Chris McCafferty: ...talk a little more about those issues. It has taken a long time for us to recognise that local decisions have a global impact, but it has become impossible to ignore the reality. Humans have always changed and been changed by the natural world, but the prospects for human development now depend on our wisdom in managing that relationship. As my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (John...
Chris McCafferty: Given that the UK is the No. 1 EU donor on reproductive health matters, what is the Government's position at Copenhagen on population pressures in terms of climate change, adaptation and mitigation?
Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has for the future regulation of the industrial energy supply sector.
Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the effects of increases in energy prices on small and medium-sized businesses.
Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with energy suppliers on the effects of increases in energy prices on small and medium-sized businesses.
Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with business representatives on the effects of increases in energy prices on small and medium-sized businesses.
Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average price of energy supply for small and medium-sized businesses in each year since 2004-05.
Chris McCafferty: ...has been celebrated as international women's day. It is celebrated throughout the world at local and national levels. This year, the theme is "Women in Decision-Making: Meeting Challenges, Creating Changes". As the Beijing declaration tells us: "Women's empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of life, including participation in the decision-making...
Chris McCafferty: ...before. With the physics of the greenhouse effect a matter of scientific fact, it is hard to disagree with the overwhelming evidence of climatologists, who say that what we are seeing is man-made change. Wet areas are becoming wetter, dry areas are becoming drier, El Nino and the Asian monsoon are becoming more extreme and more unpredictable. Inevitably, areas already affected by famine...