Results 1-20 of 27 for climate change speaker:Roger Williams

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Biofuels: Treaties (3 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what biofuel partnership agreements there are between the Government and the Government of (a) Brazil, (b) Mozambique and (c) South Africa; how much funding the Government have committed under each such agreement; what assessment he has made of the likely benefits to the UK of such agreements; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (3 Nov 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) people and (b) households were in fuel poverty in each region in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

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

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) if he will meet representatives of the heating controls industry to discuss the merits of establishing a joint Government-industry campaign to promote the energy efficiency benefits of heating controls; and if he will make a statement; (2) what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to increase consumer...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (24 Jun 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average time taken for (a) solar, (b) photovoltaic, (c) ground source heat pump, (d) air source heat pump and (e) biomass microgeneration technologies to produce savings equivalent to their cost; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Meters (22 Jun 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the Government's latest estimate is of the average cost of installing a smart meter.

Rivers (England) (13 May 2009)

Roger Williams: ...off and be lost immediately, water joins the aquifers that supply the streams. It is not just housing that puts demands on water. There are demands from agriculture and irrigation. As a result of climate change, the need for irrigation will increase if we are to keep up with the food output targets that many think should be introduced. Irrigation can be improved. Rather than having a...

Rivers (England) (13 May 2009)

Roger Williams: ...boats. Because we have abused our rivers in the past and continue to do so, we have suffered many problems. The problem that has been emphasised most today is low flows. There is evidence that if climate change develops as we think it will, by 2050 the autumn flows of all our rivers will fall by 80 per cent. Therefore, not only chalk streams, but rivers throughout the UK, will be damaged....

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2 Mar 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of UK from (a) travel, (b) domestic use and (c) agriculture in each of the last three years.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (11 Feb 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) rural and (b) urban households which are in fuel poverty.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (13 Jan 2009)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with energy suppliers on the introduction of social tariffs for (a) domestic fuel oil and (b) liquid petroleum gas.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Biofuels: Wood (16 Dec 2008)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will consider withholding planning consent for wood biomass energy plants of 50 megawatts and over except in cases where guarantees to source wood exclusively from overseas are in place.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Christmas (26 Nov 2008)

Roger Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) lamb, (b) beef, (c) chicken, (d) pork, (e) turkey, (f) other meats, (g) vegetables and (h) fruits to be served by his Department at Christmas functions which will be sourced from British producers.

Opposition Day — 16th Allotted Day: Food Security (30 Jun 2008) has video

Roger Williams: ...by national agricultural output and European agricultural output. Indeed, the EU is a great exporter of food and is an important source for food security in the whole world. Many analysts of climate change predict that northern Europe will increase its importance in global food production. As an historical perspective on food production, I point out that in 1900 there were some 2 billion...

Orders of the Day: Maritime Policy (3 Jun 2008) has video

Roger Williams: ...Riverside (Mrs. Ellman) pointed out. Populations also tend to cluster or accumulate in greater densities around coastal areas because of the economic activity that goes on there, and because better climates are often associated with those areas. There is therefore greater population and greater economic activity in those areas, and they are important to the economy of the nations...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Global Food Prices (1 May 2008) has video

Roger Williams: ...about 10 per cent. over the past 10 years. That means that as a nation we are going into world markets, pushing up the prices and making food less available for poor countries. The best estimate of climate change suggests that agricultural productivity in northern Europe will remain about the same or even improve. We are a key factor in the production of sufficient food in the world. What...

[Mr. Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Metals Recycling Industry (22 Apr 2008)

Roger Williams: ...deal with waste will be fundamental to the lives of future generations, their access to materials and the quality of life that they enjoy, because so much about dealing with waste affects the climate and climate change. It is encouraging that, as far as waste is concerned, the economic and environmental drivers are now coming together. It is not only good environmental practice to deal...

Business of the House: Welsh Affairs (28 Feb 2008)

Roger Williams: ...the Assembly's role. The Secretary of State's views on devolution, however, are on the record and I find it difficult to believe that he will be able to reconcile his past comments with the changes that Liberal Democrats feel are necessary. The Government must do away with the halfway house that they have created, whereby Assembly Members have to come begging cap in hand for the power to...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (6 Nov 2007) has video

Roger Williams: ...been a green Queen's Speech, but it has all the hallmarks of a tired and faded Brown Queen's Speech. As the Government climb down on their existing renewables targets, the announcement of the draft Climate Change Bill, while welcome, is in danger of ringing hollow. A year ago, the Environment Secretary told us that the Government were committed to generating 20 per cent. of electricity...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (6 Nov 2007) has video

Roger Williams: ...swimming pools. Decisions will have to be made on where to store all that waste. Nuclear power is still unproven as regards waste disposal and whether it can be brought on quickly enough to combat climate change. It is a waste of money when compared with genuinely sustainable and clean forms of electricity generation. Putting millions of pounds into new nuclear power stations will stifle...

Business of the House (19 Jul 2007) has video

Roger Williams: ...about the reduction in time for DEFRA questions seemed to improve as she considered the matter. Will she therefore consider extending the time available for those questions, given the interest in climate change, single farm payments, flooding and other issues?