Results 1-7 of 7 for climate change speaker:Patrick Hall
- Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video
Patrick Hall: The hon. Gentleman just answered my question, but perhaps he will reflect on the fact that he is saying that politicians should do the job of the expert committee on climate change. Does he not think that the expert committee should be allowed to do its job?
- Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video
Patrick Hall: In view of the time limit, I shall confine my remarks to some of the matters raised by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee regarding the draft Climate Change Bill and the Government's response. I welcome the all-party agreement of the Committee, on which I serve, on the principal purpose of the Bill: to enshrine national carbon emission reduction targets in law. We will be the...
- Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video
Patrick Hall: ...starting in autumn 2008. Binding limits will be set for each five-year period and three consecutive periods may be examined at one time. The draft Bill included a requirement that the committee on climate change should make an annual report to Parliament on the progress being made. That provision was very welcome and supported by the Select Committee. The Committee also supported five-year...
- Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video
Patrick Hall: ...but there is no time. However, the important point is that we must make sure, when each Bill is introduced and goes through its stages in the House, that the scrutiny includes remembering that the Climate Change Bill seeks to overarch all of that. We will not deliver on climate change unless those Bills and other measures succeed in addressing the concerns in detail. Clearly, I support the...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change Bill (25 Oct 2007) has video
Patrick Hall: On that very theme, my right hon. Friend will know that one of the key messages in the Stern review is that we must take strong early action to tackle climate change. As others have pointed out, because carbon dioxide lasts for about 100 or so years in the atmosphere, we must take early action to stop its accumulation, not just aim for a lower emission target in the future. Does my right hon....
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (24 Oct 2007) has video
Patrick Hall: ...hon. Friend accept that a growing body of informed scientific opinion suggests that this target is perhaps insufficiently ambitious, and will he agree to review this matter in the context of the climate change Bill?
- Climate Change (22 Nov 2005)
Patrick Hall: Does my hon. Friend agree that no country will take these issues seriously unless the whole world is convinced that it is possible to combine economic growth with tackling climate change? Although we must not be complacent, it should be borne in mind that during the period in which we reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 12.5 per cent., the UK economy grew by well over 30 per cent. That...