Results 1-20 of 64 for climate change speaker:Iain Wright

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Local Government: Camden (2 Jun 2009)

Iain Wright: Government planning policy, contained in PPS1 Planning and Climate Change, requires planning authorities to set out percentage targets for low carbon/renewable energy sources in new developments. Performance against target is monitored through annual monitoring reports. Part L of the building regulations sets minimum energy efficiency standards for new buildings and when certain categories of...

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Planning: National Policy Statements (20 May 2009)

Iain Wright: ...nor more than fourteen members, all of whom shall be, at the time of nomination, members of one 15 or more of the following select committees— Communities and Local Government Energy and Climate Change Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Transport Welsh Affairs; (b) shall have power— (i) to send for persons, papers and records, to sit notwithstanding any adjournment of the...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning Permission: Sustainable Development (30 Apr 2009)

Iain Wright: ...Statement 1 (PPS1) we have put the delivery of sustainable development at heart of the planning system. Alongside PPS1 we have introduced clear national policy on the role of planning in addressing climate change: tackling climate change is now firmly at the centre of what is expected from good planning. More recently, the Planning Act 2008 provides for the creation of a more efficient,...

Home Improvement Agencies (1 Apr 2009)

Iain Wright: ...and have increased funding accordingly. Indeed, funding has more than doubled from £57 million in 1997 to £146 million in 2008, and the budget will rise again to £166 million by 2010. Following a review, a package of changes that will modernise and improve the programme was announced in February last year. Those changes included raising the grant limit to £30,000, and...

Home Improvement Agencies (1 Apr 2009)

Iain Wright: ...handy person scheme, for which we have provided £33 million. It can make an enormous difference because someone can knock on the door of Mrs. Smith or Mr. Bloggs to see whether they are okay and to change a plug. That £33 million will provide enormous savings and will allow people to stay in their homes. That is hugely important. We fully recognise that local authorities are...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning: Horticulture (30 Mar 2009)

Iain Wright: Although our policy for promoting urban horticulture is not directly linked to climate change objectives, it can have a small-scale positive benefit, for example through local sourcing of food, promotion of biodiversity, and promotion of urban green space. We have recently provided grants of £l million to local authorities to contribute towards the costs of training and employment for...

Christianity in Public Life (11 Mar 2009)

Iain Wright: .... Let me elaborate on that. Very often people are drawn to public life through their faith. Certainly in the fields of international development, environmental campaigning and the politics of climate change, faith groups have played an enormous role, particularly in the Jubilee debt campaign and the hugely successful Make Poverty History campaign, which the hon. Member for South-West...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Challenge Programme (11 Mar 2009)

Iain Wright: ...in February 2007. This initiative has been developed by the Homes and Communities Agency on behalf of the Department. It is aimed at helping the house-building industry accelerate its response to climate change through innovation and the development of skills. Homes delivered through the Carbon Challenge will be designed to meet the highest level of the Code for Sustainable Homes and will...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Building Regulations (Thermal Efficiency) (3 Mar 2009) has video

Iain Wright: ...we are working closely with DECC colleagues. As the hon. Gentleman will know, on 12 February our two Departments launched the heat and energy saving strategy, which is arguably the most ambitious climate change-related initiative in the world. It sets out the Government's ambitious long-term plan to draw up a route map with the aim of enabling all United Kingdom homes to produce near-zero...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Renewable Energy: Planning Permission (11 Feb 2009)

Iain Wright: The reason for recovery was due to the proposals being of major significance for the delivery of the Government's climate change programme and energy policies.

Marston Vale Eco-town (28 Jan 2009)

Iain Wright: ...two of the greatest challenges that this country faces: the pressing need to provide housing—particularly affordable housing—and the need to try to tackle and mitigate the effects of climate change. In the current economic climate, that is, of course, more challenging, but I am sure that the hon. Lady agrees that everybody deserves a decent home at an affordable price. That is...

[Mr. John Cummings in the Chair] (13 Jan 2009)

Iain Wright: ...I do live in the real world and recognise that the circumstances in the housing market at present are obviously very difficult, but there is no evidence to suggest that those long-term demographic changes are altering at all. Thankfully, we are all living longer, so we have an ageing population. Given social changes, such as more single people living alone, those trends will continue. I...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Climate Change (15 Dec 2008)

Iain Wright: The cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme increases Government's capacity to adapt by ensuring a coordinated approach across all Departments and the public sector. This includes implementation of the adaptation aspects of the Climate Change Act, such as development of the national climate risk assessment. Information about the programme, and about my Department's current work...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Noise: Pollution (20 Nov 2008)

Iain Wright: ...limit on permitted development would be. Our aim is to ensure that what would be permitted would have little or no adverse impact on others. Work is being undertaken by the Department of Energy and Climate Change's Microgeneration Certification Scheme to put in place a methodology that would predict the likely noise level arising from the installation of a turbine on a site-specific basis.

Local Government (Gloucestershire) (12 Nov 2008)

Iain Wright: ...to discuss options and to put forward their views on the subject to central Government. It was not a debate about local government reorganisation per se, but the events took place in the light of changes occurring across the public sector spectrum. Anecdotal evidence indicates that the ability of some local authorities to shape their communities, improve economic prosperity and provide...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon Emissions: Construction (12 Nov 2008)

Iain Wright: ...more affordable, more sustainable' (published in July 2007) outlined the Government's plans to achieve higher housing supply targets. It also set out a range of actions to address the challenge of climate change and to protect the environment. The Housing Green Paper was subject to an impact assessment, which includes a specific impact test on sustainable development, carbon assessment and...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power: Planning Permission (30 Oct 2008)

Iain Wright: I have been asked to reply. Our planning policy statement (PPS) on climate change expects planning authorities to provide a framework that promotes and encourages renewable energy. The PPS advises planning authorities that they should not require applicants to demonstrate the overall need for renewable energy because new renewable energy projects provide crucial national benefits. Planning...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Sustainable Development (30 Oct 2008)

Iain Wright: ...in building regulations—with a 25 per cent. improvement on current standards in 2010 and a 44 per cent. in 2013—up to the zero carbon standard in 2016. Our planning policies on climate change enable councils to drive things further and faster than the national timetable through their planning strategies, where local circumstances warrant and allow this. In addition, homes built...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Wind Power: Planning Permission (30 Oct 2008)

Iain Wright: Our planning policy statement (PPS) on climate change expects planning authorities to provide a framework that promotes and encourages renewable energy. The PPS advises planning authorities that they should not require applicants to demonstrate the overall need for renewable energy because new renewable energy projects provide crucial national benefits. Planning authorities are also asked not...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Eco-Towns (15 Oct 2008)

Iain Wright: We want eco-towns to be exemplars in tackling the challenges of housing growth and climate change, and they will make an important contribution to the development of new technologies and practices, as well as promoting excellent new design. As such they will help inform the development of towns, cities, suburbs and urban extensions. More details about the standards that eco-towns must meet...