Results 1-20 of 35 for climate change speaker:Ian McCartney

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Industrial Diseases: Compensation (4 Feb 2009)

Ian McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many claims for compensation for respiratory disease brought under the Coal Health Compensation Scheme have been settled under the fast track procedure (a) by way of expedited payment and (b) under the live optional risk scheme since 1 January 2004 in which Avalon Solicitors, Warrington, have been the claimant's...

Banking Services (Small Businesses) (22 Oct 2008)

Ian McCartney: ...proportionately greater costs for energy than some businesses on the continent. It is not an anti-European point, but perhaps my hon. Friend, with the help of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, will consider Ofgem's lack of effectiveness as regulator in properly looking after the interests of the small business community, as well as general consumers, given that the cost...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Power Stations: Peterhead (25 Jun 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...on a power generation facility. This will contribute to the UK's emission reduction targets while also demonstrating the technology to an international audience in support of the Government's wider climate change objectives. Since publication of the Energy White Paper BP has announced its withdrawal from the Peterhead project. We are aware that several other companies remain interested in...

Kirsty Jones (21 Jun 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...) for requesting this debate on behalf of his constituents. It follows a meeting in March 2006, requested by the hon. Gentleman, which was attended by my predecessor, the current Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Mrs. Jones and Dyfed-Powys police, but which, sadly, the hon. Gentleman could not attend. I am grateful to have been afforded the opportunity to express my sincere...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Japan: Nuclear Power (4 Jun 2007)

Ian McCartney: .... She did not discuss civil nuclear power during her visit. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary had bilaterals with Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki, Foreign Minister Aso, and Prime Minister Abe's climate change advisor Koike. She also had lunch with leading Japanese opinion formers, including politicians and representatives from the private sector, and gave a key-note speech at a climate...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Australia: Climate Change (21 May 2007)

Ian McCartney: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary discussed climate change and greenhouse gas emissions with Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer at the first Australia/UK Ministerial Meeting held at Lancaster House on 18 December 2006. We continue to have regular dialogue with Australia on climate change issues. Most recently, Sir Nicholas Stern spoke about climate change with Australian...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Canada (15 May 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...Friend the Foreign Secretary met the Canadian high commissioner informally at the Lord Mayor's Easter banquet reception on 18 April, where they discussed a range of international issues including climate change, recent developments in Canada, UN and Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Climate, Energy and Security (1 May 2007)

Ian McCartney: Without support from all the permanent members of the Security Council the debate on climate, energy and security could not have taken place. There was some procedural opposition, based upon perceptions of the role of the Security Council versus the General Assembly, but there is growing international acceptance of the relationship between climate, energy and security, as shown by China's...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: China: Air Pollution (28 Feb 2007)

Ian McCartney: The Government regularly discuss climate change and wider environmental issues with Chinese counterparts. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary raised UK-China partnership on climate change, the EU-China near-zero emissions coal project and EU-China co-operation on renewable energy and energy efficiency with Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in the margins of the UK-China Prime Ministerial...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Burundi: Human Rights (26 Feb 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...arrests of several journalists and civil society figures. We continue to raise our concerns with the Burundian Government and call on them to promote and protect human rights and put an end to the climate of impunity. But there are signs of positive change. The remaining rebel group, the Forces Nationales de Libération, responsible for many human rights abuses, finally signed a...

Written Ministerial Statements — Trade and Industry: EU Competitiveness Council in Brussels (23 Feb 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...for the second half of 2006. The presidency updated the Council on progress in negotiation of the shareholder rights directive. Lunch Over lunch, there was a discussion of "Competitiveness, Climate Change, and Secure Energy Supplies—a Coherent Approach". The lunch was attended by Gunter Verheugen, Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry, and Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Indonesia (19 Feb 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...session of the UK-Indonesia Partnership Forum on 31 January 2007. The Ministers discussed strategic co-operation on counter-terrorism, good governance and a range of international issues including climate change and UN reform. The establishment of the Partnership Forum builds on the success of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister's visit to Indonesia in March 2006 and is a sign of the...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — East Asia (1 Feb 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...UK business in areas such as intellectual property rights enforcement, local customs and tax arrangements. I underlined the importance that the UK Government attach to sustainable development and climate change in my meetings with Ministers in China—I shall deal with that later in more detail—and I was able to facilitate the sharing of experiences in those areas, and to stress...

Uk Relations (Australia/New Zealand) (30 Jan 2007)

Ian McCartney: ...work to address the specific fraud problems faced by Pacific island countries. I have proposed co-operation between the UK, Australia and other international partners to address the unique climate and energy-related challenges that are faced by small island Pacific states. As a result of the visit, I have asked Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials and British high commissioners in the...

Uk Relations (Australia/New Zealand) (30 Jan 2007)

Ian McCartney: The hon. Gentleman asks a good question and I give him the assurance that he seeks. A lot of work is done and many exchanges take place—and not just political exchanges, but exchanges between officials in Departments. When I was at the Department for Work and Pensions, dealing with pensions, labour market access and training issues, I had a close working relationship with the Australian...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Zimbabwe (Refugees) (8 Jan 2007)

Ian McCartney: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him by my hon. Friend the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, then Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs on 28 February 2006, Official Report, column 636W. It is clear that, as the situation in Zimbabwe declines, the exodus of Zimbabweans into the region continues. It is increasingly a cause of concern for...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Indonesia (8 Jan 2007)

Ian McCartney: .... Most recently, on 8 December our ambassador in Jakarta met the Indonesian Minister of Forestry to discuss the Stern Review and reinforce the importance that the UK places on the issue of climate change and the forestry land use changes which contribute to climate change. We are also in contact with the local office of the Association of South East Asian Nations on this issue, to discuss...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Energy (14 Dec 2006)

Ian McCartney: ...UK policy. Testament to the effective work we have done on this agenda were two important outcomes from informal European Council in October at Lahti: to link European policy on energy security and climate change more closely together so that the EU pursues an integrated policy; and a greater coherence among EU member states than there has been in the past on external energy security...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Energy (14 Dec 2006)

Ian McCartney: The UK's objectives are to follow up on the agreement made by heads of the EU at Lahti to use EU external energy policy to deliver broader climate and energy security objectives. The strategic decisions we will take on energy in the next few months are an opportunity for the EU to deliver a future with a secure climate and secure energy. We aim to encourage EU leadership in tackling the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kyoto Protocol (19 Oct 2006)

Ian McCartney: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) leads the Government's work on climate change and has responsibility for ensuring the UK meets its Kyoto target. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), and its network of posts, supports DEFRA. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary's role is to promote the Government's objective to move to a low carbon global economy. A...