Results 1-13 of 13 for climate change speaker:Mark Francois

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

Mark Francois: .... Despite the BP and Shell sagas, Britain is the largest foreign investor in Russia. Britain and Russia have joint concerns about Islamic fundamentalist terrorism, nuclear non-proliferation and climate change—issues that should be of concern to all of us. Given that great potential for co-operation, it is regrettable that Russian actions in a number of areas have harmed what could...

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

Mark Francois: ...holds for the 2010 document. I turn to the document, and I begin with Copenhagen. We welcome a number of the Commission's objectives, particularly the fact that it wants to prioritise the fight against climate change. That is an important priority, and a topical one given that we all hope that international agreement can be reached at the UN summit in Copenhagen in December. Indeed, the...

Financial Crisis: That this House takes note of European Union Documents No. 15299/08, Commission Communication Review of EU-Russia Relations and No. 15300/08, Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the Commission Communication Review of EU-Russia Relations; and supports the Government's policy on the future of the relationship in view of recent developments. (20 Jan 2009) has video

Mark Francois: ...his reasons for resuming talks, saw it differently, of course. He said: "Negotiations on the agreement are a pragmatic way of pursuing our interests across a range of important issues, like energy, climate change and trade." That approach was reflected by the Europe Minister in her letter of 26 November to the European Scrutiny Committee, which is referred to on page 35 of our bundle. She...

Orders of the Day: European Union (Audit of Benefits and Costs of UK Membership) Bill (20 Jun 2008) has video

Mark Francois: ...it raises the question of whether certain benefits of EU membership are quantifiable. For instance, how can we quantify the benefits of working together to tackle environmental problems such as climate change, or intergovernmentally on foreign policy issues, such as responding to Iran's nuclear weapons programme or in respect of Russia's relations with its neighbours? Can we quantify the...

Orders of the Day: Clause 3 — Changes of terminology (3 Mar 2008)

Mark Francois: ...have 20 days to debate the provisions in detail, but they broke that commitment. Thirdly, they promised line-by-line scrutiny of the treaty, but they broke that commitment, too. When we debated climate change, we spent the best part of a day on it, yet as my hon. Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison) said, only six words in the treaty related to that subject and no new powers...

Written Answers — Treasury: Economics of Climate Change Review (8 Mar 2007)

Mark Francois: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many copies of each report published to date as part of the Stern review of the economics of climate change were (a) printed and (b) distributed; (2) what the (a) commissioning and development, (b) publishing and printing, (c) distribution and (d) other media costs were for the Stern review of the economics of climate change; (3) which...

Written Answers — Treasury: Reviews: Expenditure (1 Mar 2007)

Mark Francois: ...profession; (28) how much Sir John Pattison was paid to conduct his high-level review of stem cell research; (29) how much Sir Nicholas Stern was paid to conduct his review of the economics of climate change; (30) how much was paid to Lord Davidson to conduct his review of implementation of EU legislation; (31) how much Phillip Hampton was paid to conduct his review of regulatory...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Environmental Taxation (26 Oct 2006)

Mark Francois: According to a poll published this week, only 4 per cent. of the population believe that Labour has made effective progress on climate change; presumably the Chancellor is one of them. Does not the fact that he suddenly mentioned the issue 15 times in his Budget speech, compared with a previous average of one speech reference—

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Environmental Taxation (26 Oct 2006)

Mark Francois: The question is—because the Chancellor mentioned climate change 15 times this year, but only once the year before—is it not true that he is much more interested in political change than climate change?

Orders of the Day — Finance (No. 2) Bill (24 Apr 2006)

Mark Francois: ...Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Mrs. Villiers) gave a very good, detailed speech outlining our critique of the Bill. She criticised the instability of the tax regime caused by the constant change and tinkering in which the Chancellor loves to indulge. She suggested a measure to save the home computing initiative by working co-operatively—again, I shall say more about that...

Orders of the Day — Finance (No. 2) Bill (24 Apr 2006)

Mark Francois: ...to pay 19 per cent. straight off instead. The Government have billed that as an anti-avoidance measure, but it is still a revenue-raising initiative. The Treasury's Red Book points out that the change, which is euphemistically described as "tackling tax motivated incorporation", is set to raise a net £870 million from small companies in the years 2006–07 to 2008–09...

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill: New Clause 7 — Road Fuel Regulator (6 Jul 2005)

Mark Francois: ...Deputy Speaker, for straying slightly wide of the mark. Mindful of that, I think that I can say that the hon. Lady will be aware that there is a lively debate in the environmental community about climate change, nuclear power and other issues. As I hope she will appreciate, I am attempting to focus on the specific point about the value of duty and on exactly what is proposed in the new...

Defence Procurement (17 Jul 2002)

Mr Mark Francois: ...an essentially expeditionary strategy. In a press conference shortly after SDR was announced, the then Secretary of State for Defence, now Lord Robertson, Secretary General of NATO, summed up the change: "If the war is no longer going to come to us, then we may have to go to the war." That realignment of Britain's armed forces had important implications for their associated equipment...