Results 1-14 of 14 for climate change speaker:Baroness Taylor of Bolton

Queen's Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (19 Nov 2009)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...spectrum of possible threats that we might face, will be very realistic and will help us to work out how we should be using our Armed Forces to defend our own interests and how defence itself must change to meet the problems that lie ahead. There is some interesting thinking going on about the kind of issues that we will have to face. The noble Lord, Lord Jay, and others raised some of the...

Debate on the Address (7 Nov 2007)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...are on. I look forward to continuing that tradition, which he started. Today's uncertain world presents us as a nation with many challenges: failed and failing states, terrorism, energy security, climate change, mass migration and the proliferation of weapons and weapons technology. This country cannot isolate itself from those issues, nor can we alone solve them. As the leading member of...

Corruption (1 Feb 2007)

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...some of the points that she specifically raised at the beginning. But I start by saying that we should all welcome the fact that we are now discussing this issue in a totally different context and climate to any comparable debate 20, 15 or even 10 years ago. An awful lot has changed; in those days, the general attitude throughout the world was to keep quiet whenever possible about issues...

Bali Bombings (3 Mar 2003)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ...operate in a network of moving alliances. They do not present one picture which, if you get it, enables you to crack the situation so that all can be revealed. There is probably a multidimensional changing picture, and individuals come and go, and rise and fall. Different groups vie for influences, change their ideas and tactics, and so on. That has to be understood if we are to have a...

Business of the House (11 Dec 1997)

Mrs Ann Taylor: The agreement reached at Kyoto is certainly historic and will help to counter the problems of climate change. The part played in those negotiations by my right hon. Friend the Deputy Prime Minister was extremely important and constructive. I expect that my right hon. Friend will be looking to make a statement in the House in the not-too-distant future. I cannot promise my hon. Friend the...

Opposition Day: Northern Ireland Economy (13 May 1996)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ...in the common goal of a better life for us all. For the business man and woman, the promotion and implementation of the strategy in the form of specialised training, consultative bodies and a climate of information literacy and technological competence, represents new frontiers of economic opportunity. There is already a talented and motivated work force. Low-cost accommodation and...

Bill Presented: Earth Summit (25 Jun 1992)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ..., which means that the necessary long-term decisions are not being taken and, as a result, we are storing up future problems. The Secretary of State raised some specific issues. The convention on climate change was one of the most important subjects to be addressed at the Rio conference. I understand that the wording of the convention was finalised in early May, when a decision was made...

The Environment (12 Jul 1991)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ...should take it as a salutary warning. People are studying the policy and are not simply heeding the rhetoric that comes from Ministers. The Minister briefly mentioned the global environment and climate change. "This Common Inheritance" said that global warming is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world—no one can doubt that. The White Paper gives a fair...

The Environment (12 Jul 1991)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ...environment. All the problems on that front affect all of us, and the Minister acknowledged that the Government have a role to play in tackling them. We now know the intensity of the problems of climate change and we know that some steps that must be taken quickly. The question is whether there is the political will to tackle the problems in the right way. I must, therefore, examine the...

The Environment (12 Jul 1991)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ...warming or our responsibilities to set and meet our own targets. I hope that when the Minister winds up he will explain his attitude on some other suggestions that are being put forward at the climate change convention. For example, I hope that he will tell us that he intends to reject the attitude of the Japanese, who simply say that everyone should do their best. I also hope that he will...

The Environment (12 Jul 1991)

Mrs Ann Taylor: No, I must press on, because there will shortly he a statement and I have taken longer than I intended. It is not only on climate change and energy efficiency that we have not made much progress in the past year. Pollution from vehicles is a major problem, with which the Government still refuse to deal. The problem of sites of special scientific interest was mentioned earlier. The Nature...

Prayers: The Gulf (Ecology) (15 Mar 1991)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ...could increase by 3 per cent. on a global basis in the first year and by 1 per cent. on the same basis in the second year. It seems unlikely that the ozone layer will be affected, but significant climatic changes are taking place in the region. Black rain has been experienced in Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, and even in Turkey, over 600 miles away. We are learning of reductions in daytime...

Chancellor of the Exchequer (Statement): Firearms (26 Oct 1987)

Mrs Ann Taylor: ...constructive proposals in our motion. We are disappointed that the Home Secretary's amendment and his speech this afternoon indicate that as yet he is willing to permit himself to make only minimal changes. We are disappointed and alarmed that he does not seem to grasp the urgency of the need for a complete and thorough review of the whole basis of gun control. Conservative Members have...

New Member: Direct Labour Organisations (30 Mar 1982)

Mrs Ann Taylor: .... The Government's attack began with the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. It was intensified by the regulations that they introduced last year. Now, less than 12 months after those changes, the Government are once again changing the rules of the game and tightening the screw on direct labour organisations. They are doing this partly as a result of their ideological dislike of...