Results 1-20 of 36 for climate change speaker:Stephen Ladyman

Orders of the Day: New Clause 7 — Disposal of hazardous material (30 Apr 2008) has video

Stephen Ladyman: ...with the nuclear programme would be a condition of the Liberal Democrats' involvement in a future Government. He has also said, in effect, that were they to get into power, they would tear up the Climate Change Act, because it will require us to commit to ways of reducing our carbon emissions, and that will almost certainly involve a Labour Government—or, perish the thought, a...

Public Bill Committee: Energy Bill: Clause 17 (26 Feb 2008)

Stephen Ladyman: ...that it will become a profitable business. It is a good business, we want people to be in that business, but nuclear energy has an equally important role in reducing carbon dioxide and fighting climate change. However, just as people in that industry need to be responsible for their liability, so do those responsible for carbon capture and storage. I want to see an even playing field for...

Public Bill Committee: Energy Bill: Clause 18 (26 Feb 2008)

Stephen Ladyman: ...had been phrased in a distinct way, I could understand it. My position and that of my hon. Friend the Minister is that we see nuclear energy as having a positive and benign role in fighting climate change. So, in those circumstances, the two chapters should be written on a more even keel.

Public Bill Committee: Energy Bill: Written evidence to be reported to the House (5 Feb 2008)

Stephen Ladyman: I shall start by commenting on the idea that—I am paraphrasing Mr. Northcote—the fight against climate change is one of trajectory and that the effort put in to develop technologies, such as CCS, up to 2020 will allow us to make that trajectory up to 2050. However, that is exactly the argument that you used to reject nuclear power, which cannot make a contribution up to 2020 and,...

Public Bill Committee: Energy Bill (5 Feb 2008)

Stephen Ladyman: If in the Climate Change Bill there is a 60 per cent. carbon target—or possibly an 80 per cent. target, if those people who are pressing for  it get their way—is there any way that that could be delivered without a significant nuclear component? If that is the case, do the legislation and the market point us in the direction of delivering that target?

Orders of the Day: Energy Bill (22 Jan 2008) has video

Stephen Ladyman: ...stations will be available until 2018 is valid, and the argument advanced by my hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test (Dr. Whitehead) was also well made. However, my point would be that the Climate Change Bill already requires us to make 60 per cent. cuts in carbon emissions by 2050. That is a huge target, yet we are all getting letters from environmental groups saying that that is...

Orders of the Day: Energy Bill (22 Jan 2008) has video

Stephen Ladyman: ...what we think about carbon, not what we think about nuclear power. If we believe that putting carbon into the atmosphere is the most serious threat that we face today—because of its impact on climate change or its creation of respiratory diseases around the world—we have to prioritise energy sources that can remove carbon or are low-carbon. We should not rule anything out; we...

Orders of the Day: Energy Bill (22 Jan 2008) has video

Stephen Ladyman: ...;n (Albert Owen); I shall send my hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Challen) a copy of the article from The Washington Post. It makes it clear that Patrick Moore does believe that climate change is man-made.

Orders of the Day: Energy Bill (22 Jan 2008) has video

Stephen Ladyman: No, I cannot. I accept that that was a disaster, but compare it with the WHO's estimates of how many people die every year as a result of carbon being put into the atmosphere. I am not talking about climate change, but about respiratory diseases related to carbon. Three million people die from them every year, but colleagues in the House are telling me that it is green to oppose a technology...

Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Nuclear Power (17 Jan 2008) has video

Stephen Ladyman: It is possible that zero-carbon nuclear energy might one day save the world from climate change; hot air from the Liberal Democrats certainly never will. After the proposals in the excellent energy White Paper are passed, nuclear power will have to internalise the cost of decommissioning power stations and waste, as it should. However, as I understand it, those rules will not apply to energy...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Biofuels (15 Mar 2007)

Stephen Ladyman: ...(RTFO) to promote the development and use of those biofuels which offer the greatest environmental benefits. The use of wastes, including plant wastes, has the potential to offer significant climate change and sustainability benefits. We are seeking views on the ways in which we might incentivise the environmental benefits of biofuels as part of our consultation on the RTFO, copies of...

Maritime Sector (Liverpool) (13 Mar 2007)

Stephen Ladyman: ...comments about how we link our ports and airports into the strategic network, as well as other decisions that the Government are committed to making on the planning regime and how we respond to the Stern report on climate change.

Written Answers — Transport: Bridges: Thames Gateway (2 Mar 2007)

Stephen Ladyman: In reaching decisions on funding the Thames Gateway bridge, the climate change implications were one of the factors considered. The conclusions of the Stern review do not have any significant impact on the scheme's value for money.

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (22 Feb 2007)

Stephen Ladyman: ...of both Houses. The consultation closes on 17 May 2007. The RTFO will require that 5 per cent. of all UK road transport fuel comes from a renewable source by 2010 in order to help meet our climate change objectives. The energy review and climate change programme review in 2006 committed the Government to consulting on the details of the scheme in early 2007. The consultation seeks views...

Written Answers — Transport: Railway Network: Climate Change (19 Feb 2007)

Stephen Ladyman: A Department for Transport (DfT) report in 2004 entitled "The Changing Climate: Impact on the Department for Transport" examined the impact of climate change on transport, including increased summer temperatures causing network disruption through rail buckling and structural failures. This is available on the DfT website. The performance of the rail network, including its resilience to hot...

Written Answers — Transport: M6 (15 Jan 2007)

Stephen Ladyman: ...costs of measures proposed nor the most cost-effective and practical savings across the whole of the economy. However, many of the policies identified in the report were considered as part of the Climate Change Programme Review, some of which are now being taken forward, such as the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation. The proposed M6 widening scheme will be assessed—as with all...

Opposition Day — [1(st) Allotted Day]: Transport Strategy (5 Dec 2006)

Stephen Ladyman: ...analysis, and I agree with him that the Eddington report should be considered in the context of the Stern report. However, he overlooked the fact that the Government have been responsible for major innovations on climate change and transport. The renewable transport fuel obligation, for example, leads the world. He seemed to distinguish between the effects on climate change that result...

Written Answers — Transport: Rail Infrastructure (13 Sep 2006)

Stephen Ladyman: In 2004, the Department for Transport commissioned a study into the impact of climate change across all transport modes(1) including rail. This work was informed by a climate adaptation study sponsored by the Rail Safety and Standards Board in 2003(2). More recently, DEFRA published a case study considering the potential impact of climate change on the rail sector(3). In addition to these...

Written Answers — Transport: Biofuel Production (27 Jun 2006)

Stephen Ladyman: The Government are committed to promoting the use of biofuels for road transport as part of our wider programme to combat climate change. The Government's main support is currently in the form of a 20 pence per litre fuel duty incentive, which has stimulated a growing market in the UK, including new UK production facilities. The Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), which we announced...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Transport Grant and Advice Programmes (7 Jun 2006)

Stephen Ladyman: ...4,000 drivers in fuel efficient driving techniques, provide for another 400 fuel efficiency reviews and increase dissemination of advice in the van sector similar to that for truckers. Analysis in the climate change programme review showed investment in this initiative is effective and offers value for money. I will refocus support for workplace travel planning, to work more effectively...