Results 1-19 of 19 for climate change speaker:Caroline Spelman

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal (20 Oct 2009)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons no (a) impact assessment and (b) equalities impact assessment was conducted in relation to clauses in the Climate Change Act 2008 in respect of the statutory duties of waste collection authorities for the collection of household waste.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Reduction Commitment: Local Government (20 Oct 2009)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the base year is for carbon dioxide emissions for local authorities under the Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: British Gas (21 Jul 2009)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) with reference to paragraph 6 of the notes to editors of his Department's press release of 2 April 2008, whether each British Gas scheme involves (a) discounts on council tax bills and (b) cash back cheques; (2) with reference to paragraph 6 of the notes to editors of his Department's press release of 2 April 2008, what...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Emissions (1 Jun 2009)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department plans to undertake research into personal carbon (a) trading and (b) rationing.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Green Neighbourhoods Initiative (7 May 2009)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) of 5 March 2009, Official Report, column 1806W, on the Green Neighbourhoods Initiative, for what reasons the scheme is still in development; how much funding will be allocated to the scheme; and what the timetable is for the allocation of funding to...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (23 Apr 2009)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 6 March 2009, Official Report, column 1875W, on climate change, for what reasons statutory clarification on the legal status of the section 46 notice was needed.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges (27 Jan 2009)

Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the provisions in the Climate Change Act 2008 for charges for the collection of household waste.

Orders of the Day: Land Use (Gardens Protection etc) Bill (2 Feb 2007)

Caroline Spelman: ...between infrastructure and development. We must also consider the environmental impact that follows the loss of so much urban greenery. As David Attenborough recently pointed out in a programme on climate change, concreting over the soil surface has disastrous consequences for water supply and drainage. Gardens are a vital source of biodiversity. For many who live in urban areas, they are...

Emergency Services (Regionalisation) (12 Oct 2005)

Caroline Spelman: ...is not that local people want it. As a project, it seems fraught with risks that are simply not outweighed by the benefits. I am no military tactician, but it would seem elementary that in the current climate of heightened security, consolidating multiple emergency services into just one location makes the overall structure even more vulnerable to attack. If a regional centre is knocked...

Emergency Services (Regionalisation) (12 Oct 2005)

Caroline Spelman: ...centralism. The evidence is there. The Government have created a plethora of unelected regional bodies in what amounts to a "quangocracy". The A to Z of this quangocracy covers art, biodiversity, climate change, fire, housing, industry, public health, rural affairs, social inclusion, tobacco, transport and waste. Local people are finding that decisions directly affecting their lives are...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Regional Climate Change Partnerships (14 Dec 2004)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated public expenditure on the regional climate change partnerships in England was in the latest year for which figures are available.

Environment, Transport and Local and Devolved Government Affairs (25 Nov 2004)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...Sydney Chapman). It is 40 years since he first fought a by-election, which is remarkable, yet the youthful spirit with which he engaged in a forward-looking view on our need to do something about climate change for the benefit of not only our generation, but most importantly, future generations, is commendable. He also talked about housing, and I pray in aid his name when I say that we had...

The Environment (10 Feb 2004)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...of being able to provide fully for their children's immediate needs start to consider the longer-term needs of their children's children. The environment is at the heart of that. The cultural change is not uniform. We need to recognise and tackle the fact that environmental concerns do not figure especially highly in the priorities of people who live in deprived areas. My constituency has...

The Environment (10 Feb 2004)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...the role played by my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer), who continues to be dedicated to environmental matters and who led for the Conservatives in the debate on climate change in Westminster Hall two weeks ago. Hon. Members will observe that, to show our ongoing commitment to the environment and our understanding that it involves cross-cutting concerns, we...

Humanitarian Crisis (Southern Africa) (26 Jun 2003)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...to the previous Secretary of State for International Development in March 2002, she replied that the shortages were localised. It was a long time before the view of the severity of that crisis changed from localised shortages to a full-blown disaster. Exactly the same complacency characterised the initial response to the famine in Ethiopia. During an interview that the then Secretary of...

Climate Change and Sustainable Development (5 Dec 2002)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...towards the end of the debate, to make it possible for the Opposition to have a fair crack of the whip on this wide-ranging subject. I welcome the opportunity to debate sustainable development and climate change. That was accurately described as an ambitious combination, but it is the right one. The focus of the debate is the Select Committee's characteristically well researched and...

Climate Change and Sustainable Development (5 Dec 2002)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...Its world development report shows that Malawi's debt still amounts to 29 per cent. of its GDP. We cannot get away from the fact that sustainability and the question of how money should be spent to deal with climate change problems are inextricably linked with the problem of how to solve the situation of the heavily indebted poor countries. That is notwithstanding the Chancellor's...

Johannesburg Summit (15 May 2002)

Mrs Caroline Spelman: ...that how we live in our 24/7 throw-away society, and the amount of carbon emissions that results from it, causes global warming with—although this is still controversial—unpredictable climatic results. Nearer to home, a WWF briefing document contains a statistic that is worth citing. It states that we could fill the Albert hall every hour with the refuse produced in this...