Results 1-20 of 39 for climate change speaker:Chris Bryant

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs and External Relations Council (11 Nov 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...has been sufficient to continue the suspension of the travel ban. Ministers may also look more widely at the EU's engagement, and assess what instruments it has at its disposal to bring about change. We will argue that there has not been sufficient progress to warrant lifting sanctions at this time, although we would be prepared to see the suspension of the travel ban continue for a...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Secondment (11 Nov 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...Inn 2008 2010 D6 Cabinet Office 2008 2010 D6 DFID 2008 2011 D6 HMT 2009 2011 D6 BIA 2008 2010 D6 Intellectual Property Office 2008 2010 D6 Australian Dept of Climate Change 2009 2011 D6 Wilton Park Executive 2007 2010 D6 HMT 2009 2012 D6 Africa Matters Ltd 2005 2010 D6 BERR 2008 2011 D6 HMT 2009 2012 D6 Cabinet Office...

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs and External Relations Council (3 Nov 2009)

Chris Bryant: ....consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms data/docs/pressdata/en/gena/110776.pdf Preparation of the 29- 30 October European Council The October European Council agenda covered economic and financial issues, climate change and institutional issues. On economic and financial issues, my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary strongly supported the need for the European Council to deliver a message on...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Brazil (3 Nov 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...G20, the UN and International Monetary Fund. It is our hope that Brazil use its influence within others, such as the G77 and Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), to persuade other countries of the case. On Climate Change, the UK works closely with Brazil on climate change—as a country with a relatively clean energy matrix and with a strong commitment to address deforestation. The UK sees...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: South America: Conflict Prevention (3 Nov 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...where the risk and impact of conflict is greatest, including South Asia and the Middle East. The UK still undertakes significant work in Latin America on issues such as human rights and democracy, climate change and counter-narcotics. We continue to work alongside international partners, including the UN, on conflict issues.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: United Nations Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (3 Nov 2009)

Chris Bryant: The Department for Energy and Climate Change, which holds the Government policy lead on the convention on the physical protection of nuclear material, has confirmed that it has not received a request from a Select Committee to extend the 21 sitting day period, therefore the time period for scrutiny will end on 4 November 2009.

Written Ministerial Statements — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: General Affairs and External Relations Council (22 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...of the 29- 30 October European Council The GAERC will discuss the Presidency's agenda for the October European Council, which will be dominated by three main topics: institutional issues, climate change and the economic and financial crisis. On institutional issues, the focus will be on how to follow up Czech President Klaus's questions in relation to the Lisbon Treaty. The presidency will...

Nato: China (20 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...welcome the further meeting that will take place in Nanjing in a few weeks' time, in November, just before the Copenhagen summit. We support summit plans for a high-profile EU-China partnership on climate change and, indeed, for the near-zero emissions coal initiative. It is absolutely vital that the EU and China work together, and it is much easier for us to achieve that if we co-operate...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: EU Budget (20 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: The Government remain committed to far-reaching reform of the EU budget refocusing it on jobs and growth; tackling climate change; and, ensuring security, stability and poverty reduction. We look forward to the publication of the European Commission's Budget Review White Paper, which will likely set out recommendations for the future of the budget. The Council will discuss these...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Antarctic Territory: Polar Regions Unit (19 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...fundamental importance that can be best answered by research requiring access to the polar regions. It consists of six major programmes each consisting of several projects. The PSPE Programmes are: Climate, Chemistry and Past Climate, Ecosystems, Environmental Change and Evolution, Ice Sheets and Polar Oceans. Further details of PSPE, and the component research programmes and projects, can...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Indian Ocean Territory: Environment Protection (19 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...Office and Department for International Development fund totalling £1 million annually, funds projects in the Overseas Territories dealing with environment, biodiversity, energy, recycling, climate change adaption and mitigation, and sustainable development. The programme is currently contributing funding to a two-year project involving specialist scientists from elsewhere in the...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...right hon. Friend will. I hope to speak about that case in more detail later. It is an issue that I raised when I was a Back Bencher. The key areas where Russia and the UK have to work together are climate change, which has been mentioned, and counter-proliferation, which relates not only to nuclear weaponry, but to the security of fissile material, on which the UK and Russia have worked...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...issues to reply on. The Prime Minister has met President Medvedev twice this year; the Foreign Secretary has regular dialogue with Foreign Minister Lavrov; and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change was in Moscow earlier this month to build momentum towards Copenhagen.

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...am happy to come back to him on the question that he has raised. Contrary to the hon. Gentleman's comments, there has been a great deal of engagement between this country and Russia in relation to climate change and counter-proliferation. We believe that there are important movements in Russia's position in relation to Iran and North Korea. We welcome those moves, not least the meeting...

China and the West (13 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...play—as does the World Service—in enhancing the reputation of Britain as a place in which to learn English and study other subjects. The hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire referred to climate change, which I will discuss in a moment. In particular, she mentioned high-speed rail. When she next has an opportunity to speak to the hon. Member for Twickenham (Dr. Cable), who is...

China and the West (13 Oct 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...a resolution on Burma. Since then there have been significant developments in which China could have played a far greater role. I refer too to the position it took last July on Zimbabwe. As for climate change, we have seen a significant move in recent days for which we are grateful. China has a national leading group on energy and climate change, which is chaired by the Chinese Premier,...

European Union (21 Jul 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...respect to the working population. Of course that is right. One of the many reasons for our support for a very important round of talks in Copenhagen, at which we must get a clear resolution on climate change issues, is that the danger of climate change, in particular if sea levels rise because of the increased temperature of the globe, is that because some of the poorest people in the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Royal Visits (14 Jul 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...with important countries. The visit to Japan was the culmination of a year-long major UK-Japan festival marking the 150th anniversary of UK-Japan diplomatic relations. The environment and climate change were important themes, and a corporate leaders' group on climate change was established. In Brunei, the British garrison was a major feature along with initiatives to promote a low carbon,...

Nuclear Weapons Proliferation (9 Jul 2009) has video

Chris Bryant: ...energetic leadership around the world, in particular in Latin America. The UK has had a strong, high-level bilateral commitment with Brazil since 2007. Similarly, when South Africa decided to change its position on nuclear weapons, it too took up energetic leadership on such issues around the world, and we want to work closely with South Africa on them. We also have strong bilateral...

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — European Commission Annual Policy Strategy (2 Jul 2009)

Chris Bryant: ...for Rayleigh, because the more Ministers can say that they speak unambiguously for Parliament in the lead up to Copenhagen, the better. We want an ambitious programme, because we recognise that climate change is not a myth, as some suggest, but potentially the biggest single danger and risk to economic prosperity and individuals' ability to live contented lives. The more we are able to say...