Results 1-17 of 17 for climate change speaker:Jamie Reed

Energy Security and Nuclear Non-Proliferation (1 Jul 2009)

Jamie Reed: ...being discussed in the main Chamber. The Minister holds an important post in what is perhaps the most important Department. There is no more important issue facing this country and the world than climate change. It is widely recognised by left-wing and right-wing Governments around the world that this country—and by definition this Government and this Department—is leading the...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (26 Nov 2008)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many properties in Copeland are awaiting improvement work to be carried out under the Warm Front scheme.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (26 Nov 2008)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households in Copeland constituency which received a Warm Front grant and (b) Warm Front grants made for the installation of (i) central heating, (ii) loft insulation, (iii) draughtproofing, (iv) cavity wall insulation and (v) hot water tank insulation in properties in Copeland...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (26 Nov 2008)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the average waiting time for (a) an assessment visit to, (b) installation work to be carried out in and (c) repair work on faulty installations in properties in Copeland constituency which qualified for Warm Front grants in each financial year since the commencement of the Warm Front scheme began;...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (26 Nov 2008)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the value of (a) work carried out and (b) reductions in energy bills achieved as a result of work carried out under the Warm Front scheme on properties in Copeland constituency in each financial year since the scheme's inception.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Warm Front Scheme (26 Nov 2008)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Warm Front scheme registered installers are based in Copeland constituency.

Public Bill Committee: Energy Bill: Clause 36 (28 Feb 2008)

Jamie Reed: Energy policy cannot exist in a bubble or in a vacuum. We are now discussing energy policy in the context of climate change and security of supply, but we also need to discuss it in the context of its social consequences and  impacts, not least energy costs to the consumer. The witnesses we heard during our evidence sessions were asked, by me and I am sure by other Members on a number of...

Public Bill Committee: Energy Bill: Clause 2 (21 Feb 2008)

Jamie Reed: I recently attended a conference on energy and climate change in Ukraine, where representatives of the Belarusian and Ukrainian political parties were present, in addition to Gazprom. Among the Belarusians and the Ukrainians, the fear is a very real one that the Russians will arbitrarily turn off their gas at a whim.

Orders of the Day: Energy Bill (22 Jan 2008) has video

Jamie Reed: The hon. Gentleman mentioned that both my hon. Friend the Member for South Thanet (Dr. Ladyman) and I had only one consideration with regard to new nuclear construction—climate change through carbon emissions. That is not true, because we also mentioned security of supply, and the trifling matter of 100,000 British jobs.

Orders of the Day: Energy Bill (22 Jan 2008) has video

Jamie Reed: .... That is the number of jobs that depend on the plant in my part of the world. The Secretary of State rightly said in his opening remarks that no single generating source can solve the problems of climate change that now face us. Obviously, I shall concentrate on the Bill's nuclear element, which, in my view, is overdue, necessary and welcome. I want to pick up on the comments of my hon....

Orders of the Day: Local Government and Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (8 Nov 2007) has video

Jamie Reed: ...on a series of issues for the benefit of the nation. That is a sincere hope. I will now identify a series of areas where such an approach is needed immediately. The first such area is the Climate Change Bill. The Government should be commended on being the first Government in the history of this nation and the world to bring forward such a far-reaching and ambitious Bill. There can be no...

Carbon Dioxide Reduction Target (12 Jun 2007)

Jamie Reed: Given that only two years ago the US Administration actually denied the reality of climate change as a phenomenon, would the hon. Gentleman concede that the admission of that Administration is a significant step forward?

[Frank Cook in the Chair] — Nuclear Industry (19 Apr 2007)

Jamie Reed: ...neither essential nor necessary. The already strong case for nuclear will intensify as the UK becomes more reliant on imported fossil fuels. I think that everybody in this House would accept that climate change is the greatest single threat facing our planet. The challenge posed by that threat has so far drawn a mixed response from Governments around the world, notably that of the US, but...

[Frank Cook in the Chair] — Nuclear Industry (19 Apr 2007)

Jamie Reed: ...the UK to retain a strong economy, secure and reliable energy supplies, an effective and progressive foreign policy and, above all else, the ability to play our role in a global fight against climate change, nuclear power must be used. The Government are doing and have done the right thing, and must move with some urgency on the issue. The need for an energy policy that enables the UK to...

British Nuclear Group (18 May 2006)

Jamie Reed: ...of nuclear power generation in Britain. I deeply regret his turning his back on the industry at its time not only of greatest need, but of greatest opportunity. More importantly, at a time when climate change has emerged as perhaps the definitive political challenge of our time, it is a tragedy that Conservative Front Benchers should fail to back the single largest carbon dioxide-free...

Civil Nuclear Power (17 Jan 2006)

Jamie Reed: ...fact and political opinion, no matter how keenly felt, are separate entities. The fact of the matter is that the political environment that gave rise to the anti-nuclear school of thought has changed as more detailed scientific evidence about the pace and scale of climate change has emerged. The greenhouse effect is now widely accepted as scientific fact. No serious politician who...

Climate Change (G8 Summit) (29 Jun 2005)

Jamie Reed: ...that we must adopt if we are to make progress on what may be the most important issue of our age. A fresh approach is indeed called for and, in searching for ways to combat and solve the problem of climate change, we must cast off much of the ancient dogma that tends to characterise the debate. There has been much discussion of the consensus, to which I am committed and which I hope to...