Results 1-7 of 7 for climate change speaker:Anthony Steen

Human Trafficking (13 Dec 2006)

Anthony Steen: ...desperately poor families, and made dependent on crooks and criminals. Until recently, child trafficking was seen not as a problem facing this country but as something that happened elsewhere. That changed with the launch last February of Operation Pentameter, which discovered 72 trafficked females in different parts of Britain, 12 of whom were minors. The discovery brought into stark...

First Great Western Franchise (25 Apr 2006)

Anthony Steen: ...whether we will be able to go from Plymouth to London by train in three hours; it will be nearer four or five hours—that is why people take to the road. Last but not least, I turn to the track at Dawlish. Climate change is already adversely affecting it: raised sea levels are causing more regular spray on to the track and halting services. On a recent visit to the Met Office in...

Points of Order: Fisheries (25 Jan 2001)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...though they are not in the House. It is only too evident that there are not enough fish to go round for our fishermen and for those of other European countries. We can argue that the scientists are right. Climate change, the environment, north Atlantic oscillation, the shift of the gulf stream, pollution, predation by seals and a host of factors have contributed to our vastly dwindling...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Bill: Flood Defences (South-west) (8 Feb 2000)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...much of the building in Devon is on flood plains, which in the past have not erupted. However, because of the high water tables, the area has become much easier to flood. Weather patterns suggest a climatic change, particularly as the south-west peninsula juts out into the Atlantic and faces the brunt of nature's onslaught. At Harbertonford, the River Harburn not only burst its banks, but...

Urban Renaissance (14 Jul 1999)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...sectors are a start, but without the political will, they are not enough. In addition to having the political will, we must lift the restrictions and burdens that suppress enterprise. We cannot change the location of Liverpool, which faces the United States, not the European Union. Nor can we change the pattern in which freight now comes by air rather than sea. The real change is to...

Urban Renaissance (14 Jul 1999)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...be the problem of the yuppies returning, and so on, but we would be regenerating the areas about which we are all complaining. Planning policy guidance note 3 could provide the rocket fuel by changing priorities and refocusing development from the countryside to the cities. I accept that there are problems. We have a problem with structure plans, which are fixed and are the basis for...

South-West Region (19 Dec 1983)

Mr Anthony Steen: ...service to the House. He was an assiduous, concerned and dedicated constituency Member. He was a considerable orator when roused, but, like many political careers, his ended in tears with boundary changes and no seat. I believe that Parliament must have a special responsibility for and give consideration to its servants when their careers end prematurely. That is not just financially...