Results 1-11 of 11 for climate change speaker:Andy Burnham

Business of the House: Digital Britain (29 Jan 2009) has video

Andy Burnham: ..., Canada, France and Australia. UNESCO considers the UK to be the world's biggest exporter of cultural goods, surpassing even the US. We cannot be complacent. The online age is rewriting the rules, changing the way that consumers access content and the old business models that have underpinned Britain's creative industries. The challenge now is how to build the networks and infrastructure...

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Local News Media (19 Jan 2009) has video

Andy Burnham: ...that area are the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. However, I recognise that local newspapers face pressures both from the current economic climate and from structural changes in the media industries. Only a few years ago the press accounted for 54 per cent. of the advertising spend in this country, but the figure is now down to 43...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change (Economic Impact) (24 Jan 2008)

Andy Burnham: The Stern review assessed a wide range of evidence on the impact of climate change and its economic costs. It concluded that the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting. The intergovernmental panel on climate change has also assessed the economics of taking action, and come to similar overall conclusions.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change (Economic Impact) (24 Jan 2008)

Andy Burnham: I am not sure that I have done anything to deserve such lavish praise from my hon. Friend, but he is right that the Stern report on the economics of climate change has changed the debate, in this country and around the world. It made it clear that the people who could suffer most from a failure to tackle climate change, or from a lack of ambition in our approach to it, are those living in the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change (Economic Impact) (24 Jan 2008)

Andy Burnham: The evidence that the Treasury has collected shows that the climate change levy has reduced harmful emissions overall and has produced revenue that is useful in the fight against climate change. I recall that the levy was introduced in the face of opposition from Conservative Members. It was a far-sighted decision taken back in the early days of this Government. That shows that the Government...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change (Economic Impact) (24 Jan 2008)

Andy Burnham: ...However, he must recognise that the Stern review identified that there are economic costs to the country and its citizens of not taking action at the appropriate level. If we do not take action on climate change, the cost of food could rise well into the future. We need to consider both the short term and the long term. He rightly raised the issue of fuel bills; we, as a Government, must...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change (Economic Impact) (24 Jan 2008)

Andy Burnham: ...hundreds of millions of people could suffer if we do not take appropriate action. It is true to say that those who would suffer most are those around the world who have perhaps contributed least to climate change. He is right to say that international action is the key. We should take some encouragement from the fact that the European Commission's package, published this week, draws...

Orders of the Day: European Communities (Finance) Bill (19 Nov 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...Europe to grow and develop strengthens them and strengthens Europe, making us all more secure. A more developed Europe will be better able to meet the common challenges that we face, such as climate change and security. [Interruption.] I can hear Conservative Members chuntering. We have heard about attempts by the Leader of the Opposition to form a new political party in the European...

Orders of the Day: European Communities (Finance) Bill (19 Nov 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...: competitiveness; jobs; migration; the environment; and security. It needs to meet the challenges of globalisation and play its full part in the wider world, and to do that, its budget needs reform. Some change has been made, as I said to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris), but he is correct in saying that too much expenditure—40 per...

[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair] — Shipman Inquiry (21 Jun 2007)

Andy Burnham: ...have been put in place to ensure the quality of care, to focus health care organisations on continuous quality improvement, and to identify and deal with poor professional performance. In the new climate it seems unlikely that abuses such as those perpetrated by Shipman, Kerr and Haslam would have continued for so long without coming to the relevant authorities' attention. Nevertheless,...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Scientific Procedures Statistics (Living Animals) 2004 (8 Dec 2005)

Andy Burnham: ...total since 1992, it does not necessarily signal an established upwards trend in animal use. The overall level of scientific procedures is determined by a number of factors, including the economic climate and global trends in scientific endeavour. Non-toxicological procedures accounted for about 85 per cent. of the procedures carried out in 2004. These included studies for fundamental...