Results 1-12 of 12 for climate change speaker:Richard Younger-Ross

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Coal: Prices (12 Jan 2009)

Richard Younger-Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the change in the price of domestic coal has been in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement.

Planning and Energy Bill (17 Oct 2008) has video

Richard Younger-Ross: ...progress. The rule was named after a planning policy first adopted by the London borough of Merton. The Government had implemented policies in this area, notably the planning policy statement on climate change, issued by the Government on 17 December 2007 after public consultation. Some councils, such as Merton, have already adopted environmentally friendly strategies, but the picture...

[Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — India Country Assistance Plan (28 Jun 2007)

Richard Younger-Ross: ...a closer working relationship between the public, who are the recipients of public services, and the authorities that provide them. Access to public services was touched upon earlier in the debate. Climate change needs to be discussed. It is a welcome step that the consultation recognises that this is not merely a development problem and that DFID needs to work with other Departments on...

[Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — India Country Assistance Plan (28 Jun 2007)

Richard Younger-Ross: ...help strengthen the accountability of public services, from national down to local level, in villages and slums? How can DFID best work with other UK Government Departments to help India address climate change? That relates to the point about sustainability that was raised earlier. The accountability of public services and true development should be handled on a local level. Local...

Sentencing/Prison Overcrowding (6 Feb 2007)

Richard Younger-Ross: .... Judge Cottle's comments came the day after Judge John Rogers QC gave a man who was convicted of child porn offences a suspended sentence because he had to "bear in mind the current sentencing climate". In Nottingham Crown court, Judge Richard Bray put a shot across politicians' bows by claiming that prisoners were reoffending "because judges can no longer pass deterrent sentences." The...

Rail Services (Exeter to the South-West) (20 Jun 2006)

Richard Younger-Ross: ...have been learned and that new rolling stock will not succumb so easily to the vagaries of British weather. That prompts the question—one that I have asked many times—what the effect of climate change will be. The Hadley centre, which is part of the Met Office, has made predictions about what the net effect will be in the south-west. A letter from Paul Hardaker of the Met...

Energy: Towards 2050 (20 Jun 2002)

Mr Richard Younger-Ross: My constituents are particularly aware of the importance of this debate in two ways. They are aware of the problems of climate change. The main line from London to Penzance passes along the sea wall between Dawlish and Teignmouth, and services have frequently been interrupted in recent winters by severe storms. We are only too well aware that if the sea level rises by half a metre or a metre,...

CHP Schemes (26 Nov 2001)

Mr Richard Younger-Ross: What would be the cost to the Exchequer if that climate change levy was taken away?

CHP Schemes (26 Nov 2001)

Mr Richard Younger-Ross: ...it. The benefits of CHP are becoming increasingly important—CHP can reduce energy costs and increase UK competitiveness. It also reduces the UK's CO 2 and other emissions and helps to combat climate change". The Government have reiterated their support for CHP schemes and gone as far as saying that they wish to double the output from 5 GW to 10 GW of power by 2010. The commitment...

CHP Schemes (26 Nov 2001)

Mr Richard Younger-Ross: In the context of CHP schemes, I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. BCT, the company that I cited earlier, is not affected by the climate change levy because of the industry of which it is part. Its complaint largely concerns the effects of NETA on that industry. NETA might work for larger suppliers, but it disadvantages smaller suppliers. I hope that the Government recognise that; indeed, I...

CHP Schemes (26 Nov 2001)

Mr Richard Younger-Ross: ...the hon. Gentleman's logic, CHP schemes would not exist because they need to be protected from that eventuality. NETA simply does not work for CHP schemes. There are two ways round that; one can change NETA or require suppliers to purchase from CHP schemes. One has to do one thing or the other; one can even do both. I hope that the Minister will comment on that in his summation. I know...

Employment (South Devon) (6 Nov 2001)

Mr Richard Younger-Ross: ...happy childhood memories, but the reality is far harder, as many people know. Devon is not just a picture-postcard area; there is also social deprivation and poverty. If we consider how tourism has changed in the last 30 years, we can appreciate some of the dramatic social changes that have occurred. People no longer flock on to trains down to Torquay and Teignmouth and into the South...