Results 1-10 of 10 for climate change speaker:Edward Leigh

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Edward Leigh: ...perhaps, not be averse to such a punishment occasionally being dealt out to senior mandarins. While I am following a French theme, hon. Members may be aware that my views on the malevolent economic climate recently led one of our national newspapers to compare me with a great historical figure. Unfortunately, that figure was Marie Antoinette. I am therefore relieved that the word...

Public Accounts (12 Mar 2009) has video

Edward Leigh: ...of £140,000 a year and their salaries can go up to £220,000 a year, and many civil servants earn far more than that because they are on bonus-related schemes. The whole culture of Whitehall is changing, and perhaps the traditional way of doing things—that civil servants are never sacked—has to be thought about again by the Government, but it is for them to make up...

Point of Order: Public Accounts (23 Oct 2008) has video

Edward Leigh: ...if projects are to end on the right side of the dividing line between successful delivery and disaster. Departments need to display strong financial management if they are to withstand the slings and arrows of changing economic conditions and deliver cost-effective public services. They need the requisite finance skills, commercial acumen, the right information and leaders who emphasise...

House of Commons Members' Fund (Custodian Trustee): Public Accounts (23 Oct 2007)

Edward Leigh: ...;I know that many senior staff read the Hansard reports—but we will in future be prepared to do that more often. Our 27th report, snappily entitled "Delivering successful IT-enabled business change", identified essential ingredients that help projects to avoid ending up on the rocks. Clear and resolute leadership is critical, as is strong budget management and having the internal...

The Economy (12 Mar 1993)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...1960s and the 1970s we continued to sit at the bottom of the EC output and productivity growth leagues. As my hon. Friend the Member for Stamford and Spalding (Mr. Davies) reminded us, we had to change things. No one else seemed to want or dared to tackle vested interests, but we were prepared to do so. From the early 1980s, the Government have rejected the easy road of inaction and...

The Economy (12 Mar 1993)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...businesses were operating in the United Kingdom than in 1979. British business has shown every confidence in our policies, just as we have had every confidence in its ability to respond. As the climate for business in Britain became more attractive, business overseas started to notice the remarkable and radical changes that we had made and came here in droves. [Interruption.] It is all...

Prayers: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (13 Nov 1992)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...who spoke in the debate agreed that small firms are a crucial source of new ideas, products and services. They extend consumer choice and provide industry with the flexibility needed to adapt to changing market conditions. They stimulate competition and help individuals to realise personal ambitions. From among their ranks will appear some of the bigger names of tomorrow. If not always...

Orders of the Day — Export and Investment Guarantees Bill (22 Jan 1991)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...up from below, to meet the competitive challenge facing the industry and because of the legal position facing our exporters. During the past 10 years, the Government have transformed the economic climate for our exporters. We in this Department are determined to ensure that the demands of society are met by the business environment. We have made that business environment possible by...

Orders of the Day — Defence Estimates: Second Day's Debate (20 Oct 1988)

Mr Edward Leigh: ...are rushing towards is the belief that recent developments in the Soviet Union, glasnost and perestroika—those expressions that have a cosy Slavic ring about them—have fundamentally changed the ball game when it comes to defence policy. When I listen to the Labour party I am reminded of a story that I was told recently in Lincoln cathedral of the rabbi and the poor man. The...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation: Amendment of the Law (18 Mar 1986)

Mr Edward Leigh: .... The Chancellor has today reasserted his commitment to what The Times yesterday called stability in the large numbers, designed to vanquish inflation and foster growth combined with supply side changes designed to stimulate industry's response to the changed economic climate. The crucial question facing the Chancellor is how far the Budget will advance us down the road to popular...