Results 1-6 of 6 for climate change speaker:Albert Owen
- Nuclear Energy (31 Mar 2009)
Albert Owen: ...because it might lose a few votes. Nuclear is too important an issue for us to play party political point scoring. We need nuclear for the future security of the United Kingdom. We need to meet the targets. Climate change carries more risks than a nuclear explosion, which many people fear. Many of the top scientists and environmentalists are acknowledging that. People who are ideologically...
- Nuclear Energy (31 Mar 2009)
Albert Owen: ...Conservative party was not in favour of nuclear power. He was courting the green lobby and said that nuclear power should be the last resort. At the time, the Government were putting through the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill and, indeed, a Planning Bill to help make nuclear power part of the rich mix. The Conservative leader was not doing that.
- Business of the House: Welsh Affairs (26 Feb 2009) has video
Albert Owen: ...Government are working on a new biomass plant, after the closure of Wylfa. The Wales Office is acting as a host, and as a facilitator between the Welsh Assembly Government, the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, to get the best political outcome. At the end of the day, it will be a commercial decision, but I hope that...
- Business of the House: Welsh Affairs (26 Feb 2009) has video
Albert Owen: The hon. Gentleman is trying to confuse the issue even further. I have lobbied the Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, my hon. and learned Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien), in the House. I have lobbied on a platform with the leader of Plaid Cymru, saying that we need these jobs in the area. I have been consistent on the matter. The Prime Minister...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (15 Jun 2006)
Albert Owen: What recent discussions he has had on the climate change levy and its impact on carbon emissions.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (15 Jun 2006)
Albert Owen: ...that response. He will know that high energy users, including the aluminium smelter sector, have reduced their CO2 emissions considerably because of incentives provided by the Government, through changes to national insurance and part-exemption from the climate change levy. That has allowed smelters, including Anglesey Aluminium in my constituency, to reduce their carbon emissions by up to...