Results 1-15 of 15 for climate change speaker:Shaun Woodward

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Climate Change (12 Jan 2009)

Shaun Woodward: The Adapting to Climate Change programme is responsible for the co-ordination of the Government's work on adaptation in England. In Northern Ireland—as in Scotland and Wales—the devolved Administration is responsible for considering how climate change will affect issues such as health, education and planning. However, it is recognised that there is a need to ensure coherence...

Written Ministerial Statements — Northern Ireland: Government's Legislative Programme (Application to Northern Ireland) (7 Nov 2007)

Shaun Woodward: ...degrees. They will require the consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly in relation to those provisions in the devolved field: Child Maintenance and Other Payments (Department of Work and Pensions) Climate Change (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts (HM Treasury) Education and Skills (Department for Children, Schools and Families)...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Climate Change (4 Jun 2007)

Shaun Woodward: We do not envisage that any future heritage protection legislation to enact the reforms proposed in the White Paper, Heritage Protection for the 21st Century, will include specific measures on climate change. However our proposals for reform will enable more flexible management arrangements for historic assets and allow for a wider range of historic assets to be protected. Both of these...

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Cultural Heritage: Climate Change (4 Jun 2007)

Shaun Woodward: DCMS is currently scoping a project to address potential climate change impacts on all our sectors, including heritage sites and the historic environment. The findings from the project will help to shape any recommendations to the organisations to which DCMS provides funding. English Heritage, the Government's statutory adviser on the historic environment, is developing a website tool to help...

Rapid Transit Scheme (Belfast) (13 Oct 2005)

Shaun Woodward: ...currently taken by car, particularly by commuters, and to provide a high standard of transport for people who do not own or have access to a car. The transport proposals in the plan aim to bring about a step change in the quality of public transport services involving the improvement of the commuter rail network, the creation of an extensive network of quality bus corridors, the provision...

Gender Recognition Bill (23 Feb 2004)

Mr Shaun Woodward: The Bill is very important; it is important because it will dramatically affect the lives of several thousand people in this country and because it will create a climate that will enable people who have experienced the issue in some way to feel more comfortable and more equal in our society in the future. The Bill does not give anybody special rights or special privileges; what it is...

European Affairs (11 Dec 2002)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...what the Government are trying to achieve. The Prime Minister made it clear in Cardiff last week that we need a proper constitution for Europe because of the EU's expansion to 25 members. Without change, it is impossible to take forward such a Europe in the way that we support. The Prime Minister spelt out that we want a constitution, Xwhich makes it clear that the driving ideology is...

Orders of the Day — Police (Northern Ireland) Bill (6 Jun 2000)

Shaun Woodward: This has been an extraordinary debate, in which hon. Members from all parties have made striking speeches. The Bill is significant and important, but equally important is the climate in which it passes through the House. I was struck by the speech of the right hon. Member for North-West Cambridgeshire (Sir B. Mawhinney), and by his wish that we could somehow move away from the politicisation...

Orders of the Day — Police (Northern Ireland) Bill (6 Jun 2000)

Shaun Woodward: To suggest otherwise is deliberately mischievous. The Bill recognises the need for change to build on the success of the past in order to deliver a lasting peace. That peace will be for those who serve and have served in the police forces but—crucially—it will also be for the people of Northern Ireland, regardless of their religion, faith or community background. I am 41 years...

Orders of the Day — Local Government Bill [Lords] (11 Apr 2000)

Shaun Woodward: ...No one should be in any doubt about the purpose of section 28. It was introduced not to protect, but to discriminate and to hurt. Its presence on the statute book directly or indirectly creates a climate of confusion, fear, intolerance and hatred. That climate still pervades the classroom, despite changes to the legislation in the 1990s—not directly, because of the Education Act...

Orders of the Day — Greater London Authority Bill: Membership of the Authority and the Assembly (4 Nov 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...appear one day about the mayor, surely the Assembly should have the power to dismiss him. Does the Minister still believe that that would be preposterous? The mayor will have the power to create a climate of opinion. In London, we rightly depend on the authority and high standing of our police, and our support for the police is essential if we are to have a well-protected city. The...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (25 Jan 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...children is a criminal offence—rightly so. The sad truth is that the law alone has not been able to prevent sexual abuse within the family. In the past 10 years, Childline has worked hard to change the climate in which children can report sexual abuse. Childline's work is based on listening to children—listening to their pain and their suffering. Perhaps 15 or 20 years ago,...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (25 Jan 1999)

Mr Shaun Woodward: .... However, an effective HIV prevention strategy will be impossible to implement if the law always makes the activity in question a criminal offence. Many people have raised the question whether a change in the law will lead to more young men becoming the victims of predatory older men. There is no evidence of that happening in other countries where there is an equal age of consent,...

Environmental Taxation (18 Nov 1998)

Mr Shaun Woodward: ...with the hon. Member for Truro and St. Austell (Mr. Taylor) that a serious tax reform must consider the role of the environment. The Deputy Prime Minister recently returned from the conference on climate change in Buenos Aires. He went out with a great deal to say and high hopes, but most of us know that he returned with very little agreed. One of the major agreements was that 146...

Business of the House (22 Oct 1998)

Mr Shaun Woodward: Will the Leader of the House clarify exactly what she meant by taking note of the request by my hon. Friend the Member for West Chelmsford (Mr. Burns) for a debate on climate change before the meeting in Buenos Aires? Will she simply say yes or no to whether the Government take the issue seriously and whether they will find Government time for a debate on it?