Results 1-20 of 73 for climate change speaker:Geoff Hoon

Written Answers — Transport: London-Scotland High-speed Rail Link (14 May 2009)

Geoff Hoon: My noble Friend the Minister of State for Transport, Lord Adonis, last met the Scottish Executive Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth, and Transport Scotland officials on 24 April 2009, to discuss high speed rail.

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Delivering a Sustainable Transport System (Consultation) (28 Apr 2009)

Geoff Hoon: ...of both Houses, and are available on the Department's website (www.dft.gsi.gov.uk). There were over 500 responses to the consultation. The great majority supported economic growth and tackling climate change as the most important challenges, with over half identifying climate change as the single most important challenge to be addressed. There was also support for the approach to...

Written Answers — Transport: Performing Arts (26 Mar 2009)

Geoff Hoon: ...-party suppliers contracted to deliver marketing and education products or staff training. Examples include the use of performers by the central Department for THINK! Road Safety and Act On CO2 climate change commercials for radio, television and cinema as well as press, poster and online material. The Driving Standards Agency and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency have used performers...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (10 Mar 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...of the East London line to Clapham Junction. Transport for London has committed to completing the new line by 2012. Last week, along with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, I announced that the independent Environment Agency will police the EU emissions trading scheme, which, by capping net carbon dioxide emissions from aviation, will cut carbon...

Written Answers — Transport: Transport: Snow and Ice (11 Feb 2009)

Geoff Hoon: ...owners and operators such as Network Rail and Local Highways Authorities. DfT contributes guidance and support wherever possible through, for example, publications such as 'Maintaining Pavements: A Changing Climate' and 'Sustainable Roads' and the Highways Agency's strategy for the strategic road network. The Highway's Agency has devised a strategy for adapting the strategic road network...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...by 2050, and the commitment that increases in capacity at Heathrow, beyond the additional 125,000 movements a year already agreed, will only be approved after a review in 2020 by the Committee on Climate Change of whether the UK is on track to meet this independently monitored target; notes that development at Heathrow will be conditional both on requirements that the size of the 57...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...further expansion beyond that which was permitted would require a new process by which any new slots would be made available. That process would depend critically on the views of the Committee on Climate Change, which would have to report to the Government, and therefore indirectly to the House, that we were on track—that is, that we were taking the right decisions—to meet our...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ..., airlines have consistently substituted shorter routes for long-distance ones. Therefore, I cannot give the hon. Gentleman the guarantee that he seeks; all I can guarantee is that there will be no change without expansion. I turn now to the question of climate change, which various hon. Friends have mentioned. I recognise that Heathrow does not raise only local environmental issues: quite...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...out very clearly the basis of the decision on night flights in the decision that I announced to the House, and I have indicated to the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) that there is no change in that basis. The fact remains that this country faces a fundamental choice: we can follow the Conservative party's approach, which would duck the most difficult decisions, slash...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Midland Main Line (27 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: I had not planned to do so specifically, not least because, for all the reasons mentioned so far this afternoon, electrification is generally reckoned to have positive climate change benefits. The proposed electrification would reduce the amount of carbon emitted, and, while it is true that only about 1 per cent. of carbon generated by public transport is emitted by railways in the first...

Business of the House: Transport Infrastructure (15 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...proposals. Sir David Rowlands will chair the company in the interim. I see a strong case for this new line approaching London via a Heathrow international hub station on the Great Western line, to provide a direct four-way interchange between the airport, the new north-south line, existing Great Western rail services and Crossrail, into the heart of London. My intention is that by the end...

Business of the House: Transport Infrastructure (15 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...the conditions set out on environmental grounds. That is what I sought to do in my statement. As for the position beyond 2020, we have made it clear that we will seek guidance from the Committee on Climate Change, which will construct the methodology by which we satisfy that 2050 obligation, and that we will ensure that any extra capacity is subject to the tests that I have outlined. As...

Business of the House: Transport Infrastructure (15 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...observations, and for the representations that he has made on these issues. It is clearly important that, in presenting arguments for expansion as I have done today, we recognise the significant climate change implications not just for aviation but for all transport. That is why I have set out a clear path forward that will allow the Climate Change Committee to present its proposals for...

Business of the House: Transport Infrastructure (15 Jan 2009) has video

Geoff Hoon: That will be something for the Climate Change Committee to determine, but I am absolutely confident that we can satisfy the commitments that we have made generally on carbon change within a regime involving aviation. We are not simply saying that aviation will get a free ride, or that it can go on expanding at the expense of other parts of our economy. There will be a determined effort, both...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Bus Service Operators Group (16 Dec 2008)

Geoff Hoon: The Chancellor's pre-Budget report on 24 November announced that, following consultation earlier this year, the Government will be introducing changes to the Department for Transport's Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) to incentivise the use of low-carbon buses and buses with smartcard and global positioning systems and that we would also be challenging the industry to improve its fuel...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: King Review (Government Response) (26 Nov 2008)

Geoff Hoon: ...all contribute to reducing carbon emissions from cars. The response document describes how Government are taking forward Professor King's recommendations as part of our wider mission to tackle the climate change impacts of the transport sector. Professor King's report provides grounds for optimism that major reductions in road transport emissions can be achieved in ways that are...

Written Ministerial Statements — Northern Ireland: Sustainable Transport System (25 Nov 2008)

Geoff Hoon: ...for the remaining networks. Transport is a critical enabler for the economy and underpins many of the things we regard as important for our quality of life, but we are also committed to addressing climate change both now and for future generations. A copy of the document has been placed in the Libraries of both Houses. I am also announcing today that I am bringing forward over £l...

Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008) has video

Geoff Hoon: The right hon. Gentleman is a good European. He argues strongly for a European solution to climate change as well as for international agreement, and that is the way in which we will solve the problem that he has set out We will solve it by adopting a consistent approach to aviation and shipping across Europe and internationally.

Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008) has video

Geoff Hoon: ...Kingdom over the next 30 years. It offered a measured and balanced approach to the question of forecast growth, while dealing with the impact of aviation on our environment, including its effect on climate change. After careful consideration, the Government decided to support the provision of just two new runways in the south-east, for which the overall case was strongest, and we also...

Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008)

Geoff Hoon: ...I look forward to what she has to say. The arguments against increasing capacity at Heathrow involve the impact on our environment. Some argue that capping capacity at Heathrow will somehow cap the climate change impact. It is clear, for all the reasons I have set out, that if there is not sufficient capacity at Heathrow, the reality is that more and more flights will simply move east to...