Results 1-15 of 15 for climate change speaker:Brian Iddon

Public Analysts Service (2 Jun 2009)

Brian Iddon: ...security is high on the political agenda at the moment. Population increases, and the consequent increases in prosperity and demand for food and energy, pose a huge problem in a world faced with climate change and global warming. However, we must not take our eye off the safety of our increasingly global food supplies. A succession of food scares before this Government came to power in...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Investigating the Oceans (2 Apr 2009)

Brian Iddon: ...10 per cent. of the sea has been explored and, unbelievably, only about 5 per cent. of the species in the ocean have been identified. The Government have recognised the importance of the sea in the Climate Change Act 2008 and the Marine and Coastal Access Bill, which is before Parliament. Carbon dioxide emissions are considered to be the major cause of global warming. Although I recognise...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Combined Heat and Power: Oils (3 Mar 2009)

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to encourage the use of combined heat and power generated from cooking oil recycled by means of gravity separation and filtration techniques; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Recycling: Oils (23 Feb 2009)

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to encourage the recycling of used cooking oil to produce carbon-neutral electricity.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Recycling: Oils (12 Feb 2009)

Brian Iddon: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to encourage the production of renewable fuels from recycled cooking oil using gravity separation and filtration techniques; and if he will make a statement.

Business of the House: Employment, Universities and Skills and Housing (8 Dec 2008) has video

Brian Iddon: ...setting up another Select Committee. But we have just set up regional Select Committees, and we have set up another departmental Select Committee in the shape of the Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change. I favour a separate Department for Energy and Climate Change, but the work of Members has increased, and I cannot see why such an excuse was used last year when it was decided not...

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — Organic Food (16 Oct 2007)

Brian Iddon: ...years, with those who advocate organic farming condemning so-called conventional farmers for their use of chemicals and their damage to the environment, not realising that conventional farming has changed for the better in recent years. The reality is that the two sides of this polarised debate are closer together than they sometimes think they are. The debate is timely for several...

Estimates, 2007-08: Department of Trade and Industry (9 Jul 2007)

Brian Iddon: ...tuberculosis and malaria; HIV/AIDS; the threat of avian influenza; substance abuse, in which I include alcohol and tobacco; the threat of terrorism and crime in general; the supply of energy; and climate change. These are all examples of policy areas that have required, and will continue to require, a scientific input. The current review of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990...

Points of Order: Marine Environment (19 Apr 2007)

Brian Iddon: ...;there is nothing that we can do about it, as the Royal Society highlights. The only way to reduce the risk is to stop carbon dioxide going into the sea in the first place. As well as arguing about climate change, greenhouse gases and the warming of atmosphere, we must make people realise that carbon dioxide in the sea will ruin it within a century if we do not stop burning fossil fuels....

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Departmental Regulations (19 Apr 2007)

Brian Iddon: ...were clamouring for regulation in the food safety area, which is why the Government set up the Food Standards Agency—and even today, the Conservative party's own leader is clamouring for climate change regulation?

International Development Policy (Science) (17 Mar 2005)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. I have many highly educated Palestinian friends. The education system in Palestine is excellent and would be even better without the closures there. Although changing the culture towards science, engineering and technology in DFID in the UK is important, it is even more important that that change in culture is felt in the country offices. After all,...

Nanotechnology (24 Jun 2004)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...needs. In the latter case, the finer the hole for the fuel injector, the more efficient the car engine will become, with a huge consequent saving in fuel costs, which helps the environment and reduces climate change. Using nanotechnology, however, holes are built up using individual atoms or molecules. The addition of material to a template creates a new type of engineering, called...

Sustainable Energy Act (30 Mar 2004)

Dr Brian Iddon: .... I shall tackle the debate from that angle and stress fuel poverty more than energy efficiency. We have had a mild winter, so we have not seen the alarming headlines of previous winters. Whether climate change will continue to save us from those headlines, none of us can say, but we were lucky this winter and fewer people than usual died from hypothermia. We have been lucky this year, but...

The Scientific Response to Terrorism (18 Mar 2004)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...honorary member of the Committee. Terrorism is undoubtedly one of the greatest threats facing the world today. Our distinguished chief scientific adviser can think of only one greater threat—climate change—as he revealed during his recent visit to the United States. Last week's events in Madrid have brought terrorism into sharp focus once again, as, regrettably, do the almost...

Energy: Towards 2050 (20 Jun 2002)

Dr Brian Iddon: ...to shorter construction times. As a chemist, I have always objected to the burning of fossil fuels. That is not only because it produces carbon dioxide, which has become more significant because of climate change, but particularly because our fossil supplies—with the possible exception of gas, but especially coal and oil—are the sources of the chemicals from which we prepare...