Results 1-11 of 11 for climate change speaker:Michael Wills

Written Answers — Justice: Climate Change (8 Jun 2009)

Michael Wills: All Departments are actively involved in the cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme, which aims to help society adapt to climate change. The role of the programme is to develop and provide a comprehensive evidence base including adaptation tools, to raise awareness of the need to adapt, to measure success and to work across Government at all levels to embed adaptation. Further...

Written Answers — Justice: Climate Change (8 Jun 2009)

Michael Wills: The Ministry of Justice is not yet at the stage where it can provide information on what estimate has been made of potential gross costs (a) savings and (b) arising from its climate change adaptation measures in the next three years. It has, however, been shown in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change that timely and well-targeted climate adaptation measures will yield...

[Mr. Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Parliamentary Representation (England) (18 Jun 2008)

Michael Wills: .... All parts of the Union share resources and pool risks, to the benefit of each. That is a particularly important point to make to the House. At this time of extraordinarily rapid and extensive change in the world around us, pooling risk is important to all of us. We share access to natural resources and, more importantly, to the human resources made up of all the diverse peoples living...

Written Answers — Justice: Climate Change (6 Dec 2007)

Michael Wills: The Ministry of Justice is awaiting the cross-Government Adaptation Policy Framework, which will set out our overall intentions in relation to adapting to the effects of climate change. This is expected to be published in the spring of 2008, and is in response to the Climate Change Bill. In the meantime, my Department has developed design guidance for new construction projects to reflect the...

Written Answers — Justice: Irish Sea: Environment Protection (25 Jul 2007)

Michael Wills: ...attended by the Prime Minister. The control of liquid discharge into the Irish Seas was not discussed during the BIC Summit meeting. The BIC is however continuing to intensify co-operation and exchange of information between the members on a number of important environmental areas, including unavoidable climate change, understanding extreme weather events, integrated coastal zone...

United States (Climate Change Policy) (13 Mar 2007)

Michael Wills: ...my hon. Friend on securing a timely and enormously important debate. I wonder if he might say more to reassure my constituents, and those of other hon. Members, who are deeply concerned about climate change and who are very depressed when they look to Washington and to the attitudes of the current Administration. How does my hon. Friend think that our Government can work more closely with...

Bill Presented: Christmas Adjournment (19 Dec 2006)

Michael Wills: ...that, because until or unless a tragedy occurs outside the gates of Euro Disney, it will show no signs of budging. In the case of George Wimpey, there is something that might cause developers to change their approach: anyone who buys a home next to a site being developed by Wimpey, or the other developers that hon. Friends and hon. Members have mentioned in the House, should be made aware...

Point of Order: Whitsun Adjournment (25 May 2006)

Michael Wills: ..., many people now realise that we face competition not only from low-wage and low-skill economies. Every year, universities in China and India turn out 4 million graduates. Nowhere can escape change. Each of Swindon's major employers has experienced radical restructuring, including W.H. Smith, Asda and Zurich, and Motorola is now consulting on further redundancies. Even the most successful...

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill: New Clause 1 — Local Authorities: duty to consider measures to alleviate climate change and fuel poverty (10 Mar 2006)

Michael Wills: ...a moment longer than necessary, but new clause 4 is relatively permissive. Is he confident that it will do enough to encourage local authorities to search restlessly for the best ways of tackling climate change in their areas, rather than settling for minimal incremental improvements?

Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Industry: Engineering Manufacturing (Business Activity) (15 Jul 1999)

Mr Michael Wills: ...the hon. Gentleman's concerns. I understand that there is now connection through an interconnector, which ought to bring costs down in the future. Let me say three things in relation to the climate change levy. First, there will be no overall increase in taxation. Secondly, of course we need to promote competitiveness, but we also need to balance that goal with the need to promote...

Innovation and Enterprise (25 Jun 1999)

Mr Michael Wills: ...businesses. The hon. Member for Bournemouth, West (Mr. Butterfill) offered welcome support for Government policy, and I am pleased that he shared his views on the European Union. He mentioned the climate change levy—the so-called energy tax—on which I should like to reassure him. We are aware of competitiveness issues, but we must take every measure to produce sustainable...