Results 1-11 of 11 for climate change speaker:Margaret Hodge

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: World Heritage Sites: Climate Change (15 Jul 2008)

Margaret Hodge: In accordance with UNESCO's adopted recommendations on climate change at its 2006 World Heritage Committee in Vilnius (WHC-06/30.COM/7.1), UK World Heritage Site Steering Groups are considering the effects of climate change when reviewing their management plans. Management plans are reviewed every five years.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Climate Change (21 Apr 2008)

Margaret Hodge: This Department is taking account of climate change in developing our strategic policy on the historic environment. English Heritage, the Government's strategic advisor on the historic environment, held a climate change summit in January at which I gave a keynote speech. Heritage professionals were also present at DCMS' seminar on climate change in January and are working with DEFRA on the...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Historic Buildings: Sustainable Development (21 Apr 2008)

Margaret Hodge: ...and are available on English Heritage's website at: www.english-heritage.org.uk Additional guides on low carbon systems will be published this year. English Heritage is launching a new website Climate Change and Your Home in June 2008 to provide information about how traditional buildings are likely to respond to climate change and provide advice on how any necessary adaptations, including...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Consultants (5 Feb 2008)

Margaret Hodge: ...report Deloitte DCMS transformation programme 126,000 Project ongoing Brian McMaster Review of excellence in the arts 30,000 Published on DCMS website University College London Scoping study into climate change 8,000 Project ongoing

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Departmental Research (5 Feb 2008)

Margaret Hodge: ... 47,000 World Heritage site status 29,000 Impact of Licensing Act on Live Music follow up survey 97,000 Olympics Legacy market research 147,000 NDPB Working Together survey 5,000 Climate change impacts on our sectors 5,000 Taking Part Scoping Study 20,000 Voluntary arts sector 45,000 (1) US$. Some of the research was carried out in collaboration with other...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Climate Change (8 Jan 2008)

Margaret Hodge: holding answer 6 December 2007 My Department is carrying out a project to identify potential climate change impacts on our sectors. We started this work last June, in advance of the Climate Change Bill. We recognised that over the longer-term climate change may impose significant costs and challenges for the preservation of the country's historic environment, the design of new buildings and...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Energy Efficient Products (23 Jan 2007)

Margaret Hodge: ...efficiency measures each year. The commitment has succeeded in transforming the market for wet and refrigeration appliances and led to significant increases in sales of efficient condensing boilers. The 2006 climate change programme signalled our intention to seek a further increase of 50-100 per cent. in the target for the next phase of EEC in 2008 to 2010. Recent revisions to building...

Ge Lights (19 Dec 2006)

Margaret Hodge: .... We have a range of growth teams and sector councils, and I attended the electronics council not so long ago. Indeed, the future of light bulbs was, interestingly enough, part of our agenda. We were discussing climate change and how greater energy efficiency could be achieved by having long-life light bulbs. So there is support given by the Government there. We also spent about £30...

UK Car Component Manufacturing (25 Oct 2006)

Margaret Hodge: ...we set up to provide direct advice to industrial companies; hence the enhanced capital allowances scheme, which means that companies can claim 100 per cent. first-year allowances; and hence the climate change programme, which a number of hon. Members mentioned. Transport infrastructure and logistics are key. We are discussing them with Toyota and a feasibility study is being undertaken...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 77 — Documents to be incorporated in or accompany copies of articles issued by company (19 Oct 2006)

Margaret Hodge: ...also rightly attracted the attention of a much wider constituency. The Bill is significant for the culture it seeks to promote on corporate accountability. Our company law needed to reflect the new climate of corporate social responsibility. The importance of the issue to companies and citizens was reflected in the thousands of representations to MPs, and in the time that we spent on...

Written Answers — Education and Skills: Climate Change Levy (11 Mar 2002)

Mrs Margaret Hodge: holding answer 4 March 2002 Our assessment is that for a school that must pay the climate change levy (CCL), the increase in fuel costs in the financial year 2001–02 due to the levy was of the order of 10 per cent. Not all schools have to pay the CCL. Those schools which are eligible to pay the lower rate of VAT on fuel of 5 per cent. are exempt from the levy. Electricity sourced from...