Results 1-20 of 60 for climate change speaker:Andrew Stunell

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Cars (14 Oct 2009)

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on hire vehicles in each of the last five financial years.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Insulation: Housing (15 Jul 2009)

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent from the public purse on insulating the homes of pensioners in each local authority area in Greater Manchester in each of the last five years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Local Authority Leaseholders (7 Jul 2009) has video

Andrew Stunell: ...'s consultation paper on building regulations published last week so timid in respect of controlling the energy performance of existing buildings, when that is so clearly vital for any sensible climate change strategy?

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (2 Apr 2009)

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 60 years in each (i) region and (ii) local authority area (A) were offered a Warm Front grant, (B) were required to pay a top-up to a Warm Front grant and (C) did not take up a Warm Front grant offer in each of the last five years.

Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

Andrew Stunell: .... I was pleased to hear what the Secretary of State had to say, and his identification of four key themes—governance, conflict prevention, trade and aid, and the absolutely important issue of climate change and its impact on Africa. Before I give some thoughts and commentary on that, I want to make the point that Africa is such a huge subject that it is impossible for any one...

Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

Andrew Stunell: ...is absolutely right. The sad thing is that the remedy of bed nets costs little compared with some of the high-cost drugs needed to tackle other diseases and plagues. I turn quickly to the impact of climate change and soil exhaustion, which has not yet been mentioned in this debate. In the Sahel region and elsewhere, major problems are caused by climate change, over-cropping and...

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Effective Sentencing (5 Feb 2009)

Andrew Stunell: ...punishments and focusing on what works, on which I shall comment in a minute or two. The hon. Member for Southampton, Test (Dr. Whitehead) steered away from making a direct comparison between climate change and crime; I wondered whether he would come to crime hot spots in due course. He clearly set out the paradoxes. Crime is down, the number of convictions is the same and the prison...

Business of the House: Employment, Universities and Skills and Housing (8 Dec 2008) has video

Andrew Stunell: ...That process would be assisted by a cut in VAT for alterations and renovations, which in turn would end the paradox of it costing more to alter buildings than to build new ones. We need legislative changes as well, and the process is not that difficult given that the law is already in place. I say without any shame that I promoted the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act, which received...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Energy (20 Nov 2008)

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to improve the energy performance of his Department's headquarters.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (6 Nov 2008)

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consideration he has given to raising the maximum level of Warm Front grant.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (4 Nov 2008)

Andrew Stunell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people aged (a) under and (b) over 60 years were required to pay a top-up to the Warm Front grant in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Climate Change (27 Nov 2007) has video

Andrew Stunell: ...answer, "No." Is it not time that she told the House clearly whether authorities are free to implement the rule and whether she welcomes more local authorities taking the rule on board and tackling climate change effectively at a local level?

Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video

Andrew Stunell: ...crucial issues? Many of them require cross-departmental action—people getting out of the silos, joined-up government, and so forth—and that applies to no issue more than it does to climate change, "the greatest threat to mankind". What contribution does the Secretary of State intend to make during this Session to solving the problem of climate change? We are bound to say,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (10 Jul 2007) has video

Andrew Stunell: ...be here in 2050. Has she decided when she might begin to implement the powers she has had since 2004 to require the upgrading of those homes? That would cut bills, improve comfort levels and tackle climate change. Can the Minister assure us that, in her new role, she will work hard with the Cabinet to persuade it to make progress on this vital aspect of climate change?

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Buildings: Climate Change (21 May 2007)

Andrew Stunell: ...the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to ensure that the (a) Code For Sustainable Homes And (B) Building Regulations take account of the effects of climate change on buildings; and if she will make a statement.

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

Andrew Stunell: ...of a measure that I steered through the House and is now the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act 2004, the responsibility for which rests with the Secretary of State. If sustainability and climate change are to be taken seriously, it is astonishing that there are no proposals to implement that Act. I hope that the right hon. Lady will ask someone in the Department what has happened to it...

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

Andrew Stunell: ...the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government produced bland words and the action that is to follow is very shallow. There is a failure to tackle environmental sustainability, to tackle climate change vigorously and to deliver affordable and accessible housing. We urge the Government to make more effort in the coming Session to match their actions to their words.

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Climate Change (12 Oct 2006)

Andrew Stunell: ...has been used a great deal, and it is important to recognise that there is a belief—not only here in the House but more widely—that the moment has come for serious action to be taken on climate change. I want to pay a compliment—perhaps unusually, coming from these Benches—to the Deputy Prime Minister. The House ought to recognise that it was he who represented...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day] — BBC: Planning (21 Jun 2006)

Andrew Stunell: ...and wherever new homes are built they meet the highest environmental standards. Her Department must make a contribution to the Government's overall aim of reducing carbon emissions and limiting climate change and the way in which she exercises her important responsibilities on planning and building regulations, regardless of the site of the houses, will offer opportunities in that regard....

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill: Clause 5 - Local targets for microgeneration (28 Feb 2006)

Andrew Stunell: ...Baroness Maddock would certainly concede that the legislation could have been stronger and it would have been stronger but for the resistance of the Government of the day. Now that time has moved on and climate change is being taken seriously, apparently by the Prime Minister and certainly by the Minister here today, I hope that the Government will show some real signs of determination to...