Results 1-10 of 10 for climate change speaker:Mark Prisk

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Christmas (26 Oct 2009)

Mark Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Christmas functions arranged by his Department (a) he and (b) officials of his Department (i) hosted and (ii) attended in 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Billing (29 Jun 2009)

Mark Prisk: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what proportion of invoices his Department has paid within 10 days of receipt in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Small Business Assistance (21 Jan 2009)

Mark Prisk: ...dithering has failed to assist small firms, but unfortunately they have also put policies into practice that are actually hurting small firms in our constituencies. Let me offer three simple examples. First, the Government have changed the rules on capital gains tax, which will cost owner-managed businesses £250 million in this tax year alone. Secondly, as mentioned, they have levied...

Orders of the Day: Planning Bill (10 Dec 2007) has video

Mark Prisk: ...On a more detailed point, I notice that there seems to be no inclusion of flood defences in the list of nationally significant infrastructure projects. Given the various references in the debate to climate change and events earlier this year, perhaps the Minister can tell us whether that is deliberate or just an oversight. I would like to deal briefly with the question of how the planning...

Orders of the Day: Energy Supply (30 Oct 2006)

Mark Prisk: .... We trust that it will do so, and we will hold him to that promise. He mentioned the fact that the White Paper, which was due, as he said, at the turn of the year, will appear in March. Clearly, climate change is delaying not just the seasons but Government publications. My hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry) gave an excellent commentary on the Stern review. I confess...

UK Car Component Manufacturing (25 Oct 2006)

Mark Prisk: ...problems, car production has remained remarkably steadfast in recent years, and is, roughly speaking, about 1.6 million vehicles. Several hon. Members alluded to the fact that those figures do not show the change in the industry's structure over that decade. During the period, there has, on the one hand, been the demise of familiar British names, such as TVR, and, on the other hand, their...

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: New Clause 15 — Leases (6 Jul 2004)

Mr Mark Prisk: ...relieve most businesses of the bureaucratic burden by disapplying the test when the lease is granted at a market rent. I am grateful to the British Property Federation for helping to identify the change. As the Financial Secretary suggested, if I had my way it would be lovely to see the back of this nonsense. Sadly, however, we are not in that position, so we must try to amend the Bill in...

Protection of Freedoms (25 Feb 2003)

Mr Mark Prisk: ...to restrict, to restrain, to control and to direct. In short, we have become a legislative factory in which producing more laws is an end in itself. Of course, in the current uncertain and insecure climate, it is not surprising that people wish to see strong government. After all, the terrorist threat is at home, as the Prime Minister highlighted in his earlier statement. The problem,...

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (25 Feb 2003)

Mr Mark Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates his Department has made of the annual cost to British industry of the climate change levy (a) overall and (b) per sector.

Written Answers — Treasury: Climate Change Levy (25 Feb 2003)

Mr Mark Prisk: ...the Exchequer (1) what measures have been taken to assist sectors that are unable to comply with the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive, and are ineligible for a rebate on the climate change levy, with the cost of the climate change levy; (2) what measures his Department has taken to assist small businesses to meet the cost of the climate change levy.