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Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Planning: National Policy Statements (20 May 2009)

Phyllis Starkey: ...at large. There is another reason why I think that we need to be careful about having a procedure that causes undue delay. Many of the big infrastructure decisions that we have to take result from changing views about the importance of tackling climate change. Most of the reordering of our energy infrastructure, including the national grid, is necessary because we have to change the energy...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Refuse Collection (28 Feb 2008)

Phyllis Starkey: ...of waste going to landfill. Such a reduction would make an important contribution to protecting the environment and to reducing energy use, thereby helping the country to meet its commitments on climate change. We are landfill junkies in this country, and if we carry on using landfill at the current rate, we will use it all up within 12 years. That fact alone—holes in the ground are...

Estimates Day — [1st Allotted Day] — Supplementary Estimates 2006-07: Affordable Housing (7 Dec 2006)

Phyllis Starkey: ...housing. Clearly, no one would want to force elderly people to move out of their homes into less acceptable accommodation. The Committee recognised that housing makes an enormous contribution to climate change, and that factors such as where and how new housing is provided could have an environmental impact. Planning plays a key role in facilitating methods of development that minimise...

Estimates Day: Foreign and Commonwealth Office (15 Mar 2001)

Dr Phyllis Starkey: ...is bizarre—of a rogue state. As the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Mr. Campbell) said, at some point in the previous American presidency, the concept of a rogue state had changed to "a state of concern". Under the current presidency, however, the concept has changed back to that of a rogue state. Rogue states are in the eye of the beholder. One could list many...