Results 1-20 of 22 for climate change speaker:Rosie Winterton

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Government Office for London: Finance (12 Oct 2009)

Rosie Winterton: ...,000 DCLG Regional Housing Pot (Private Sector Renewal) 87,183,000 DCLG Disabled Facilities Grant 21,572,000 DEFRA Sustainable Development Transformation and Transition Fund 40,000 DEFRA Regional Climate Change Partnership Funding 45,000 DEFRA Sustainable Farming and Food Fund 20,000 Sub-total 827,699,869 Grand total 895,420,846...

Gloucester (Regeneration Funding) (21 Jul 2009)

Rosie Winterton: ...and during the recession, the RDAs have been one of the delivery agents that have made a real difference to people on the ground. To imagine that Whitehall and Westminster could deliver the type of changes that we have seen without organisations such as the RDAs is living in fantasy land, so it is important that we invest in them. My hon. Friend was right to say that as part of the fiscal...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Local Government Finance (20 Jul 2009)

Rosie Winterton: ...-10 are: Community Cohesion Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (resource element) Stronger Safer Communities Supporting People Administration Working Neighbourhood Fund Preventing Violent Extremism Climate Change. The Department does not routinely estimate the costs of distributing grant each year, although it does consider the cost-effectiveness of proposals as part of the policy...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Strategic Investment Fund (13 Jul 2009)

Rosie Winterton: ..., and Skills (BIS) will administer this fund; however the £250 million low carbon element will be allocated only to those initiatives that have been jointly agreed between BIS and the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The aim of the fund is to help ensure that the UK remains well positioned to emerge from the economic downturn in a globally competitive position. All proposals...

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Steel Industry (7 Jul 2009)

Rosie Winterton: ...skills and innovation teams. I will pass on the points that have been made about energy prices. I have already had discussions with the Secretary of State and the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, and I will pass on the points that were raised in this debate. Let me assure all right hon. and hon. Members that we do see a future for the UK steel industry. There is a huge...

Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Bill: Leaseholders' Rights Bill (26 Jun 2009) has video

Rosie Winterton: I am sure that my right hon. and hon. Friends in the Department of Energy and Climate Change will listen carefully to the points that have been made about how we proceed with the Warm Front contracts. The leaseholders and any recognised tenants associations have 30 days within which to nominate as many contractors as they wish. The landlord must then try to obtain an estimate from at least...

Pensions Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Clause 1 — Jobholders (25 Nov 2008) has video

Rosie Winterton: ...the saving habits of millions of people in the country. Before we begin this final debate, I should like to pay tribute to my hon. and learned Friend the Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien), to my hon. Friend the Member for Warwick and Leamington (Mr. Plaskitt) and to my noble Friend Lord McKenzie for all their...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Cold Weather Payment (24 Nov 2008) has video

Rosie Winterton: ...be eligible. As I am sure that she knows, people on certain means-tested benefits are eligible for Warm Front grants, but they have to claim them. We are working with the Department for Energy and Climate Change to make sure that we can use some of the ways that we used to ensure that people on lower incomes were aware of benefits such as pension credit. We will work with the Department...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Topical Questions (24 Nov 2008) has video

Rosie Winterton: It is important for us to ensure that those who are eligible for the grants receive them. As I said earlier, we are working with the Department of Energy and Climate Change to ensure that all who are eligible know how and when to claim, but I take the hon. Gentleman's point on board and will pass it on.

[John Bercow in the Chair] — State Pension and Benefits (28 Oct 2008)

Rosie Winterton: ...as well. This is not only about benefits and payments. Other things, such as free bus passes, are about recognising the importance of quality of life. There are huge challenges as a result of demographic changes in society. That is why, in the last two pension Bills, we have made a huge change in how we will be helping people to save for their retirement in the future. There has been...

Written Answers — Transport: Exhaust Emissions: Pollution Control (21 Jul 2008)

Rosie Winterton: ...increasingly important at the local level. Guidance published in 2004 on the second round of Local Transport Plans (LTPs1) encouraged local transport authorities to consider measures to tackle climate change. The Local Transport Bill currently before the House includes a new duty on local authorities to have regard to the protection or improvement of the environment in developing and...

Written Answers — Transport: Transport: Carbon Emissions (21 Jul 2008)

Rosie Winterton: ...emissions from transport. In cases where we decide to go ahead with increasing capacity, we will build the CO2 impacts into our plans to keep CO2 emissions within the carbon budgets set under the Climate Change Bill.

Written Answers — Transport: Transport: West Sussex (21 Jul 2008)

Rosie Winterton: ...) is still at the stage of identifying key challenges to be delivered post 2014. This will need to include mechanisms for, inter alia, barriers to productivity including addressing congestion and climate change. Steps currently being taken in West Sussex to reduce traffic congestion on trunk roads include: Operational m anagement About £4.7 million Local Network Management Schemes....

Orders of the Day: Local Transport Bill [ Lords] (26 Mar 2008) has video

Rosie Winterton: ...in our society often depend on public transport to the greatest extent. Good public transport also helps to tackle congestion, contributing to improved economic performance and the fight against climate change. The bus has always been the workhorse of the transport system. Back in the 1950s, up to 13 billion journeys across the country were made by bus each year. Sadly, for the rest of the...

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Local Government Finance (25 Mar 2008) has video

Rosie Winterton: ...travel wherever they are in England. Access to effective public transport makes a real difference to many people's lives. It plays a key role in boosting the economy, reducing congestion, tackling climate change, promoting social inclusion and improving our quality of life. Buses are the most widely used form of public transport in this country. More than two thirds of all public transport...

Heathrow Airport (28 Nov 2007)

Rosie Winterton: ...particularly to Heathrow. We need to look at improving the service to passengers and, of course, to airlines as well. We also need to ensure that we are tackling the challenges, while meeting our climate change commitments and respecting the local environment around airports, particularly in respect of air quality and noise. The hon. Gentleman was right to speak about the problems that...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: EU Transport Council (27 Nov 2007)

Rosie Winterton: ...Paper and stress the important contribution that EU initiatives on new car CO2 emission targets and on inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme can play in meeting UK and European climate change objectives. The Council will be asked to reach a political agreement on two legislative proposals in maritime transport. First, there is a regulation on the liability of carriers of...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Local Transport Bill (8 Nov 2007)

Rosie Winterton: ...of the Government's strategy to empower local authorities to deliver local transport that meets the needs of their communities. In so doing, it will also support the Government's efforts to tackle climate change. It creates new opportunities for local authorities to deliver bus services that are better suited to the needs of local passengers; to develop more coherent approaches to the...

Public Bill Committee: Human Tissue Bill: Clause 1 - Authorisation of activities for scheduled purposes (27 Jan 2004)

Ms Rosie Winterton: ...research can be carried out. That is why the Bill has been brought forward, as well as to address past problems that caused great distress to families. Due to those past events, there has been a climate of hesitancy in the research community about what is and is not lawful. The Bill attempts to clarify that position. We know that, in many instances, if people are properly asked about the...

Written Answers — Lord Chancellor: Energy Policy (28 Apr 2003)

Ms Rosie Winterton: ...the central Government estate campaign, and generally include each Department's main estate plus all agencies, but not NDPBs. (38) Energy expenditure: this is actual spend, and from April 2001, includes the Climate Change Levy. (39) Energy/m2: this variable allows for changes in both weather and estate size on energy consumption. So annual changes will generally reflect efficiency changes....