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

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on newspaper advertising carried in each newspaper in the most recent year for which figures are available.

Orders of the Day: New Clause 19 — Power to remove or reduce burdens (15 May 2006)

Pete Wishart: ...a number of the amendments for the first time in the course of the past week. They need further debate and consideration and it is unfortunate that this House will not consider the important new changes; it will be the other place. We will not have an opportunity to influence that debate, because we do not have seats in the other place. I hope that when the Bill returns to this House, we...

Tackling Climate Change (12 Oct 2005)

Pete Wishart: ...nicely, he might even have four-party support for his proposals. Before we invest in such a grand coalition, he would have to convince us that the Conservatives are genuinely committed to tackling climate change. In Scotland, we observe Conservatives running around opposing almost every renewable scheme. Will the right hon. Gentleman comment on that?

Written Answers — Health: Climate Change (4 Apr 2005)

Mr Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the likely change in incidence in UK citizens of (a) Dengue Fever, (b) malaria and (c) meningitis arising from climate change; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Energy Policy (8 Feb 2005)

Mr Pete Wishart: I thank the Secretary of State for that reply. Following on from the last question, the Prime Minister himself has described climate change as perhaps the world's greatest environmental challenge, yet Talisman, the company behind the 1,000 MW Beatrice offshore wind farm planned for the Moray firth, has described transmission charges as the biggest threat to such projects going ahead. Will the...

Severe Weather (12 Jan 2005)

Mr Pete Wishart: ...now being proposed for electricity generators in the highlands and islands and the north-east of Scotland? The weather in the past few days has shown that we are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Can the Minister therefore assure me that this Government will work with the international community to address the emissions problem, and does he agree that it is ironic that...