Results 1-14 of 14 for climate change speaker:Mike Hancock

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Mike Hancock: ...case not just now but traditionally. The hon. Member for Spelthorne (Mr. Wilshire) said that we cannot alter 70 years of one sort of mentality and 200 years of tsarist rule in just 18 years of a change of mood in a country. The changes that we want to see will never happen quickly in the emerging states of the former Soviet Union, and that is particularly true of Russia, the largest and...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (21 Apr 2009)

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much each contractor appointed under the Warm Front scheme has received under the scheme in each of the last three financial years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Lost Property (25 Mar 2009)

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether officials in his Department who have lost laptops that were the property of his Department in the last 12 months have been charged the full value of replacement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions (21 May 2008)

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what timetable he has set for announcing the strategy to reduce UK carbon emissions to the levels proposed in the Climate Change Bill; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Export Credits Guarantee Department: Environment Protection (7 May 2008)

Mike Hancock: ...takes of (a) the social and environmental impacts of proposed projects, (b) the domestic policies of the partner government and (c) the partner government's international commitments on (i) climate change, (ii) biodiversity and (iii) sustainable development when determining its commitment to projects; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Export Credits Guarantee Department (6 May 2008)

Mike Hancock: ...his Department has in place to monitor the extent to which support for carbon-intensive projects provided by the Export Credits Guarantee Department is consistent with Government policy on climate change.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Coastal Areas: Hampshire (19 Jun 2007)

Mike Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the likely effects of climate change on coastal areas of Hampshire in (a) 2020, (b) 2050 and (c) 2080; and if she will make a statement.

Orders of the Day — Children Bill [Lords]: New Clause 17 — Payments to foster parents (2 Nov 2004)

Mr Mike Hancock: ...There was never great enthusiasm, mainly because too many social services directors thought that they knew best and held children's homes as a solution to the problem. It has taken a generation to change that. I am delighted that the director of social services for Portsmouth city council, Mr. Rob Hutchinson, has been actively involved in much of the work that we are discussing. It is to...

Overstretch (Armed Forces) (29 Oct 2002)

Mr Mike Hancock: ...short. We should ask why that is the case. I do not believe that there are soft answers; these are serious issues and, as the hon. Member for Falkirk, West (Mr. Joyce) said, we are competing in a changed world with a new economic climate. In many instances, the competitive opportunities for many of the men and women whom we would like to recruit to the armed forces far outweigh what we...

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (2 Jul 2002)

Mr Mike Hancock: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) private sector and (b) public sector enterprises are eligible to pay the climate change levy in the Portsmouth, South constituency; and if he will make a statement.

Territorial Army (18 May 1998)

Mr Mike Hancock: ...their numbers have fallen by nearly 100 since 1988. We must all accept, as the Secretary of State and the right hon. Member for North-West Hampshire (Sir G. Young) have pointed out, that there is a changing climate. We Liberals are no different; we recognise the changing climate, the peace dividend and the fact that the TA and other reserve forces cannot stand back from the realities of...

Orders of the Day — Local Government Finance Bill: Meaning of Local Authorities Expenditure (21 Jan 1987)

Mr Mike Hancock: .... Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on Government amendment No. 58. This set of Government amendments gives the Secretary of State enormous powers. I believe that local government is worried about the proposed change. The Bill as it stands allows the Secretary of State to exempt items from the expenditure of a local authority, if he wishes. These provisions allow him to add items, if he wishes. Many...

Autumn Statement (6 Dec 1984)

Mr Mike Hancock: ...two or three years ago are now being reduced until they are virtually non-existent. The real irony of what has happened over the past couple of days on education grants must be spelled out. The changes announced yesterday do nothing to counter the impression that the Government's education policy has no direction and no strategy other than to be penny-pinching. There is not the slightest...

Prayers: Higher Education (26 Oct 1984)

Mr Mike Hancock: ...the debate, not least because in my constituency I have Portsmouth polytechnic, the largest single public sector institute in higher education. There is no doubt that the debate takes place in a climate of depression and pessimism that is almost entirely of the Government's making. It is difficult to believe that there can ever have been a Government who have talked so much about planning...