Results 1-20 of 21 for climate change speaker:Alistair Carmichael

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Postal Services (9 Nov 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires.

Agricultural Building Allowance (13 Oct 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: ..., if not most of them, agriculture lies at the very heart of the economy. The second concern that I want to explore today is that the manner in which the Government are seeking to make the change is, in effect, retrospective. The Minister will no doubt explain why the Government have chosen to act in that way. I shall explore the question of retrospectivity, but the fact is that buildings...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (14 Sep 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the merits of extending the remit of Ofgem to include responsibility for regulation of the bottled gas market.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Sequestration: Scotland (16 Jul 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with Scottish energy companies on carbon capture and storage at power stations in Scotland.

Written Answers — Transport: Aviation: Exhaust Emissions (15 Jul 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) what discussions his Department has had with (a) Lord Turner of Ecchinswell and (b) other members of the Committee on Climate Change on the effect on lifeline flights of proposed targets for aviation emissions; (2) what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Committee on Climate Change on the effect...

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Light Dues (2 Jun 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: ...no walking away. At the root of this issue are the finances of the GLF, which was recently described to me as being a pension fund with lighthouses. Given the dramatic way in which the service has changed in the past 20 years, that is undeniably the case. There have been significant cost reductions as a consequence of automation, and that is entirely sensible. I remember from my youth...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Investigating the Oceans (2 Apr 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: ...deal with him in connection with fisheries—and is assiduous in carrying them out. Others, doubtless in the Departments for Transport, for Environment and Rural Affairs, and of Energy and Climate Change, have their role to play as well, but there is not the ministerial champion for marine science that my hon. Friend spoke about. That not only affects our ability to approach the...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Investigating the Oceans (2 Apr 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: ..., but through the Treasury. Perhaps therein lies the problem. If the estate's marine division, at least, were accountable more sensibly through DEFRA, or through the Department of Energy and Climate Change, which makes more sense than going through the Treasury, or even through the devolved Administrations, the estate would take a different approach. In the meantime, it remains answerable...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency (5 Mar 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to increase his Department's support for home energy efficiency measures.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Clause 1 — Northern Ireland department with policing and justice functions (4 Mar 2009) has video

Alistair Carmichael: ...question back to the hon. Gentleman. I have spoken to number of Members of the Legislative Assembly concerning the position of the hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) and his comments on climate change. [Interruption.] He may not have lost the confidence of his own party, but I do not detect a great deal of confidence among the other parties. There is also the position of Catriona...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Northern Ireland Bill (4 Mar 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: ...the most difficult job in the Assembly. The hon. Member for East Antrim (Sammy Wilson) has recently been the subject of some controversy as Minister of Environment, given his views on man-made climate change. I wonder, in passing, whether he would retain the confidence of political opponents in the way that is expected of the Minister for Justice. Indeed, important though climate change...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Radioactive Materials: Transport (26 Feb 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the security of nuclear waste transported by rail in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

[Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Retained Firefighters (11 Feb 2009)

Alistair Carmichael: ...retained firefighting service, because we have seen something similar before. It is not many years since we did exactly the same thing in Scotland with the ambulance service. The consequence of the change to the ambulance service is that although we have full-time ambulance cover across the whole of Scotland, there are longer response times and the service is patchier, notwithstanding the...

Written Answers — Transport: Shipping: Climate Change (18 Feb 2008)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment her Department has made of the implications of climate change for the UK marine shipping industry.

Point of Order: Fisheries (14 Dec 2006)

Alistair Carmichael: ...in particular, I hope that she will make the point to them that there is now a substantial body of evidence to suggest that the disappearance of cod stocks from the North sea has a lot to do with climate change, and that school children being driven to school—perhaps in Islington many travel in 4x4s and other carbon-emitting vehicles—is behaviour that has an impact on cod...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Marine Climate Change (13 Dec 2006)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to improve scientific understanding of the effect of marine climate change; what research he has commissioned in this area; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Marine Climate Change (12 Dec 2006)

Alistair Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what effect the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership Annual Report Card on the marine environment will have on his Department's fisheries policy.

Written Answers — Transport: Aviation (28 Nov 2006)

Alistair Carmichael: ... (1) what progress he has made on the commitment in paragraph 3.42 of the Future of Air Transport White Paper to continue to explore and discuss other options for tackling aviation's impact on climate change; what the outcome has been of those steps; and what steps he plans to take to implement his findings; (2) what steps he is planning to take to exercise the right reserved in...

Fisheries (7 Dec 2005)

Alistair Carmichael: ...a window of opportunity, albeit a small one. The spawning grounds with immature cod must be identified and protected, because this might be our last chance. We can only speculate on the impact of climate change on cod stocks, but if we have the opportunity to improve the situation, we must not allow it to pass. I add my voice to those of other hon. Members who have said that this is a...