Results 1-6 of 6 for climate change speaker:Gary Streeter
- Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Copenhagen Summit (21 Oct 2009) has video
Gary Streeter: Did the Secretary of State notice that the Government of the Maldives recently held a Cabinet meeting underwater to highlight the risk to that country of climate change? Given that the Maldives is an Islamic, fully fledged democracy with strong links to this country, what steps are we taking to help them in their battle against climate change?
- Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video
Gary Streeter: ...the issue of targets. It seems to be becoming quite a fashionable framework for the Government to impose a target and then set up a commission to monitor it—we have seen that primarily with climate change. One of the problems with targets is that they can be a distortion. We asked the Home Secretary about targets when he appeared before the Home Affairs Committee last week. The...
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy Savings Trust (23 Oct 2008)
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many of the directors of the Energy Savings Trust are from energy producing organisations.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy Savings Trust (23 Oct 2008)
Gary Streeter: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what system is in place for ensuring that the Code for Sustainable Homes and the Code of Practice operated by the Energy Savings Trust give appropriate weight to innovative gas saving products.
- St. Helena (19 Nov 2003)
Mr Gary Streeter: ...is critical, and I shall return to the matter after I have made four points, which I hope will take the debate forward. First, I agree with the hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan (Mr. Smith) about changes to the strategic position of the island. Once upon a time, as the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Mr. Jones) said, it was almost in the centre of things. Ships had to pass the island, and it...
- United Nations (11 Nov 2003)
Mr Gary Streeter: ...I consider myself always to have been a strong supporter of the United Nations, and I agree with the Minister that the organisation's strongest supporters should also be its strongest advocates for change. In a speech in Oxford, my right hon. Friend the Member for Devizes addressed the need for dialogue to be at the centre of international relations today. He stated: "Dialogue is not only...