Results 1-5 of 5 for climate change speaker:Tom Harris
- Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video
Tom Harris: ...is that, with increased capacity at Heathrow, there will be less pressure to lift the cap on night flights. A word of criticism for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change—I am glad to see that he has taken his seat again—is that the proposal for a high-speed rail hub at Old Oak Common is peculiar. I hope that, at this early stage in the...
- Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008) has video
Tom Harris: ...": "I hope that the recession now being forecast by some economists materialises...A recession in the rich nations might be the only hope we have of buying the time we need to prevent runaway climate change." To paraphrase what was said by a former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, that is saying that joblessness and unemployment are a price well worth paying to stop climate...
- Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008) has video
Tom Harris: .... I strongly suspect a deep level of cynicism from the Conservative party that is more about winning seats to the west of London at the next general election than it is about any concern at all for climate change. I have spoken off the record to several Conservative MPs—including at least one member of the party's Front-Bench team, although they were not from its Transport...
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Environment Protection: Walking (8 Feb 2007)
Tom Harris: .... The focus of this national campaign will be on fuel efficiency and smarter driving, encouraging people to think about how their choice and use of car contributes to carbon dioxide emissions and climate change. We shall take stock of the impact of that activity before considering an expansion of the campaign to encourage modal change messages. That campaign is additional to a sustainable...
- Public Bill Committee: European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill: Clause 1 - Piloting conduct at european and local elections (30 Oct 2003)
Mr Tom Harris: .... Heath), which is that the pilot postal ballot should take place over the whole country. His argument, however, that we could then compare turnout with that of five years ago is flawed. Political climates change and the comparison would not be valid. He must recognise that to decide whether postal voting is a success, it would be far more valid to compare turnout in adjacent European...