Results 1-20 of 87 for climate change speaker:Michael Weir

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Aberdeen (12 Nov 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he last visited Aberdeen on official business.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Billing (12 Nov 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what percentage of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in (a) September and (b) October 2009.

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Weir: I am glad to be able to contribute to the debate. Few Members are in any doubt about the reality of climate change and the dangers that face us all. The UN intergovernmental panel on climate change has produced a model of what would happen by 2080 based on a "business as usual" scenario, and it is frightening. There would be huge changes in the world. We are already seeing changes, and they...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Weir: The hon. Gentleman reads my mind to some extent—that is what I was coming to. The danger is that if we go to Copenhagen and come away without a plan, scepticism, and the sense that climate change is inevitable and that there is nothing we can do to stop it, will increase. Because we have spent the past couple of years or so telling the general public that something must be done, we must...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Weir: ...the hon. Gentleman is saying, and I agree with much of it. However, does he not agree that there is a bigger danger in not coming to an agreement in Copenhagen—not for those engaged with the climate change debate, but for the vast majority of people who have simply been told that we need to do this? If we come away from Copenhagen without an agreement, what will the impact be on them?

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Oil and Gas (29 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: ...all for the reasons already given. We say in the introduction to the report that "It is vitally important swiftly to decarbonise the UK economy if the country is to meet its obligations to tackle climate change, and clearly the use of fossil fuels must diminish. But within the timescale for these changes to take place, the UK will still need to use the oil and gas resources remaining in...

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Oil and Gas (29 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: ...how it will be used for carbon capture and storage, it will simply no longer be maintained or it will be decommissioned. That will undermine our efforts to capture carbon and store it for our own climate change reasons and to create many new jobs in north-east Scotland. As I said earlier, I represent a constituency in the north-east of Scotland, which, in the past, has benefited from the...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (28 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which (a) UK Ministers and (b) Ministers from devolved administrations, will be included in the UK delegation to the UN framework convention on climate change conference in Copenhagen.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (20 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on how many occasions Ministers from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland's devolved administrations have been included in the UK delegation to UN framework convention on climate change conferences since 1999.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (15 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many officials will accompany the ministerial delegation to the UN framework convention on climate change conference in Copenhagen; and from which Departments those officials will be drawn.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Energy Efficiency (12 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps are being taken to promote energy efficiency in his Department.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power (12 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions his Department has had with industry representatives on the temporary increase of support for offshore wind through the Renewables Obligation.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power (12 Oct 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the evidential basis is for the proposed criteria for selecting offshore wind projects to receive temporary increases in support under the Renewables Obligation.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Postal Services (9 Sep 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on Royal Mail services in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Nuclear Power (21 Jul 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to answer Question 280802, tabled on 16 June 2009, on coolant leaks and fires at UK nuclear installations.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Nuclear Power Stations: Accidents (20 Jul 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) coolant leaks and (b) fires have been recorded at each UK nuclear installation in each of the last 10 years.

East Coast Main Line (14 Jul 2009)

Michael Weir: ...decision as to whether one should fly or take the train. It is probably quicker to fly, but it is much less hassle to take the train, and many of us prefer to take the train for that reason and for climate change reasons. We are less concerned about who runs it than that it is well run and that we have a regular service. The situation in Scotland is complicated by the fact that, although...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Sizewell A Power Station (13 Jul 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what review of (a) inspection, (b) maintenance and (c) security procedures at UK nuclear installations there has been following the discovery of a coolant leak at Sizewell A on 7 June 2007.

Energy and Climate Change: CO2 Emissions Targets (Skills) (9 Jul 2009) has video

Michael Weir: The Minister will be aware of the recent report by the Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change on the UK oil and gas industry, and the point that it made about the transfer of skills from that industry to offshore renewables. In particular, the technology for offshore wind is very different from that for onshore wind. What will the Government do to encourage the use of facilities in the...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Sizewell A Power Station (9 Jul 2009)

Michael Weir: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what marine environmental assessment the Government have made in respect of the discharge of coolant from Sizewell A.