Results 1-20 of 32 for climate change speaker:Charles Kennedy

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Charles Kennedy: ...this year, I was able to introduce a private Member's Bill on this subject. I can see that by fortuitous coincidence the Minister who was involved, the Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Kidney), has just arrived on the Treasury Bench. The Bill was probably not going to make much headway, but we were able to discuss the broader issues...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Charles Kennedy: What recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the international development aspects of the forthcoming Copenhagen climate change summit; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video

Charles Kennedy: ...Secretary of State for that reply. Does he agree, however, that it is important that developed countries, including our European counterparts, show sensitivity to the developing world as regards climate change implications from the vantage point of the developed world? As such, will he stress to them his personal support—and, I hope, that of the Government more widely—for the...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Heating: Fuels (16 Oct 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans further regulation of the heating fuels sector; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Prices (14 Sep 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effects of the conditions imposed by domestic energy suppliers on customers on social tariffs on their ability to change supplier; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (14 Sep 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the number of households designated as being in fuel poverty which use (a) heating oil, (b) liquefied petroleum gas, (c) mains gas and (d) other systems of heating; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Heating: Fuels (9 Sep 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to assist domestic users of heating fuels to replace existing heating systems with renewable alternatives; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Insulation: Housing (9 Sep 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the level of uptake of home insulation programmes delivered through commercial energy suppliers; and if he will make a statement.

Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill (3 Jul 2009) has video

Charles Kennedy: ...Member for East Surrey has been dealing with in regard to his Bill. He was talking about having dealt with three Ministers. I have had some dealings with the Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the hon. Member for Stafford (Mr. Kidney), and I have been equally impressed by the dealings I have had with the civil servants involved. However, anyone listening in might have...

Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill (3 Jul 2009) has video

Charles Kennedy: There are advantages to having a constituency that is an awfully long way away—it provides a very useful excuse at times. My Bill aims to help the United Kingdom to meet its targets under the Climate Change Act 2008, and to help to craft an adequate energy policy to ensure that the UK becomes a genuinely long-term low-carbon economy. Its main purpose is to require the Government to...

Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill (3 Jul 2009) has video

Charles Kennedy: ...to my hon. Friend for that intervention. What he says about timing and readiness is very apposite; one of the reasons for introducing the Bill is that we are now at a key moment in deciding climate and energy policies for our country. Decisions made now will determine our success—or, for that matter, our failure—in becoming a low-carbon economy over the next few decades. Why do...

Industrial Carbon Emissions (Targets) Bill (3 Jul 2009) has video

Charles Kennedy: It is certainly no wish of mine to scaremonger, but in the context of what was said by the Committee on Climate Change, there are real worries ahead unless we move things further forward—which, obviously, is the aim of my Bill. The Government hope that the new plants will be fully fitted with CCS by 2025, but they do not propose a firm guarantee. If the technology is proven by 2020,...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: Heating (7 May 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many renewable heating products have been accredited by Ofgem under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target programme.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: Heating (6 May 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what timescale Ofgem requires to assess the suitability of renewable heating products for funding through the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target programme; and what the (a) maximum and (b) minimum time taken between an initial application to Ofgem and the successful accreditation of a new product has been.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy: Heating (6 May 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what procedures Ofgem uses to assess the suitability of renewable heating products for funding through programmes associated with the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Housing: Carbon Emissions (10 Mar 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has awarded under Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Buildings programme to (a) charitable sector organisations and (b) each public sector department and body.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Housing: Carbon Emissions (4 Mar 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has awarded under Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Buildings programme in each quarter since it was established.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Housing: Carbon Emissions (4 Mar 2009)

Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has awarded to microgeneration of heat and electricity projects under Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Buildings programme, broken down by specific technologies supported.

Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Dioxide Emissions (22 Jan 2009) has video

Charles Kennedy: ...Secretary of State for his courtesy in choosing to reply as well as for the content of his reply, and then move quickly on. Will the Government be building the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change into the consultation on carbon capture and storage, and would he or his colleagues and officials be willing to meet me—along with, perhaps, the non-governmental...

G8 (11 Jul 2005)

Charles Kennedy: ..., it is significant—indeed, it reflects the balance of the package that emerged from Gleneagles—that the section of the Prime Minister's statement devoted to the all-important issue of climate change was significantly shorter than the sections devoted to other headline matters discussed at the G8. Does he agree—he has more than alluded to this point this...