Results 1-18 of 18 for climate change speaker:Shailesh Vara

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

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many houses in (a) North West Cambridgeshire, (b) Cambridgeshire constituency, (c) the East of England region and (d) Peterborough have had insulation installed under the Warm Front scheme in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (15 Jun 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which companies Eaga plc has removed from the approved supplier list for the Warm Front scheme in (a) North West Cambridgeshire constituency, (b) Cambridgeshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK since the introduction of the scheme.

Royal Assent: Easter Adjournment (2 Apr 2009) has video

Shailesh Vara: ...in honesty, and say that he was also concerned that one of his own troops was having a go at the Government. The hon. Member for Brent, East (Sarah Teather) raised the very topical issue of climate change and the environment. That is clearly a major topic for all of us. I must also give her credit for making a very caring and compassionate speech. She referred to the film, "The Age of...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Consultation (25 Mar 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many public consultations his Department has conducted in the last 12 months; how long each consultation was open for; how many responses were received in each case; and what the cost of conducting each consultation was.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Art Works (23 Mar 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which works of art from the Government Art Collection each Minister in his Department has selected for display in a private office.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (26 Feb 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when his Department appointed a senior information risk owner in accordance with the report, Data Handling Procedures in Government and the accompanying document Cross-departmental Actions: Mandatory Minimum Action; and what grade the person holds within the Department.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (23 Feb 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what percentage of the IT systems in his Department is fully accredited to the Government's security standards.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (5 Feb 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what percentage of contractors and suppliers to his Department has reported compliance with the Government's security standards following publication of the report, Data Handling Procedures in Government, and the accompanying document, Cross-departmental Actions: Mandatory Minimum Action, on 25 June 2008.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (5 Feb 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many contracts his Department has which allow contractors to store personal data of UK citizens overseas; for which contracts this applies; in which countries the data for each contract is held; and how many people have their data stored overseas in the case of each such contract.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Written Questions (5 Feb 2009)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on how many occasions since the creation of his Department Ministers used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written answer should be answered because it would be in the public interest to do so, even though to do so would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold of £700.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Special Advisers (26 Nov 2008)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 23 October 2008, Official Report, columns 553-554W, on departmental special advisers, from which department's budget the Special Representative on Energy Issues will draw expenses.

Business of the House: Standing Orders Etc. (Energy and Climate Change) (28 Oct 2008) has video

Shailesh Vara: ...a fuller reply to the important question asked by my right hon. Friend the Member for Fylde (Mr. Jack). It is all very well for the Minister to say that there will be a review of the Energy and Climate Change Committee and the Environmental Audit Committee, but what are to be the criteria for that review? How long will it be, or will it simply go on and on as has happened in other...

Business of the House: International Women's Day (6 Mar 2008) has video

Shailesh Vara: No, I will not give way; I am under a time constraint. Women in Britain continue to suffer inequalities, as we heard. The gender gap continues, and our work climate is still not able fully to accommodate women who have the pressures of looking after their family, such as their children and elderly relatives. Those points were most articulately made by the hon. Member for Cardiff, North...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Green Energy Generation (23 Jan 2007)

Shailesh Vara: Given the Government's intention to introduce a climate change Bill, has the Secretary of State considered the impact that the Bill will have on the Scottish Executive's approach to the environment?

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

Shailesh Vara: ..., along with their rising middle classes, will ensure that their people enjoy the benefits of owning motor vehicles, luxury goods and the like, all of which will contribute to the problem of climate change. Closer relationships will assist us in trying to persuade those countries to be more supportive in ensuring that we avoid the catastrophic problems that could result from climate...

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

Shailesh Vara: ...and fundamental for the wellbeing of mankind. We have had a considerable amount of rhetoric on the subject but it is fair to say that action has been limited. I hope that, with this Bill, that will change and that action will progress. I echo the sentiments of my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon, South (Richard Ottaway), who is not at present in his place, when he agreed with the...

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

Shailesh Vara: I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes a very valid point. Indeed, one such centre of excellence that was engaged in climate change research— Monks Wood, which I have visited—is in my own constituency. It is worth recognising the enormous opposition that these closures have generated. I hope that the Government will take that point on board, because those voices spoke out not...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change Targets (2 Feb 2006)

Shailesh Vara: If she will make a statement on recent progress towards meeting the UK climate change targets.