Results 1-16 of 16 for climate change speaker:Tony McNulty

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: New Deal (16 Mar 2009)

Tony McNulty: ...stage tenders are evaluated based on the optimum combination of quality and price. Phase One FND procurement is now proceeding to a revised schedule and has taken account of the current economic climate and potential for volume increase. Short listed organisations have been given time to impact these changes on their tenders. We expect to identify preferred bidders during April and...

Business of the House: Benefits Uprating (11 Dec 2008) has video

Tony McNulty: ...permission, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement on benefits uprating, particularly in the context of the Government's commitment to provide real support to people in the current economic climate. I will, as usual, place full details of the uprating in the Vote Office and arrange for the figures to be published in the Official Report. As in previous years, I can confirm that...

Written Answers — Transport: Aircraft Emissions (Education) (29 Jun 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...by the Governments commitment to including aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Defra has previously carried out a national campaign, aimed at heightening awareness of personal impact upon climate change though lifestyle choices, and continues do so across a number of fields.

Written Answers — Transport: Air Transport White Paper (24 Jun 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: ..., economic benefits of new capacity, and the environmental effects of flying. More does need to be done to limit the environmental impacts of air travel. We recognise the importance of tackling climate change, and welcome the Commission's support for our approach to aviation participation in emissions trading. We are open to dialogue with the Commission, along with other stakeholders, as...

Air Transport (8 Jun 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...ever made of the Government, but it is equally, as I said earlier this morning, one of the most flawed reports that a Committee has ever produced. The EAC persists in comparing aviation total climate change impacts with CO 2 -only impacts of other non-aviation sources. The figures are simply wrong. We have made the offer in substance, and I repeat it now, to sit down with members of the...

Air Transport (8 Jun 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...8212;the matter is not only an issue for Heathrow. The White Paper recognises that it is vital that the environmental impacts of aviation are adequately addressed, and, again, work is in hand. The climate change impacts of aviation are a serious concern. Greenhouse gas emissions from aviation are rising, which is a global problem that requires global solutions, and the UK is showing...

Written Answers — Transport: Global Warming (18 May 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: The Department is aware that climate change will have a profound impact on both the Department's work and that of the delivery agencies. To this end, assessments have been made by the Department, the Rail Safety and Standards Board and the Highways Agency. The Department's report can be found on our website and copies of this and of the other reports can be found in both libraries of the House.

Written Answers — Transport: Aviation Industry (16 Mar 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: At a meeting of ICAO's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection in February 2004 the UK supported the use of economic instruments like emissions trading or charging to tackle the climate change impact of aviation. When the matter was raised formally at the ICAO 33rd Assembly in Autumn 2001, the overwhelming majority of states spoke out against the introduction of a tax on aviation fuel....

Air Transport White Paper (11 Feb 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...traffic controllers of working practices that minimise the impact of their activities. In addition, they discuss research and development by aerospace manufacturers of new technologies to reduce climate change. We will press them on all of them. The White Paper also talks about voluntary actions by airlines, airports and aerospace companies to control greenhouse gas, the point about the...

Written Answers — Transport: Flight Paths (21 Jan 2004)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...University within the European research project, TRADEOFF, looked at the hypothetical impact of reducing cruise altitudes on contrail coverage and its radiative forcing (a measure of the climate impact), as well as the effect of increased fuel consumption (and hence CO 2 emissions). The research concluded that flying at lower cruise altitudes reduced contrail formation but increased fuel...

Written Answers — Transport: Climate Change (19 Nov 2003)

Mr Tony McNulty: An assessment into the impact of climate change on transport policies was undertaken by the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions in 2001 and is now available from the Defra website at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/impacts/01 .htm. The Rail Safety and Standards Board published their own research, entitled 'Safety Implications of Weather, Climate and Climate...

Written Answers — Transport: Gatwick Airport (13 Nov 2003)

Mr Tony McNulty: The net economic benefits estimated for Gatwick and other south east airport options take into account the externalities associated with aviation's climate change impacts. In producing calculations of economic benefits of additional capacity at all south east airport options, it was assumed that by 2015 an economic instrument would be in place to meet the climate change impact of aircraft...

Written Answers — Transport: Kyoto Protocol (5 Nov 2003)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation. The Government are therefore working hard in ICAO to engage other countries in the climate change debate and to reduce emissions from aviation. Discussion on action beyond 2008–12 will begin in 2005 when the Government will work closely with all Parties and argue strongly...

Written Answers — Transport: Aviation (30 Jun 2003)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...will set out its views in the forthcoming Air Transport White Paper. The Government strongly supports further action at the international level to tackle the contribution of aircraft emissions to climate change, and we are working within ICAO and the EU to achieve this. At the local level differential charges related to aircraft noise already exists at BAA's London airports.

Public Bill Committee: Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill: Clause 1 - Regional Spatial Strategy (9 Jan 2003)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...framework. That means that every plan, from the local to the regional, must be fully assessed, as the RPGs and unitary development plans are, in the context of environmental impact, such as climate change and natural resource impact. It is important that we are not starting in a vacuum.

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Flooding (5 Nov 2002)

Mr Tony McNulty: ...and flood risk" in July 2001. We said then that we would review this guidance in the light of experience of its implementation and effectiveness and the developing scientific knowledge on climate change three years after publication. In the meantime we are continuing to monitor how it is being applied through the Environment Agency's high-level target 12. The report for 2001–02 was...