Results 1-15 of 15 for climate change speaker:Denis MacShane

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Denis MacShane: ...and we lost it if we left, and if that substituted for part of our fixed salary, it might encourage a few more to stay in the Chamber a little longer. We are in a fascinating era of monumental political change, and the debate has not entirely risen to that occasion. Change is happening both at international level and nationally. We face one of those watershed elections next year. I am very...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change: International Cooperation (24 May 2007)

Denis MacShane: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in what joint projects his Department is involved with its Chinese counterpart in the area of climate change mitigation and sustainable development.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs and External Relations Council (24 Mar 2005)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...Lisbon Strategy and the importance of growth and employment. UK and a number of other member states underlined the importance of further developing the EU's medium and long-term strategy to tackle climate change. Language was also agreed on better regulation and administrative burdens. Overall, member states thought that the text represented a good balance. The Government agree....

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Sustainable Development (22 Mar 2005)

Mr Denis MacShane: 2005 is an important year for the global community to take action on climate change and on Africa in the context of sustainable development. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister is committed to using the opportunity offered by our twin presidencies of the EU and G8 to make real progress. The review of the EU's sustainable development strategy provides the EU with the opportunity to...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Carbon Capture (7 Feb 2005)

Mr Denis MacShane: During his recent visit to China, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary discussed in general terms G8 priorities, including Climate Change, with Premier Wen and Foreign Minister Li. In addition, discussions are ongoing with China on a possible Memorandum of Understanding for signature by the end of this year that may include scientific cooperation on carbon sequestration No programmes...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: France (14 Dec 2004)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...strength of our bilateral relationship. It followed a year of celebrations marking the Entente Cordiale centenary. We agreed to continue working together, to deliver shared priorities on Africa and Climate Change, during the UK's G8 and EU Presidencies next year.

Kosovo (4 May 2004)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...to the hon. Member for Uxbridge (Mr. Randall) for securing this debate, because it enables me to set out Government thinking on Kosovo and the region and to announce to the House today some changes in policy and some discussions that we are having with partners and with our friends in Belgrade and Pristina. I use those words deliberately because I will not seek to get into a blame game...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 May 2003)

Mr Denis MacShane: My right hon. Friend, the Foreign Secretary has had no recent discussions with the European Environment Agency regarding greenhouse gases. The UK Government are a European leader in taking action on climate change. Latest published data for 2001 show that the UK has achieved reductions of 12.3 per cent. below 1990 levels in emissions of the basket of six greenhouse gases. My right hon. Friend...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kyoto Agreement (20 Jun 2002)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not discussed this issue with him. A senior level meeting between British and Australian officials took place in Bonn last week at a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting. The UK Government will continue to engage constructively with the Australian Government and with all our international partners on the issue of climate change.

British-US Relations (25 Apr 2002)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...in the steel communities of the UK, as were statements made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in south Yorkshire last Friday in an effort to get the US to change its mind on UK steel exports. That discussion is continuing. Climate change, or more commonly the Kyoto protocol, is another area where we do not share the US policy approach. We believe that...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Tuvalu (21 Nov 2001)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...group of low-lying coral atolls. Potential rises in sea-levels around the world are therefore of considerable concern to the people of Tuvalu. The United Kingdom shares Tuvalu's concerns about climate change and the effect that this is having on sea levels. We have played a leading role in encouraging a global response to climate change, and final agreement was reached on 10 November in...

Steel Industry (10 Jan 2001)

Mr Denis MacShane: .... Friend the Minister for Energy and Competitiveness in Europe. When the Minister returns to his office on Victoria street, will he say to his right hon. Friend that no hope can be offered on the climate change levy? The currency remains where it is. There is one area, however, where a positive signal can be sent to steel--a reduction in industrial electricity prices should not be just...

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: Climate Change Levy (18 Jul 2000)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...of the United Kingdom's electric arc furnace users. Electric arc furnaces consume recycled material—scrap metal—to produce steel, but those steel producers are concerned about the climate change levy. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary for receiving many deputations and representations from the steel industry. However, although the levy has been negotiated...

Pre-Budget Statement (9 Nov 1999)

Mr Denis MacShane: Is the Chancellor aware of how welcome his statement on the climate change levy will be in the steel communities, in response to the delegations that he has received from companies, Members of Parliament and trade unions? Does my right hon. Friend agree that his very ambitious proposals on employee share ownership will take us from passive share ownership to an active partnership stake in ...

Orders of the Day — Newspaper Prices (20 Jul 1994)

Mr Denis MacShane: ...and many of my aunts worry each morning about which paper they will buy, the Glasgow Herald or The Scotsman—both are distinguished in their own way, and both contribute much to the different climate of political culture and debate in Scotland. Were those papers to be faced with any serious challenge to their existence by a pricing war determined in London but okayed in the United...