal Assent: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

Ian Gibson: ...down at the local level. The university of East Anglia is famous for its creative writing department, with Malcolm Bradbury, Ian McEwan—the names go on and on. It has the Tyndall centre for climate change research, which is a world leader in that field. An organisation called Carbon Reduction, or C-Red, is interacting with industry to help and advise it. The university interacts with...

Points of Order: Summer Adjournment (22 Jul 2008) has video

Ian Gibson: ...fascinates people and, when I am being mischievous, which happens rarely, I say, "Well, dualling is fine, but in California, it would have five lanes by now." However, I dread that thought, with climate change so high on the agenda. Other people say that we can always use the trains. Some of us have been fighting the train route from Norwich to London for years. It is unreliable and...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Food Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

Ian Gibson: ...John Beddington. At a GovNet sustainable development UK conference in Westminster, at which the Secretary of State spoke, Professor John Beddington said quite clearly: "There is progress on climate change. But out there is another major problem. It is very hard to imagine how we can see a world growing enough crops to produce renewable energy and at the same time meet the enormous increase...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

Ian Gibson: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that the Government's chief scientific adviser, Professor Beddington, has said that the global rush to grow biofuels was compounding the problem of climate change and that cutting down rain forest to produce biofuel crops was "profoundly stupid"?

Bee Industry (17 Jun 2008)

Ian Gibson: ...is full of classic amateurs. I do not mean the House of Commons, of course—I am so sweet—but this country. It has many classic amateurs, and they do a great job. The UK and the USA also have climatic and environmental differences, so we have to do our bit, however modest, to help deal with a global problem. Another element resulting from the structure of UK beekeeping is that...

Orders of the Day: Clause 4 — Prohibitions in connection with genetic material not of human origin (19 May 2008) has video

Ian Gibson: ...are fallible—they are not always on the right lines—but gosh, if the world did not have science we would not have the medical cures that we have, or, indeed, any understanding of climate change, about which many Members spout without knowing much about the science.

Private Business: Broads Authority Bill (By Order) (7 May 2008) has video

Ian Gibson: ...think that the broads will be there for at least 50 years. That commitment was made in a debate yesterday. The broads will not be salinated or deliberately flooded. Of course, we have no idea what climate change will do to them; we cannot greatly control that, but we will make attempts to do so. We have to think about how we will organise the waterways in the next 50 years. We do not...

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Flood Defences (Norfolk) (6 May 2008)

Ian Gibson: ...to bother about that in our lifetimes, but it will certainly be a problem in the longer term. Much has been said about the science, and scientists are very good at getting information. I believe in climate change. I know that Lord Lawson does not, but who cares? The effects of climate change are there to be seen. The university of East Anglia has a distinguished department of environmental...

Waste Recycling (6 Feb 2008)

Ian Gibson: ...and others—to try to handle these problems. This is a growing field with lots to learn and lots being done, and I shall amplify that point. Of course, the key issue is the effect of waste on climate change. Most countries now accept that reducing carbon dioxide emissions is absolutely important to people's welfare not only in the next few years but now and very much in the future....

Waste Recycling (6 Feb 2008)

Ian Gibson: ...profit-making organisation—none of those individuals is a millionaire—and there are no shares. That is not a Northern Rock situation, because NEWS was just a group of people who believed in climate change, and that leadership, á la Alex Ferguson, is important. When people have a desire to make something happen, they sit down, go through all the problems and manage to get...

Waste Recycling (6 Feb 2008)

Ian Gibson: ...state. I am not too worried about being part of a nanny state if it brings about the saving of the planet and all the advantages that go with the new recycling policy. The concern about the environment and climate change justifies all the efforts that we put in, be they successful or not. We must not allow this opportunity to improve our recycling record to go to waste.

Estimates, 2007-08: Department of Trade and Industry (9 Jul 2007)

Ian Gibson: ...says: "You would have to fly on a commercial aircraft every day for 18,000 years before your chances of being in a crash exceeded 50 per cent." Let us not mention the effect that that would have on climate change; that is another issue. That quotation brings the subject into perspective. She goes on to raise many other points. I have made the point that the question of how one goes about...

Plant Science and Climate Change (24 Apr 2007)

Ian Gibson: It is a pleasure to talk tonight about plant science and climate change because, in some ways, climate change has become the media story of the decade. Although there is a tendency to overblow some of the claims of what might happen, most of us accept that things will happen and that they are beginning to happen. I want to address that. We see the effects of climate change all around us. In a...

[Sir John Butterfill in the Chair] — Heritage (25 Jan 2007)

Ian Gibson: ...in Norwich. A few pounds invested in a building can lead to homes, schools and cafés being developed—at times it is almost like Paris. We have the same situation in Norwich Lanes, where small changes are happening. There is a sense of identity, and people are interested in trying to develop the area. Norwich guildhall dates from the early 1400s. It is the largest mediaeval city...