Results 1-20 of 62 for climate change speaker:Sammy Wilson

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: New Clause (3 Nov 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ...empty House that is disinterested, uninterested in and uncomprehending of the proposals, contributions to the debate have shown that he was wrong. He tried to provoke me by introducing the topic of climate change and linking it to sustainable development. However, I will not rise to that bait at the moment. I could if I were provoked, but I will do my best not to. I thank the Committee for...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (29 Oct 2009)

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many scientists and academics who disagree with the theory of man-made climate change he has met in a ministerial capacity in the last 12 months.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (14 Oct 2009)

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department consulted scientists from outside the International Panel on Climate Change prior to publishing the document, Road to Copenhagen.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Climate Change (14 Oct 2009)

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department are expected to attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009; and what recent estimate he has made of the projected carbon footprint resulting from such travel to attend the conference.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Final Stage (13 Oct 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ...under pressure and to the current economic situation, and it is, therefore, an appropriate way of spending money. I do not view business rates relief as an alternative to the longer-term structural change in the supply side that is required to grow the economy, and I hope that I did not give the impression in earlier debates. If one considers the Executive’s record, one will see that...

Written Answers — International Development: Overseas Aid: Climate Change (12 Oct 2009)

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to which countries his Department has provided aid for the purposes of (a) adapting to climate change and (b) mitigating the effects of climate change.

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

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of changes to average global temperature since 2000.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (22 Sep 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ...relief will help to sustain post offices in local communities and will bring us into line with similar schemes in Scotland and Wales. In particular, the scheme is welcomed in the current economic climate. Therefore, the industry already recognises the point that the Chairperson made. The Chairperson, in her capacity as a public representative, raised concerns about the decision to postpone...

Bill Presented — Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill: Child Poverty Bill (20 Jul 2009) has video

Sammy Wilson: ...later life and so on. However, I am not so sure that the approach taken in the Bill is necessarily a good way of dealing with the issue. Hon. Members have drawn parallels between this Bill and the Climate Change Act 2008—some people may know my views on that—under which long-term targets have been set. Those targets will span not just this Administration, but another...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ...? I urge the Prime Minister to ensure that sufficient resources and manpower are made available to them to do the job. Will he tell also me what assessment he has made of the impact of the climate change package on the public finances, on energy costs and on job losses in this country, especially given the fact that a number of important developing countries have refused to sign up to the...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Public Expenditure: 2009-2010 June Monitoring and Provisional  Out-turn 2008-2009 (7 Jul 2009)

Sammy Wilson: I thank the Chairperson for his remarks, and I look forward to working with him and the Committee over the next number of years. He referred to my views on climate change. Not only is the climate not heating up, but the economy has cooled a little. That has caused all kinds of issues for Northern Ireland. The report on the review of departmental efficiencies will be coming to me. I know that...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ..., once the legislation is enacted and before the statutory committees come into being, committees that have not been composed in that manner will have to be re-elected. However, there may be some changes anyway, as some committee members may decide to come off the voluntary committees and not transfer to the new statutory committees I do not really understand the d’Hondt system. It...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Climate Change (29 Jun 2009)

Sammy Wilson: Combating climate change is a collective responsibility of all the Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive, and I can speak only about how my Department contributes to the Programme for Government targets on climate change. My Department has carried out work on the EU emissions trading scheme, the activities that flow from the Climate Change Act 2008, the carbon reduction commitment, and,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Climate Change (29 Jun 2009)

Sammy Wilson: The Assembly made a decision, through a legislative consent motion, simply to tag on to the United Kingdom Climate Change Act 2008, which requires us to play our part in reducing emissions by, I think, 25% by the year 2020, or whatever. Therefore, that Act already places obligations on us. I must emphasise that even that target is extremely exacting and that meeting it will be costly. Carbon...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Climate Change (29 Jun 2009)

Sammy Wilson: I am content with the advice provided on climate change by my departmental officials.

Northern Ireland Assembly: Environment: Climate Change (29 Jun 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ...I come to the same conclusion as my officials, and sometimes I come to a different one. Of course, ultimately, as with all Ministers, the decision rests with me. I notice what Members said on climate change. Nevertheless, when I look at the advice that comes from the Department, I also look at all the other information available. Officials make a range of views known to me when they give...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: Planning (11 May 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ...for the planning system to be reformed. We all recognise that the system needs to adapt more flexibly and more quickly to the many challenges that we face, particularly in the current economic climate. My Department has already achieved a range of process improvements. We have created two strategic project teams at planning headquarters who will handle all large-scale investment proposals....

Northern Ireland Assembly: environment: Environment:  Non-governmental Organisations (5 May 2009)

Sammy Wilson: I am amazed at the obsession that people in the Assembly have with climate change. When I meet the RSPB, the Mourne Heritage Trust, the Woodland Trust or the Ulster Wildlife Trust, I speak to them about the work that is important to them. I do not seek to impose my views on climate change on those groups, and I do not find that they share some Members’ obsession with climate change. The...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: British-Irish Council  Environment Sectoral Meeting (5 May 2009)

Sammy Wilson: As one does, of course. We were driven in Daimler motor cars around the perimeter of the island. I enjoyed that part. I always like to exchange views on climate change and global warming, so I sought out the professor from the Met Office, who is originally from Downpatrick. I had the good fortune to travel in the car with him and the Environment Minister from the Welsh Assembly Government,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Ministerial Statement: British-Irish Council  Environment Sectoral Meeting (5 May 2009)

Sammy Wilson: ...were represented by Jane Davidson, AM, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing. Scottish Ministers were represented by Stewart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change; and the Isle of Man by John Shimmin MHK, Minister for Local Government and Environment. Ministers reflected briefly on the creation of a new BIC work stream, which will focus on...