Results 1-20 of 20 for climate change speaker:Ann Winterton

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Capture (4 Jun 2009)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the current efficacy of carbon capture technologies in coal-fired power stations.

Energy and Climate Change: Topical Questions (23 Apr 2009) has video

Ann Winterton: Can we not have a more balanced discussion on climate change? We are told so often that the north pole is melting, yet Arctic ice has reached a maximum area this winter, and the British Antarctic Survey has confirmed that over the past 30 years, the area of sea ice around the continent has expanded. In fact, the south pole has experienced significant cooling in the past 30 years. Why do we...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy (22 Jan 2009)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the average annual cost of domestic energy to consumers.

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: UN Conference (Poznan) (17 Dec 2008) has video

Ann Winterton: What effect will the UN climate change conference have on the provision of electricity to Afghanistan, bearing in mind that its one renewable resource, hydro power, cannot be fully utilised because the transmission lines cannot be protected?

Public Bill Committee: Local Transport Bill [Lords]: Clause 8 (22 Apr 2008)

Ann Winterton: ...Secretary of State to issue guidance to local authorities on fulfilling the new environmental duty introduced by clause 8, we want to see such guidance cover issues such as air quality, noise and climate change. Local authorities would need to address those in devising and implementing their transport policies and local transport plan and show how their local authorities will take local...

Public Bill Committee: Local Transport Bill [Lords]: Clause 8 (22 Apr 2008)

Ann Winterton: ...issues. There is absolutely no problem in saying that individual circumstances will prevail, but at the same time, we are all aware of the need to protect the environment and to address climate change. That is why the Bill allows the  Secretary of State to issue guidance to local authorities on fulfilling the new environmental duty introduced by clause 8. Interestingly, the Committee...

Public Bill Committee: Local Transport Bill [Lords]: Clause 7 (22 Apr 2008)

Ann Winterton: ...It also requires those authorities to have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State in relation to that. In such guidance, we would expect to cover issues such as air quality, noise and climate change—matters that local authorities would need to address when devising and implementing their transport policies and local transport plans. That is further supplemented by...

Public Bill Committee: Local Transport Bill [Lords]: Clause 7 (22 Apr 2008)

Ann Winterton: I have tried to explain the various other duties, particularly those relating to the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006, in clause 8. We feel that there is adequate guidance and instruction to local authorities to consider the effect of any plans on the environment. Amendment No. 153 would create a new duty on local authorities developing and  carrying out transport policies...

Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Departmental Travel (7 Mar 2007)

Ann Winterton: The Deputy Prime Minister has been given a role in responding to climate change. He has given us a litany of the travel that he has undertaken in the past six months, yet he has not answered my question about the cost of that travel—it is a considerable cost to the public purse. Does he have any concerns about the environmental impact of such travel? While the Government have a carbon...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change Levy (25 May 2004)

Ann Winterton: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the renegotiation of agreed energy saving targets contained in the climate change levy; and what assessment she has made of the effects on the future competitiveness of UK salt manufacturers.

Climate Change (18 Mar 2004)

Ann Winterton: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way in this very interesting debate. May I congratulate him on securing it and on the material that he has produced for it? Does he agree that changes in climate, affecting temperature and the salinity of seas, have been taking place for some time? He has just mentioned food, and those changes affect the location of fish. For example, we have...

Fisheries (11 Nov 2003)

Mrs Ann Winterton: I must admit that the scientific papers that have been peer reviewed have not said anything that is worth listening to. The Minister makes no mention whatsoever of climatic changes in the seas off the grand banks. Why not? Why has he not answered the questions that I asked in my speech? Why have the Faroe Islands been successful, having totally ignored the so-called scientific advice? If it...

Fisheries (11 Nov 2003)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ...are no cod when they use outdated modelling methods, testing in the same marine locations each year with antiquated and obsolete fishing gear, but that is all part of the game. As everyone knows, climate change has altered the characteristics of all marine species, with fish stocks continually moving. How convenient it is to use the so-called demise of cod to bring about, in the Monnet...

CAP Reform (26 Jun 2003)

Mrs Ann Winterton: The EU is a rigid institution through which it is very difficult, if not impossible, to achieve change. The Commission is in the driving seat, and the Council of Ministers must negotiate on what is proposed. I say genuinely to the right hon. Lady, who claims that this is a new dawn for the common agricultural policy, that the proof of the pudding will be in the eating. We have a temperate...

Farming (North-West) (21 Nov 2001)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ...to be animal movements. My hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley called for fair competition for farmers, with no more added regulation being placed on their shoulders by the Government. The climate change levy is one example that has been mentioned. In addition, cheap food imports are flooding in, bringing with them the possibility of both animal disease and human disease. The problem...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (11 Nov 1999)

Mrs Ann Winterton: What assessment his Department has made of the impact on chemical industries of the proposed climate change levy. [96999]

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (11 Nov 1999)

Mrs Ann Winterton: I welcome the fact that the climate change levy will not be as punitive, as announced in Tuesday's statement, although it should be noted that there will be an annual increase of £1 billion a year, starting next year. What other measures do Treasury Ministers envisage taking to assist the competitiveness of the chemical industry as the UK's top manufacturing export earner?

Milk Marketing (28 Mar 1995)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ...are acting responsibly and lawfully. Together, they continue to supply the best and highest-quality milk products in the world. The Milk Marketing Board, as Milk Marque was known prior to recent changes in the industry's structure, as well as the NFU, have collaborated fully with the Intervention Board to provide whatever information, records or other evidence they can. The Minister will...

Orders of the Day — Shops Bill [Lords] (14 Apr 1986)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ..., but it does not mean that we should fall in with those ideas. Indeed, we should put them completely to one side. As many hon. Members have said, in recent years the pattern of Sundays has changed. Many more families now take part in leisure activities. There has also been a great change in the way in which people go about their shopping. In this day and age, with six full days...

Prayers: Small Businesses (4 Nov 1983)

Mrs Ann Winterton: ...size of the work force. I do not believe that on the whole people realise that we have been, and still are, living through an industrial revolution, the effects of which, unlike previous industrial changes, have been cushioned by unemployment benefit and the welfare state. In the future, industry must be more competitive and make a realistic profit to help pay for those who are out of...