Results 1-17 of 17 for climate change speaker:Brooks Newmark

China and the West (13 Oct 2009)

Brooks Newmark: ...200 to 300 years-worth of coal, particularly dirty coal. Working with the Chinese, perhaps using that technology, we can help to enhance our relationship and improve the situation with regard to climate change.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme: Essex (23 Jun 2009)

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) applications for and (b) awards from the Warm Front scheme there were for those resident in Essex in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Prices (10 Mar 2009)

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure that members of the public are aware of the social tariffs offered by energy utilities.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme: Essex (10 Mar 2009)

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many complaints on the Warm Front scheme his Department and its predecessor have received from those resident in Essex since the inception of the scheme.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty: Braintree (26 Feb 2009)

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) households including at least one child, (b) households including at least one pensioner and (c) households were classified as living in fuel poverty in Braintree in each of the last five years.

Orders of the Day: Clause 5 — Small companies' rates and fractions for financial year 2008 etc (28 Apr 2008) has video

Brooks Newmark: ...goose chase for the past few years. Indeed, a tax policy that simply brings the Prime Minister back to where he began is certainly a novel interpretation of the role of the business cycle. Unfortunately, his changes have been counter-cyclical, if not counter-productive, and he has committed his successor to increasing the tax burden on small businesses at a time when they can least afford...

Orders of the Day: Clause 20 — Income tax exemption for domestic microgeneration (26 Jun 2007)

Brooks Newmark: ...excess? We have heard much about that point this afternoon. Lastly, would not it be simpler to forget the idea of intention altogether and stick with the generation limits already contained in the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006? There is a compelling need for the Government's policy on incentivising microgeneration to receive some scrutiny, which amendments Nos. 35 and 36...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 19 (15 May 2007)

Brooks Newmark: ...and to roll out both the technology and best practice across the industry. The managing director of the Stuart Milne group had this to say: “The single biggest impact on our business will be climate change and we felt we should take an industry lead by building a  commercially viable house that reflected the Government’s objective to achieve zero carbon houses within a...

Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (26 Mar 2007)

Brooks Newmark: ...taxes has fallen from 9.8 per cent. in 1999 to 7.7 per cent. in 2005. The Chancellor told the Treasury Committee in December that there were five strands to the Government's policy on tackling climate change, and I want to go through each of them. The first strand is science and innovation, but the reality is that innovation schemes, such as the Peterhead DF1 carbon capture project, have...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Biodiversity (19 Feb 2007)

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on regions classified as biodiversity hotspots.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change: Nature Conservation (19 Feb 2007)

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on (a) rare and threatened species and (b) the threat posed to wildlife in the UK by invasive species.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Biodiversity (16 Feb 2007)

Brooks Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of climate change on regions classified as biodiversity hotspots.

Orders of the Day: Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill (12 May 2006)

Brooks Newmark: ...market this very hard for people to actually come forward and say, 'that's a very interesting proposition and I would like to know more about it,' because it is framed in a compelling way." We must change the perception that the promotion of microgeneration and energy efficiency to tackle climate change is somehow radical, or even unusual. Instead, it must be compelling and practical, and...

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill: New Clause 1 — Local Authorities: duty to consider measures to alleviate climate change and fuel poverty (10 Mar 2006)

Brooks Newmark: The spirit of the Bill is intended to deal with climate change, and as I read it, the phrase "have regard" is not a compelling function, but merely tells people to consider what councils, such as Braintree, are doing and perhaps take on those examples in their own local communities and councils.

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill: New Clause 1 — Local Authorities: duty to consider measures to alleviate climate change and fuel poverty (10 Mar 2006)

Brooks Newmark: My right hon. Friend is digressing. We are talking about climate change. Fuel poverty relates to climate change and people keeping warm. I agree that food poverty is an issue, but it has no relevance to the Bill, which is why we are talking about fuel poverty in this context.

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill — Order for Second Reading read. (11 Nov 2005)

Brooks Newmark: ...Edinburgh, North and Leith (Mark Lazarowicz) for his foresight in introducing the Bill. I very much welcome the contribution that he has made by encouraging a progressive and sensible response to climate change. The time is long overdue for us to confront this ever-present and growing concern, so I should like to talk about the broader principles that the Bill addresses. We must all...

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill — Order for Second Reading read. (11 Nov 2005)

Brooks Newmark: .... I confess that I have not had the time that he has had to study it in the depth that he probably has, but that does not necessarily negate the argument that I am making. If we continue to talk of climate change in terms of international accords and global trends, we shall continue to fail in winning over the public. Kyoto is important and effective carbon trading is important, but if...