Results 1-20 of 58 for climate change speaker:John Hutton

Topical Debate: Defence Policy (30 Oct 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...anything other than progress is being made in Iraq. The national security strategy was intended to set out the threats that we face as a country, ranging from terrorism and weapons proliferation to climate change and energy security. Of course, they are not fixed in one location or region, nor are they easily predicted, but what we can say with certainty is that the UK must develop...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...through the Winter Fuel Payment and through securing major financial commitments from energy supply companies; notes the Government's support for microgeneration; recognises that the Energy, Climate Change and Planning Bills will provide a legislative framework that is fit for purpose in changing market conditions and that supports the Government's policy objectives; believes that the...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...to highlight some of the confusions that characterise his party's policy on energy. The Government have taken the necessary decisions to help secure our country's energy future, not ducked them, on climate change, nuclear power and shaking up our planning system, as I said, so that we can get on and make the important changes that need to be made. The Government have made the right...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

John Hutton: ..., our efforts are focused on three principal issues. First, we must ensure the greatest degree of energy security and independence for the United Kingdom. Secondly, we must address the threat of climate change. Thirdly, we must do all that we can to mitigate the impact on consumers of the rising cost of energy. I shall deal first with the issue of energy security. As we all know, global...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...'s comments about the Saudis, it is quite wrong to characterise the discussions with them as pandering; that does not do him any justice at all. As I said, we need to create the right investment climate for UK energy infrastructure, which is rightly our No. 1 priority. Billions of pounds have been invested in new gas storage, which the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton mentioned, and new...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...about that. I do not think that he takes into account the new economics of energy in the world, the high—probably sustainedly high—prices of fossil fuels, and the necessity of action on climate change and the impact of a carbon pricing mechanism such as the emissions trading scheme. All those changes have opened up a space in which new nuclear facilities can operate, which is...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...Interruption.] This is the only part of my speech that I am actually enjoying, so I hope that she will let me finish it. Those who oppose the Planning Bill put our country's energy security and our climate change objectives at direct risk. Investors need predictability. We are in a fiercely competitive global market for new nuclear and I want to ensure that investors see the UK as the best...

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Energy Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...energy security. Generators will want to continue to have the flexibility that fossil fuels provide to cope with peaking demands, and they can have that flexibility while meeting our international climate change obligations. As we all know, emissions are capped by the EU emissions trading scheme—not an emissions cap on individual technologies, because that is not necessary, but a cap...

Written Ministerial Statements — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: UK Renewable Energy Strategy (26 Jun 2008)

John Hutton: ...EU target to achieve 20 per cent. of all Europe's energy from renewable sources in 2020. Increasing renewable energy is a key element of our strategy for delivering our two key goals of tackling climate change and ensuring that the UK has a secure supply of affordable energy. Measures set out in the 2007 Energy White Paper will already triple our use of renewables from 1.5 per cent....

Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (18 Mar 2008)

John Hutton: ...deploy, and the figures will have to be put in the public domain and we will consult on them. However, it is important to recognise that the significant challenges that we face as a country include climate change, which must be dealt with sensibly and proportionately. For example, it would not make sense for us to say that we can make progress on climate change only if we scrap all the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Nuclear Power (28 Feb 2008)

John Hutton: ...power generation in this country for all the reasons that we set out in the nuclear White Paper, about which I made a statement to the House a few weeks ago. The economics of nuclear power has changed dramatically because of the science of climate change and the introduction of carbon pricing. It would be stupid to deny the United Kingdom and future generations of citizens in the UK the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Nuclear Power (28 Feb 2008)

John Hutton: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that suggestion—let me consider that point. I hope that we all agree that carbon dioxide is a serious pollutant. It is changing the climate of our planet and it is imperative to get on with tackling the problem of climate change. I strongly believe, on the basis of science and economics, that nuclear power can play a large role in helping us meet the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: EU Energy Council (25 Feb 2008)

John Hutton: ...the third internal energy market package; approval of draft conclusions on the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan) before adoption at the European spring Council; and a policy debate on the climate change and energy legislative package. The item on the internal energy market will focus on the Commission's third package of proposed legislation to improve the functioning of the...

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2) — (2nd Allotted Day) (30 Jan 2008) has video

John Hutton: ...Treaty of Lisbon in respect of provisions concerning energy. It is a great pleasure to introduce this important debate about energy. That is, of course, its theme. The twin challenges of tackling climate change and energy security are perhaps two of the biggest challenges that this generation of European politicians and leaders must resolve. If we are to succeed in resolving them, we will...

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2) — (2nd Allotted Day) (30 Jan 2008)

John Hutton: ...in the treaty as being of anything other than a positive benefit to the UK and the EU as a whole, unless opposition to this article is being used as a proxy by those who do not believe in tackling climate change or who want us to get out of the EU altogether. People will form their own opinion about that. In the move to a separate article, the treaty confirms the role of QMV, and its...

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2) — (2nd Allotted Day) (30 Jan 2008)

John Hutton: .... That is not the world that we live in. We must tackle the problem of the fuel poor, and we are developing measures to that end, but there is nothing in the Lisbon treaty to impede progress on climate change or energy security—far from it, in fact. Moreover, the treaty builds the concept of sustainable development into the EU's legal architecture for the first time. Such policies...

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2) — (2nd Allotted Day) (30 Jan 2008)

John Hutton: ...pre-combustion, oxy fuel, coal and gas—that could begin to make a significant difference. Taking CCS out of the equation would cause a problem on a global scale when it comes to dealing with climate change. Estimates made by the International Energy Agency, the Stern review and others show that as much as a third of our total global carbon mitigation strategy will depend on CCS...

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2) — (2nd Allotted Day) (30 Jan 2008)

John Hutton: ...country—run by the Conservatives, the Scottish National party and even my own party—have presented a brick wall to renewables schemes. There is no place for nimbyism when it comes to climate change, but there has been far too much of it.

Points of Order: Treaty of Lisbon (No. 2) — (2nd Allotted Day) (30 Jan 2008)

John Hutton: Yes, there is. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Development is taking that work forward. The EU is taking forward a climate change partnership project with China. We have to make sure that all of us in the European Union make the maximum contribution to all the challenges, which essentially involve technology, but also include finance, the exchange of intellectual...

Written Ministerial Statements — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Renewable Energy (23 Jan 2008)

John Hutton: ...member state is required to achieve a 10 per cent. share for renewable energy in road transport fuels, so long as sustainability conditions are met. Several other important proposals to meet EU climate and energy objectives have also been published today: there are also proposals for the future of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS); member state targets for greenhouse gas emissions; and...