Results 1-11 of 11 for climate change speaker:Norman Lamb

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Sick Leave (10 Mar 2009)

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how many staff in his Department and its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five years; (2) what the average number of days of sick leave per staff member in his Department has been since it was established; (3) how many staff in his Department...

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Flood Defences (Norfolk) (6 May 2008)

Norman Lamb: ...contacted by people who have lost house sales and who have been told by estate agents that the value of their home has decreased. In addition, people who had decided to move to the area have now changed their plans. There has been a real and immediate impact. The area is beautiful and unspoiled; its landscape, its communities and its heritage are unique, and it is very much worth fighting...

[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair] — NHS Trust Debts (6 Mar 2007)

Norman Lamb: ...expected to demonstrate clear financial discipline. We can only go forward if trusts delivering health services do so, but it is extremely difficult if they are operating in an uncertain financial climate—and the financial climate is provided by the Government. My hon. Friend used as a case study his local North Bristol NHS Trust, which has a deficit of £100 million. He made...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (15 Nov 2006)

Norman Lamb: As I walked into the Chamber, the hon. Gentleman happened to mention my constituency. We feel that we are in the front line of the impact of climate change in this country, as ours is a low-lying county with crumbling cliffs. At present the only adaptation to the impact of climate change that we see is in shoreline management plans that effectively propose the abandonment of sea defences,...

Civil Nuclear Power (17 Jan 2006)

Norman Lamb: ...slightly over-the-top contribution by the hon. Member for Copeland (Mr. Reed) generated looks of despair among some of his hon. Friends. We can all agree about the absolute imperative of tackling climate change, but as my hon. Friend the Member for Lewes and others pointed out, we can achieve that without nuclear power. It is not just Liberal Democrats saying that. The Tyndall Centre, in...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Climate Change (6 Dec 2005)

Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the oral statement of the Energy Minister of 11 November 2005, column 621, on climate change, if he will make a statement on the £83.5 million for micro-generation installations since 2002; how this funding was split across the programmes run by his Department; when funding started under each programme; how much was granted...

Renewable Transport Fuels (1 Nov 2005)

Norman Lamb: ...developments are taking place in the mix of fuel. We have assumed so far that we can have only a low mix of bioethanol, in particular, with ordinary carbon fuels. However, the picture is changing. Europe has a typical 5 per cent. of biodiesel mix but, unbeknown to them, many drivers in the United States are already using a 10 per cent. ethanol mix with standard gasoline—and that can...

Renewable Transport Fuels (1 Nov 2005)

Norman Lamb: ...with the important points that he has made. What do we need to do now? The Government must make a commitment before the end of the year—perhaps in the pre-Budget report or the report on the climate change review—to introduce a renewable transport fuel obligation, and they must also commit to having that in place by 2007, so that the industry can start to gear up to produce the...

Tackling Climate Change (12 Oct 2005)

Norman Lamb: ...;and opposition parties—to be more courageous in some of the more difficult decisions needed. Although we talk about how the public are beginning to understand better the imperative to tackle climate change, we are still a long way from getting the message across about the priority of taking effective action. We see that when oil prices rise and fuel protests are threatened. As...

Shoreline Management (Norfolk) (8 Mar 2005)

Mr Norman Lamb: ...on coastal erosion and I do not claim fully to understand, for example, the impact of offshore dredging. However, I speak on behalf of a number of coastal communities who feel deeply disturbed by a change in approach that threatens their homes, their security and in some cases everything that they have ever worked for. I accept and understand that the management of the coastline is a...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Road Transport Emissions (16 Nov 2004)

Mr Norman Lamb: The Government have clearly stated their commitment to tackling climate change, yet total greenhouse gas emissions from all forms of road transport increased by about 13 per cent. between 1990 and 2002. The development of biofuels could make a significant impact on the Department's problem, so will the Minister and the Secretary of State press the Chancellor to take decisive action in the...