Results 1-17 of 17 for climate change speaker:Jonathan Djanogly

Political Parties and Elections Bill (Extension of Carry-over): Clause 8 — Declaration as to source of donation (13 Jul 2009)

Jonathan Djanogly: .... There is no coherent reason for this discrepancy'".—[ Official Report, House of Lords, 30 April 2009; Vol. 710, c. GC143-4.] How nicely put. So why have the Government so fundamentally changed their mind on this issue? We agree that there is a question as to whether it is reasonable to allow someone to vote in an election, and even to stand in an election, but not to make a...

Orders of the Day: 'Part 6 (4 Nov 2008) has video

Jonathan Djanogly: ...that environmental issues are included in the bargaining agenda". I am still somewhat confused: what will the reps do that a company should not be doing anyway to bring itself in line with the Climate Change Bill? In these times of economic uncertainty, we must be careful in respect of the fundamental necessities. Continued employment, economic growth, financial stability and so on are all...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change: Research (23 Oct 2008)

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how much the Government have spent on research into climate change since 1997; (2) how much the Government have provided by way of grants or subsidies to organisations, companies and people involved in climate change research in each financial year since 1998.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (23 Oct 2008)

Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much the Government have provided by way of grants or subsidies to the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit in each financial year since 1998.

[Miss Anne Begg in the Chair] (3 Jun 2008)

Jonathan Djanogly: It is not for me to give the hon. Gentleman an answer. He needs to ask the Mayor. We now have an economic climate in which employers often have to employ migrant workers because they find it too expensive to employ British people. The hon. Member for Elmet said that the Government strategy affected the lower paid. However, the proposed agency workers legislation—the Minister might want...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 4 — Duty to promote the success of the company (17 Oct 2006)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...CSR. We in the Conservative party support social responsibility in companies. We believe that companies, in preference to the state, can and should be a positive driver of environmental and social change. In fact, we have placed increased corporate responsibility at the top of our agenda, even in being what my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) called a "critical...

Public Bill Committee: Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Clause 158 (11 Jul 2006)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...agree with that. The Minister’s attempt to throw up an Aunt Sally that somehow shows that we do not like CSR was pretty weak. The Conservative party has championed a proposal for dealing with climate change that is much more serious than the Government’s suggestion, and we do not propose to use non-specific company law. Our proposals are in our energy review. We believe that...

Public Bill Committee: Company Law Reform Bill [Lords]: Clause 158 (11 Jul 2006)

Jonathan Djanogly: ...date, continental European investors have lagged behind their counterparts in North America and the UK in terms of the priority they place on corporate governance, this study shows that attitudes are clearly changing.’” The article goes on to show how things are changing in Europe, as well as in the United Kingdom. Of the rest of the companies that will be affected by the Bill,...

Employment Relations Bill: New Clause 5 — Additional Duties on Employers Informed of Ballots (29 Mar 2004)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: The hon. Gentleman did not hear where I was coming from. The climate has changed dramatically, and I gave the Heathrow case as an example. It is bizarre that, despite 65 pieces of employment and union legislation, the unions are not grateful, but the more they get, the more they seem to retreat into militancy, which must create a conundrum for the Government.

Employment Relations Bill: New Clause 5 — Additional Duties on Employers Informed of Ballots (29 Mar 2004)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: ...firefighters were intimidated during the miners' strike. [Interruption.] I mean the fire strike. Wildcat, unofficial strikes have occurred at, for example, British Airways and the Post Office. The climate of industrial relations has changed over the past year, but few people would say that it has changed for the better. A new generation of union leaders has come to the fore, and they are,...

European Communities (Deregulation) (4 Feb 2004)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: ...he has campaigned. It has to be said that not all regulation affecting business is down to Europe. Examples of recent UK-inspired legislation affecting business in a significant way include the climate change levy and the aggregates tax. Those are very much creatures of our Government's devising. However, excessive European legislation has become a growing political issue in the UK, where...

The Economy (4 Dec 2003)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: ...euro, the Government will be able to blame others for setting an interest rate that destroys our own economy. Having said that, Labour has also encouraged our very own British regulations, such as the climate change levy, the aggregates tax and, most recently, the income tax hike in the form of national insurance, which is itself equivalent to a 3 per cent. rise in corporation tax but is...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 166 - First-year allowances for expenditure on environmentally beneficial plant or machinery (20 May 2003)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: It is a pleasant change to see the Government inducing companies to follow an environmental policy by way of carrot rather than by way of sticks such as the climate change levy. I fully support using capital allowances to encourage companies to make environmentally friendly investments. However, before we discuss the particulars of the schedule, I wish to note my concern that the clause does...

Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: [Sir Alan Haselhurst in the Chair] — Clause 1 — Expenditure relating to British Energy P.L.C. (6 Feb 2003)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: ..., the windfall tax has taken from this sector about the same amount as the taxpayer will need to pay towards British Energy's historic nuclear fuel liabilities. We then have to consider the climate change levy and the new electricity trading arrangements. We could discuss the Government's failure to give a clear lead on where the industry is going. Without the energy White Paper, we and...

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (26 Nov 2001)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received in support of the climate change levy; and from whom.

Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill (26 Oct 2001)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: ...denoted our boundaries and signified our power. Although Britannia ruled the waves, we spent little time considering what is beneath them. Perhaps that is because we are not blessed with warm climates, and the cold waters put people off trying to understand the sea. Clearly, there is a new appreciation of marine life, the beauty of our environment, the dangers of pollution and the need for...

Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill (26 Oct 2001)

Mr Jonathan Djanogly: I agree with the hon. Lady. That is another reason why adaptability will be important—as the hon. Lady said, climates affect the sea. The Bill could also be used to encourage marine-related tourism and to develop educational facilities, which are currently significantly underdeveloped in Britain compared with other countries. At the moment, most consideration goes into securing rare...