Results 1-20 of 47 for climate change speaker:Ruth Kelly

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

Ruth Kelly: ...whether to have a third runway at Heathrow, has had a terrible press in recent months and years, particularly from the green lobby, which has put the case that it is not possible for us to meet our climate change obligations if the number of planes leaving Britain continues to grow. I note that that is the position taken by the hon. Member for Lewes (Norman Baker). If that were true, I...

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

Ruth Kelly: ...for one second. In fact, regional economic growth would be hampered massively if runway capacity at Heathrow were rationed and constrained in future. I am seriously concerned about the impact on climate change.

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

Ruth Kelly: No: I have only a very short space of time to make my case, and I would like to proceed. People who argue on climate change grounds that we should not expand Heathrow miss two essential points. The first is the social value of flying—something to which we all, as individuals, attach enormous importance. Travelling improves our lives. It enables us to visit places and understand cultures...

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

Ruth Kelly: ...a very ambitious solution that will allow aviation to grow sustainably while maintaining our position as a country with an internationally competitive global hub. If there are ways of meeting our climate change goals without rationing aviation capacity, we should seek them out first. The most efficient way of doing that is, of course, through carbon trading. If aviation emissions are...

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

Ruth Kelly: ...inclusion of aviation emissions trading at the International Civil Aviation Organisation and elsewhere. I hope that the new President, President Obama, will hold good to his commitments to tackle climate change, too. Alongside any increase in capacity, we need an overhaul of the regulatory system to put passengers first.

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: New Cars (Emissions Targets) (10 Jul 2008)

Ruth Kelly: ..., more fuel efficient cars. The UK is urging the Commission to adopt a longer term target of 100 grammes of CO2 per kilometre, as part of the Government's wider strategy to address the issue of climate change. This proposal has the potential to deliver a cut in CO2 emissions from new cars of about 40 per cent. over the next 12 years, and by 2020 could reduce the running costs for consumers...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Biofuels (7 Jul 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement on biofuels. There is widespread agreement in the House and the country that we must step up efforts to tackle climate change through dramatic and global cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. One of the most difficult challenges that we face is the use of fossil fuels for transport. Our cars and other forms of transport are the third...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Biofuels (7 Jul 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: ...reason food prices have increased in recent years. Other, more important factors include smaller harvests last year because of droughts, higher fertiliser prices, rising gross domestic products and changing diets in the far east. The Gallagher review concludes that increasing demand for biofuels contributes to rising prices for some commodities, notably oil seeds. However, it says that the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Transport System (1 Jul 2008)

Ruth Kelly: ...phase in our long-term transport planning later this year. This timing is a slight revision from that published in "Towards a Sustainable Transport System" to align better with the timetable in the Climate Change Bill and to ensure the process we develop is robust. In taking this work forward we will also take account of the cross-Government work on developing policies and proposals to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Transport (Greater Manchester) (9 Jun 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his far-sightedness and on not being seduced by the short-term political opportunism of his Front-Bench team. He rightly refers to climate change; indeed, my statement referred to the environment. The only CO2 emission calculations that I am aware of were those produced by the Greater Manchester authorities, which estimated that about 6 per cent. of...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Transport (Greater Manchester) (9 Jun 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: ...transform their local economy and to make Manchester a world-class city. It is right that the Government back those leaders who come up with ambitious plans to support future prosperity, to tackle climate change and to improve the quality of life, and it is important that the Government back that with hard cash.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Climate Change (3 Jun 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: We need to move from a fuel-intensive economy to one that is low carbon. That is why climate change is now one of the five overarching goals of transport policy. It is also why we take account of the cost of carbon when making policy decisions, and why we are looking at many further options for reducing transport emissions.

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Climate Change (3 Jun 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: I know how committed my hon. Friend is to the idea that the UK should play a full role in combating climate change, and I agree. The question for the House is: is combating climate change and reducing carbon dioxide emissions overall, across all sectors of the economy, compatible with the growing aviation sector? I and the Government believe that it is, and we are championing in Europe a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Climate Change (3 Jun 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: I am delighted that the right hon. Gentleman cares so much about my electoral prospects in Bolton, West. I have to think about how we combat climate change in a way that, yes, is compatible with economic growth but that also helps us to cut congestion. He points to the rate of fuel tax and puts that in the context of the carbon cost, but we also have to think about the impact of traffic on...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Climate Change (3 Jun 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: ...on aviation emissions across Europe, counting not only emissions created within the eurozone, but all planes leaving from Europe and arriving in Europe, and will make a substantive contribution to climate change—but, importantly, that, within that, we think about how to create efficiency in aviation. That means encouraging future investment in technology and creating incentives to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Topical Questions (3 Jun 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: ...should aim for at least 60 per cent. domestic reductions in CO2 emissions, if not go further. Indeed, as the hon. Gentleman knows, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has asked the Committee on Climate Change to see whether 60 per cent. is the right number or whether it should perhaps be 80 per cent. However, I do not accept for a moment that every single sector of the UK or the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Airports (Economic Regulation) (22 Apr 2008)

Ruth Kelly: ...potential shortcomings of the current regulatory system. If legislation is required as a result of this work, it would be taken forward in a future legislative session. Therefore we will not make changes to the basis on which the current price caps at Heathrow and Gatwick airports are set. This also applies to the cap which will take effect at Stansted from 1 April 2009. The UK aviation...

Deferred Division: Heathrow (2 Apr 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: ...term, balanced and sustainable aviation strategy as set out in the 2003 White Paper The Future of Air Transport, that its support for emissions trading represents the most effective way of tackling climate change concerns, that the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation is a robust document that is the product of a lengthy period of comprehensive analysis, that the consultation...

Deferred Division: Heathrow (2 Apr 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: ...policy and the case for additional capacity. Secondly, I shall set out the steps that the Government are taking to ensure that we have a sustainable aviation policy, which is compatible with our climate change goals. Thirdly, I want to tackle some of his specific points about the consultation. Let me begin by tackling the hon. Gentleman's claim that we should rule out any further increase...

Deferred Division: Heathrow (2 Apr 2008) has video

Ruth Kelly: I will not give way at the moment. Our analysis shows that a third runway at Heathrow would provide net economic benefits of about £5 billion, even after taking account—full account—of climate change and noise costs.