Results 1-20 of 70 for climate change speaker:Christopher Huhne

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

Christopher Huhne: ...by what they do, not what they say. Exactly the same applies to the Conservatives' decision to withdraw from the European People's party. If the Conservatives cared more about gay rights or action against climate change, they would hardly have leapt into bed with parties that oppose those things.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Vestas (24 Jun 2009)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will discuss with the Vestas turbine company the future of its factories in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power: South Downs (24 Jun 2009)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost of the project to construct wind turbines in the South Downs National Park.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power: South Downs (8 Jun 2009)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria his Department employed in determining award of the contract for the construction of wind turbines in the South Downs National Park.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power: South Downs (8 Jun 2009)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the wind turbines in the South Downs National Park near East Meon were (a) planned and (b) offered out to tender; and which companies tendered for the project.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power: South Downs (8 Jun 2009)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with the management of Vesta plants in Southampton and the Isle of Wight on proposals for the building of wind turbines in the South Downs National Park.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Wind Power: South Downs (8 Jun 2009)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make an estimate of likely levels of retention of the skilled workforce at the Vesta turbine plants in Southampton and on the Isle of Wight in the next five years.

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — South-East Plan (22 Oct 2008)

Christopher Huhne: ...for example, will be swamped by the strategic development area. The whole process—not just this consultation, which closes on Friday and is supposed to be narrow in that it is considering the changes that the Government have made, but the previous one—is deeply inadequate, given the dramatic changes that the proposals will make to some people's lives. My first point, therefore,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change Bill (25 Oct 2007) has video

Christopher Huhne: I received a rather alarming answer to a question that I put to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in which I asked whether the Climate Change Bill would require a lower level of emissions in the period 2008 to 2012 than in the preceding five years and whether the level for every future budget period would be set lower than that. The answer was extremely non-committal and...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Office of Climate Change: Manpower (3 Sep 2007)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff are employed by the Office of Climate Change, broken down by salary band; and what the staff equivalent or annual cost is of (a) employment agency temporary staff, (b) consultants and (c) contractors being employed by that office.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Office of Climate Change: Publications (3 Sep 2007)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the title is of documents produced by the Office of Climate Change for (a) publication, (b) Ministers and (c) other purposes.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Office of Climate Change (26 Jul 2007)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the terms of reference are of the Office of Climate Change; what work it has undertaken; and what further work is planned.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Office of Climate Change: Finance (26 Jul 2007)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget is of the Office of Climate Change for 2007-08; and what budget is planned for future years.

Flooding (23 Jul 2007) has video

Christopher Huhne: ...are expected to be proof against one-in-100-years events. When will the Department insist that those be brought into line, while, we hope, clearly taking account of what is happening because of climate change? When will the Department ensure that there is a proper map of drainage and sewerage systems that are poorly maintained or otherwise inadequate? It is already clear that official...

Flood Prevention and Defence (11 Jul 2007)

Christopher Huhne: ...for flooding. The fact that the flooding incidents happened slowly, unexpectedly and less dramatically than the terrorist incidents does not mean that they are any less of a serious matter of national security. Climate change means that we will have more enormous inundations and monsoon-like rainfalls and it is precisely because of that that we need to ensure that we are properly prepared....

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Floods (England) (2 Jul 2007)

Christopher Huhne: ...for next year, before the floods struck? Is the belated and grudging conversion to the need for more spending just another example of the new Prime Minister's lamentable failure to understand the significance of climate change? Does not that show a devastating lack of foresight on his part?

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Flooding (England) (26 Jun 2007)

Christopher Huhne: ..., does not yet extend to the Secretary of State, who has—it seems to me—mishandled the issue of flood defences ever since he took over the Department. Is it not astonishing at a time of climate change that the Government cut spending on flood defences last year, in-year, by £15 million? Will the Secretary of State confirm that in York and elsewhere those cuts delayed...

Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Climate Change (14 Jun 2007)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to address the negative effects of climate change on low income countries.

Carbon Dioxide Reduction Target (12 Jun 2007)

Christopher Huhne: The Minister's quote from the fourth assessment report of the UN intergovernmental panel on climate change shows that if we do aim for the sort of cuts he is talking about, we will not hold global warming to within 2(o)C of pre-industrial levels. The science has moved on. Surely it is time for the Government to recognise that and to move with and be guided by the science, and not attempt to...

Written Answers — International Development: Developing Countries: Climate Change (12 Jun 2007)

Christopher Huhne: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking ahead of the forthcoming G8 meeting to ensure that consideration of the effect of climate change on the world's poorest nations is integrated into the World Bank energy policy.