Results 1-14 of 14 for climate change speaker:John Hayes

Orders of the Day: Clause 2 — Sales: supplemental (23 Jun 2008) has video

John Hayes: ...and conditions of student loans). Such amendments to the loan regulations would have effect in relation to sold and unsold loans. The intention of the amendment is to reduce the uncertainty about changes which the Secretary of State could make to the terms and conditions of the loans." The question of certainty—to whom, and about what—is of great importance when considering the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Taskforce (21 Mar 2007)

John Hayes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how vacancies on his climate change taskforce were advertised; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Climate Change (8 Jan 2007)

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research projects related to the impact on climate change of energy have been funded by his Department in 2005-06; and at what cost.

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (18 Dec 2006)

John Hayes: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the revenue has been from the (a) public and (b) private sector from the climate change levy.

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Climate Change Levy (27 Feb 2006)

John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what was the cost to her Department of the climate change levy in 2004–05.

Fisheries (7 Dec 2005)

John Hayes: ...and, we hope, for good—but it may be too late. Some species may have gone beyond the point of recovery. The effects of industrial fishing may have been so profound as permanently to change the ecology of the seas that have been fished so ruthlessly. I know that there are other factors. Climate change, warmer waters and the movement of fish stocks have to be taken into consideration,...

Fisheries (7 Dec 2005)

John Hayes: ...and Buchan was right to compare the modernity of the Spanish fleet with that of ours. However, those points have already been made. We look to a new sort of politics and a new era. The political climate is changing. We may be on the cusp of something exciting with the advent of my hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) as leader of the Conservative party. In that spirit, we need...

Sustainable Development (7 Jul 2005)

John Hayes: Indeed. The Minister has waxed lyrical on that subject, but we need action. It is extraordinary that our oceans are depleted in that way. There are technological changes, closed areas and all kinds of environmentally sustainable means by which we can deal with that beyond the crude instruments of quotas and throwbacks, which are alarming to the public and ineffective in achieving their...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: European Union (8 Sep 2003)

Mr John Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the working groups in the European Communities which relate to climate change.

Fisheries (16 Jan 2003)

Mr John Hayes: ...the Government will not. Serious questions remain for the Minister to answer. Did the Commission use the most recent data, or are the suggestions that cod are still around but have moved north for climatic reasons accurate? Will the Government veto the convention proposal that there should be an integrated maritime agency to cover a maritime approach to such matters and to monitor fish?...

Common Fisheries Policy (21 Nov 2002)

Mr John Hayes: ...Tweed (Mr. Beith), who said that the decline in fish stocks is at least as much to do with the other threats to fish such as toxins and industrial fishing as with fishing for human consumption. The change in climate, for example, has driven cod further north into the North sea. The Minister was aware of those arguments but dismissed the intervention that pointed out the facts. The Minister...

Common Fisheries Policy (21 Nov 2002)

Mr John Hayes: ...of Boston—they are largely cockle fishermen—and he will know that, in particular, they face environmental problems in the Wash and that those stocks have been affected by toxins and climatic change. He has taken up those matters with the vigour for which he has already become renowned since being elected. We should follow the example of those countries that have had the courage...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation: Amendment of the Law (21 Mar 2000)

Mr John Hayes: ...was also an announcement on e-commerce and investment in high-tech industries and information technology. We should consider that in parallel with the attack on IT skills that was the result of the IR35 changes. The Budget states its aim: To encourage firms to take up the challenge to get online, the Chancellor announced … that firms would be eligible for discounts for electronic...

Horticulture (20 Jan 1999)

Mr John Hayes: ...and it is easier for their industries to start up, to survive and to export. Spanish producers of apples, strawberries and cauliflowers are nibbling away at the edge of our market because of their climatic advantage and putting our producers under enormous pressure. Some say that the answer is to opt for niche market specialism, but that makes producers more fragile. Relying on a targeted...