Results 1-20 of 35 for climate change speaker:William Hague

European Affairs (16 Jun 2009) has video

William Hague: ...regulatory impact assessments; a vice-president of the Commission with specific responsibility for better regulation; greater sensitivity to small businesses; a start to tackling the challenge of climate change, and so on.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Climate Change (10 Mar 2009)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2009, Official Report, columns 855-6W, on climate change, which new posts for (a) locally-engaged and (b) UK-based staff have been created in each of his Department's priority countries for the Government's objectives on climate change.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Climate Change (14 Jan 2009)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional (a) personnel and (b) financial resources his Department has allocated to addressing climate change in accordance with the undertaking given in the Written Ministerial Statement of 23 January 2008, Official Report, column 52WS, on the New Strategic Framework.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Climate Change (14 Jan 2009)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, on climate change, (1) whether there will be any change to (a) resources and (b) personnel devoted to the Climate Change and Energy programme in his Department in light of the creation of a Department for Energy and Climate Change; (2) where each of the 73 locally-engaged...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change and Energy Programme (12 Jan 2009)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department is contributing (a) resources and (b) personnel to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Climate Change and Energy Programme; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Finance (12 Jan 2009)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's budget is for financial years (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (18 Dec 2008)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what role his Department will have in the promotion of UK climate change and energy objectives overseas; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — International Development: Afghanistan: Climate Change (16 Dec 2008)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) objectives, (b) proposed timescale and (c) estimated costs are of his Department's proposed climate change assessment for Afghanistan.

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

William Hague: ...be necessary...The dispute between us concerns not substance, but timing."—[ Official Report, 25 March 2008; Vol. 474, c. 52.] Since the Government now speak of "tasks completed" and "fundamental change" in our mission in Iraq, and are happy to see it announced in the press that the major deployment of British troops will come to an end in June, it must surely be time for them to...

European Affairs (9 Dec 2008) has video

William Hague: ...first place. Ending the opt-out would have a devastating effect on businesses trying to ride the recession, and particularly on the national health service. The Foreign Secretary rightly mentioned climate change; European countries can be proud that they have taken a lead on the issue, but now is not the time to fall back. We must continue to lead by example. At this week's summit, we urge...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (26 Nov 2008)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what additional (a) personal and (b) financial resources his Department has allocated to addressing climate change in accordance with the undertaking given in the Written Ministerial Statement on 23 January 2008, Official Report, column 52 WS, on the new Strategic Framework.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Reorganisation (13 Nov 2008)

William Hague: ..., columns 52-3WS, on the new strategic framework, what (a) resources and (b) numbers of staff within his Department are currently assigned to (i) counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation, (ii) climate change and (iii) reform of international institutions.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Imports (4 Nov 2008)

William Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much (a) oil and (b) gas was imported in 2007, broken down by country of origin; and what percentage of the total was imported from each country.

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

William Hague: ...usefully draw here in the future. Now that the Irish people have been consulted and have delivered their verdict, the truth is that the political preoccupation of this week's European Council has changed, important as it is that the other subjects that the Foreign Secretary has mentioned must be discussed. It ought to be a time for a clear lead from the British Government on that subject....

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill: European Union (Amendment) Bill — [12th Allotted Day] (11 Mar 2008) has video

William Hague: My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. The six words on climate change, which involved no new procedures and powers, were debated for several hours under the Government's procedural motion, which meant that some five minutes were spent on each letter. The 13 pages on justice and home affairs, however, had the same amount of time for debate, which worked out at 45 seconds per line. My hon....

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

William Hague: ...tonight, the performance of their leader might be part of the analysis of that difference. Even if we bend over backwards to accommodate that view, however, by no stretch of the imagination do the changes made between the two documents turn the man-like constitution into the mouse-like treaty of Lisbon. Compared with the constitution, the Lisbon treaty contains some improvements, such as...

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6): Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7) (26 Feb 2008)

William Hague: ...reached some quite far-reaching decisions". If people do not listen to the previous Foreign Secretary, I hope that they will at least listen to the current one, who said that the EU's agreements on climate change "have done more to show the relevance of the European Union than any amount of institutional tinkering", and I fully agree with him on that.

BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE (LISBON TREATY) (No. 6): Treaty of Lisbon (No. 7) (26 Feb 2008)

William Hague: ...would carry on rather well, as I think the hon. Gentleman is suggesting. If the EU was faced with the situation that he describes, it would force it to concentrate on the great issues, including climate change, rather than on the permanent process of institutional tinkering—and by signing the treaty, the Government are opening the door to that permanent process.

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No. 4): Treaty of Lisbon (No. 5) — [5th allotted day] (20 Feb 2008)

William Hague: ...reach any agreement on it. I recommend that the Council take the advice of the Labour party's illustrious former Foreign Secretaries and concentrate on reaching practical agreement rather than on changing the rules. In fact, the present Foreign Secretary has said that the EU's actions on climate change have done more to show the relevance of the EU than any amount of institutional...

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (28 Jan 2008)

William Hague: ...specified in paragraph (A). 3 hours after commencement 14 (A) Motion—'That this House approves the Government's policy towards the Treaty of Lisbon in respect of provisions concerning climate change.' 3 hours after commencement (B) Committee on the Bill—any selected amendments to Clause 2 relating to climate change, remaining amendments to Clause 2 and the Question,...