Results 1-20 of 57 for climate change speaker:Gillian Merron

Written Ministerial Statements — Health: Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields (16 Oct 2009)

Gillian Merron: I am making this statement on behalf of my hon. Friends, the Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change ,Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Communities and Local Government, my hon. Friend the Member for Dudley North (Mr. Austin) and myself. Today, we have placed in the Library the Government response to the "Stakeholder...

New Member: New Clause 1 — Purchase of tobacco on behalf of children (12 Oct 2009) has video

Gillian Merron: I am grateful for my hon. Friend's support on that point. We are particularly aware of the way in which the economic climate has affected small business, which is why we will not commence this legislation until 2011 for larger stores, and 2013 for smaller shops. We understand, too, that smaller convenience stores replace their tobacco gantries every five years or so, and thus for many of them...

Written Answers — Health: Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards (12 Oct 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...issuing a written statement on the Government's response to the SAGE First Interim Assessment very shortly on behalf of myself and my hon. Friends the Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath), and the Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Mr. Austin).

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Climate Change (8 Jun 2009)

Gillian Merron: It is not currently possible to provide estimates of the potential costs and savings over the next three years. The Government are undertaking a climate change risk assessment and economic analysis, which will provide estimates of the costs and benefits of adaptation to the UK. This analysis will be presented to Parliament within three years of the Climate Change Act 2008 coming in to force.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Overseas Territories: Environment Protection (1 Jun 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-the-fco/publications/treaties /uk-overseas-territories/browse-by-date/1991-2004 and also on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change website: http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/status_of_ratification/item s/2613.php.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: G20 Summit (19 May 2009)

Gillian Merron: The G20 London Summit was a significant success for the UK, with key agreements on: financial regulation; reform of financial institutions; preventing protectionism; development, and climate change. All of these are critical for restoring growth, building stability and supporting jobs.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Ghana: Politics and Government (19 May 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...and the positive example this has set in the region, the continued work between both Governments on promoting stability in West Africa and the need for an equitable solution to the challenge of climate change. The discussion also touched upon the rich variety of educational and cultural links between the UK and Ghana.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Colombia: Foreign Relations (15 May 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...partnership with Colombia, working with the Colombian Government, international and civil society partners on a number of shared challenges including human rights, counter-narcotics, impunity and climate change. My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary gave a written ministerial statement on UK policy towards Colombia on 30 March 2009, Official Report, column 40WS, which outlined...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Overseas Territories: Environment Protection (7 May 2009)

Gillian Merron: The Caribbean British Overseas Territories are Anguilla, Montserrat, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Anguilla is addressing climate change through a sustainable energy strategy. Montserrat has established a Climate and Volcano Institute to address the impact of the active Soufriere volcano on climate change in the region. The British Virgin...

[John Bercow in the Chair] — Overseas Territories (23 Apr 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...that he has just mentioned. The treaty was based on putting sovereignty claims aside; it was about peace and science, and it retains that position. We re-committed ourselves to that, so there is no change in relation to the matters about which he inquires. The last example of development that I want to mention is that the Government of Bermuda opened a London office for the first time in...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kenya (21 Apr 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...March 2009; Rt. hon. Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in February 2009; Rt. hon. Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change, in February 2009; Rt. hon. Lord Malloch-Brown, Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN, in November 2008; Gareth Thomas MP, Minister of State at the Department for International...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Government Hospitality Fund (20 Apr 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...Rural Affairs; The Department for International Development; The Department for Communities and Local Government; The Department for Children, Schools and Families; The Department for Energy and Climate Change; The Department for Work and Pensions; The Department for Culture, Media and Sport; and The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: G20 (30 Mar 2009)

Gillian Merron: .... Feltech/MRG will produce a report recording the measures taken to reduce the carbon footprint of the summit. We are also developing a carbon management approach with the Department of Energy and Climate Change and have commissioned a report on the carbon impact of the G20 Summit to be available within 60 days of the event.

Effectiveness of the European Union (4 Mar 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...when acting alone. On effectiveness in relation to the multiplier effect, I believe that the EU adds to what the UK could do alone. That applies to many UK priorities around the world, including climate change, sanctions against Zimbabwe, peacekeeping in Kosovo, guarding refugees in Chad and monitoring the ceasefire in Indonesia. Where we agree with EU partners and act together, that...

Effectiveness of the European Union (4 Mar 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...to implement the Lisbon treaty if all member states ratify it, and we want to move on to tackle the challenges that matter to the people in our constituencies—jobs, prosperity, security, and climate change. All our EU partners agree on that. If I understand it correctly, the policy of the official Opposition is to reopen the whole question of the Lisbon treaty, on which this...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Latin America (3 Mar 2009)

Gillian Merron: ..., not least because of its contribution, which we want to see as a positive one, to the many global challenges that we share, and which we have heard about today, such as sustainable development, climate change, international crime, including the supply of drugs, respect for human rights and poverty and inequality. We are working closely with the region as we tackle those shared...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Climate Change: Developing Countries (23 Feb 2009)

Gillian Merron: Since his appointment in October 2008, the UK Climate Security Envoy has been working closely with Department for International Development (DFID) to devise an engagement strategy for the countries most vulnerable to climate change worldwide, which are often the poorest. The aim is to help their voice be heard more clearly by the major economies. This is being taken forward by direct contacts...

United States of America (10 Feb 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...objectives, and has been cemented, over many years, through the work that we do together on a wide range of issues that are important to the peoples of both countries. Those issues range from climate change to terrorism and the economy, with many points between. We will be a close and productive partner to the new Obama Administration—I look forward to that—and will seek to...

United States of America (10 Feb 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...to the hon. Gentleman that this is something to which Iran has to respond. I hope that Iran will take that opportunity in the spirit that President Obama offered. We welcome the priority given to climate change by the new US Administration. It is a distinct policy shift from the previous Administration and we welcome that. We will encourage the United States to define what it believes...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Antarctic (2 Feb 2009)

Gillian Merron: ...science and research and is conducting an extensive, multi-disciplinary programme of activities in the British Antarctic Territory and more widely within the Antarctic. These include areas such as climate change, sea level rise and the sustainable use of natural resources. The contribution of UK scientists, especially those at the British Antarctic Survey (a research institute of the...