Results 1-11 of 11 for climate change speaker:Mark Field

[Mr. Bill Olner in the Chair] — Financial Services Regulation (10 Nov 2009)

Mark Field: ...enormous cash injection into the Royal Bank of Scotland last week, along with incendiary tales of the return of big banking bonuses, is making the general public question whether anything has changed apart from the size of the ballooning public deficit. Whether we like it or not, bank lending is unlikely to return to anything approximating normality until probably the second half of 2011....

Central London Businesses (27 Oct 2009)

Mark Field: No one can dispute that the past year has been tough for businesses large and small nationwide. Their future will remain uncertain, as the climate in which they operate continues to be unpredictable, and any signs of sustainable economic recovery are likely to be tentative. One might therefore have hoped that any further tax burden on our nation's commercial enterprises would be avoided at...

City of London (14 Oct 2009)

Mark Field: ...of the most important elements of the City of London's outlook in the years to come. I want now to say a few words about hedge funds. In many ways, their rise and power represent one of the biggest changes to the global economy over the past half a century. Largely for that reason, there has been a demand, which predates the banking collapses of the past two years, for an alternative...

[Mr. Edward O'Hara in the Chair] — Inbound Tourism (25 Feb 2009)

Mark Field: ..., rising unemployment there and the lowest recorded levels of US consumer confidence are likely, I fear, to ensure that the number of visits continues to fall. There is also concern about the exchange rate. There has been a depreciation during the past year, but the situation may change through 2009, and there could be a large reduction not just in visitor numbers, but in absolute spend....

[Mr. Mike Weir in the Chair] — Social Housing (Central London) (14 Jan 2009)

Mark Field: ...: grant subsidy, which is used to develop and deliver affordable rents, and equity, which is needed to fund the product. Although equity cannot be returned, it can be reviewed and adapted to suit changing individual circumstances. In addition, I support the introduction of a new housing model that discourages home ownership for those who cannot afford it, but leaves open an...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 17 (15 May 2008)

Mark Field: ...views, Sir Nicholas. My hon. Friend made an interesting point, and I would be interested to hear what the Economic Secretary has to say in that regard. Does my hon. Friend agree with me that if climate change and other environmental taxes are genuinely to do what we expect, they should not necessarily be revenue-neutral? They are there to change behaviour, and therefore any Government...

Climate Change (5 Mar 2008)

Mark Field: ...my hon. Friend, I have a sceptical frame of mind. It is important to consider this matter in such a frame of mind and not to be blind to certain evidence or science that is important in relation to climate change. He referred to initial conditions that he will not discuss at great length now. I want to mention one issue. On a number of occasions he said that we needed to be sure. Does he...

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

Mark Field: ..., Food and Rural Affairs agenda. Like many Conservatives of a sceptical disposition, I am not entirely convinced by some of the more apocalyptic predictions made by the environmental lobby on climate change and, more particularly, about the man-made elements of recent fluctuations in global temperature. All too often, that has been used as a stick with which to beat global capitalism....

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: New Clause 4 — Tax Law Commission (6 Jul 2005)

Mark Field: ..., the Government have introduced major new taxation policies on intangibles, share schemes and other employee-owned securities—they have done that several times—stamp duty land tax, the climate change levy, tonnage tax, IR35, transfer pricing, windfall taxes, derivatives, VAT grouping, international financial reporting standards, double tax relief, general insurance and...

Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (27 Jan 2003)

Mr Mark Field: ...uncosted liability, there is a risk that it will not be in the public interest. Specifically, it is clear that British Energy will not enjoy fair trading until proper account is taken of the true effect of the climate change levy. Given the absence of carbon dioxide emissions, the proper account should be nil. Although I am instinctively supportive of measures that will improve the global...

Clean Fuels (19 Oct 2001)

Mr Mark Field: ...many, particularly on the Conservative Benches, have a somewhat sceptical attitude to environmental matters. I am old enough to remember that in the mid-1970s, when people were talking about world climate change problems, the concern was not that there was global warming, but that we were heading towards a new ice age. At that time, it was also said that fossil fuels would be running out...