Results 1-7 of 7 for climate change speaker:Mark Williams

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

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions there have been between officials of his Department, the Wales Office and the Welsh Assembly Government on the devolution to the Welsh Assembly of energy consents above 50MW.

Local and Regional Newspapers (15 Jul 2009)

Mark Williams: ...generation is not interested in local papers, and that is not my experience in my constituency. We must combine new and traditional technologies, and I shall come to that later. Technological changes have threatened how news is consumed, and the internet is heralded as the natural successor to the printed word with the benefits of immediacy and interaction. All news groups have recognised...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power (25 Nov 2008)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State, for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on the number of fossil fuel power stations which have closed as a direct result of being replaced by wind turbines.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Electricity Generation (11 Nov 2008)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average cost of generating 2 MW of power by (a) nuclear generation, (b) coal-fired generation, (c) gas-fired generation and (d) wind generation.

[Derek Conway in the Chair] — Coastal Flooding (6 Dec 2006)

Mark Williams: ...Agency Wales is funded by the National Assembly, but is still part of the larger Environment Agency of England and Wales. The natural strength and unpredictability of the seas and seasonal changes have always meant that living by the sea is a risk. The sandbags have been out in my communities for the past few months. Year in, year out, that risk is always present. However, the realities of...

Written Answers — Transport: Rail Infrastructure (13 Sep 2006)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects of climate change on rail infrastructure.

Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (6 Jul 2006)

Mark Williams: ...on land use systems that deliver both economic and environmental goods, that promote rural sustainability and a multi-functional landscape, and that develop options to meet the challenges of climate change. As that sea change in agriculture occurs, farmers need the kind of support IGER is able to offer more than ever before. Much of IGER's research is cross-cutting. One project, for...