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Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Clare Short: ...of the contribution we could make, working with others, to the establishment of a more equitable and just world order, capable of dealing with the disorder that will come to us because of climate change. It is also my view that if we do not do better in bringing justice to the middle east, the capacity of the international system to co-operate to deal with these challenges will be broken...

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] — Lebanon and Syria (27 Feb 2007)

Clare Short: ...a long time to come. It will cause enormous suffering and endanger international law, and it will harm the capacity of the international community to reach agreement about crucial issues such as climate change that threaten the future of the whole of human civilisation. There is no simple short-term answer, because US policy is so skewed. I appeal to the Minister, please, to bring forward...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Correspondence (1 Mar 2006)

Clare Short: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Minister of State for Climate Change will reply to the letter of 11 January from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, on behalf of Ladywood Furniture Project.

Written Answers — International Development: Energy Policy (28 Apr 2003)

Ms Clare Short: ...the Central Government Estate campaign, and generally include each Department's main estate plus all agencies, but not NDPBs. (2) Energy expenditure: this is actual spend, and from April 2001, includes the climate change levy. (3) Energy/m2: this variable allows for changes in both weather and estate size on energy consumption. So annual changes will generally reflect efficiency changes....

Written Answers — International Development: Renewable Energy (11 Feb 2003)

Ms Clare Short: ...of the electricity is generated from renewable sources. Because of the market at the time, this contract also resulted in a decrease in the unit cost over the previous arrangement from 4p KWH plus climate change levy 0.43p, total 4.43p KWH to 2.79p KWH plus 0.43p green levy for renewable, total 3.22p KWH, all plus VAT.

Written Answers — International Development: Global Environment Fund (15 Jul 2002)

Ms Clare Short: ...in Washington. Criteria for funding, and funding proposals themselves, are approved by the GEF Council, which meets twice- yearly, and has representatives of all GEF participants. These criteria change in the light of experience, but include how incremental environmental costs and benefits should be defined; and how funds should be most effectively deployed in the GEF's operational areas,...

Bills Presented: Kosovo (17 Jun 1999)

Ms Clare Short: ...Bosnia, who knows?—but we did not. We should have stopped Hitler earlier. The hon. Member for Mid-Sussex (Mr. Soames) said that we could not have undertaken the D-day landings in the current climate. I agree—we could not have sustained our action in the second world war. We would not have kept on. There has been carping from the media. They expected instant results and no one...

Opposition Day: Unfair Dismissal (15 May 1985)

Ms Clare Short: .... He said: The risk of unjustified involvement with tribunals in unfair dismissal cases and the costs of such involvement are often cited as deterring employers from giving more people jobs. This change․should help reduce the reluctance of employers to take on more people, while still preserving a fair balance between the reasonable interests of employer and employee. How weak that...

Orders of the Day — Police and Criminal Evidence Bill: Codes of Practice for Stop and Search by Police Officers (15 May 1984)

Ms Clare Short: ...is important that the House should be aware that in practice the use of such powers may often generate the opposite effect from that intended by Ministers and others who support them. The resulting climate of tension, hatred, distrust and clashes between the police and the community means that the entire community lives in a heightened atmosphere of fear and conflict. The west midlands is...