Results 1-20 of 21 for climate change speaker:Julia Goldsworthy

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Emissions (11 Nov 2009)

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the level of carbon dioxide emissions per head is for each Government office region in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Appointments (31 Mar 2009)

Julia Goldsworthy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which former (a) hon. Members who left Parliament since 1997 and (b) Members of the House of Lords from each party have been appointed to positions on public bodies within his Department's responsibility; and who made each appointment.

[Mr. John Cummings in the Chair] (13 Jan 2009)

Julia Goldsworthy: ..., even if the Government show willing. The issue is important because people are concerned that the sustainability of their communities is being undermined. They are worried about the impact that changes will have on their communities from a social perspective; the hon. Member for Mid-Bedfordshire (Mrs. Dorries) made that point well. The proposed changes will not only mean that...

Orders of the Day: Clause 207 — CIL regulations: general (24 Nov 2008) has video

Julia Goldsworthy: ..., which is an improvement on what we had in this place. The process has proved that they are well placed to make rational, reasonable improvements as a result of genuinely cross-party consensus. On climate change, commons and open spaces, national policy statements, cross-examination during planning hearings, and people's right to avoid nuisance, the House of Lords has made a real...

Orders of the Day: Clause 3 — Short title and extent (9 May 2008) has video

Julia Goldsworthy: ...councils have been blazing a trail, but for others it is a risk that they do not want to take. The Bill will minimise the risk, which is why it is so welcome. The Bill will make a real and tangible change to the approach to climate change, particularly in respect of development. It will allow local authorities to be freer to seek higher standards. I am optimistic that it will act as a...

[John Cummings in the Chair] — HMRC Offices (East Midlands) (18 Jul 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Burton (Mrs. Dean) on securing the debate. She spoke powerfully about the impact that the proposed changes will have on her constituents, but she has also provided an opportunity for many other Members of Parliament to raise concerns about how they will affect their constituencies. I am sure that the story that we have heard today will echo not only...

Deferred Divisions: Schedule 27 — Repeals (26 Jun 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...provided. Retrospective increases in air passenger duty will do nothing except strengthen public cynicism about the Chancellor's motives. They are clearly an effort to increase taxation rather than change behaviour. If the Treasury and the future Prime Minister, who currently leads the Department, wish to convince the public that they are serious about tackling climate change, dealing with...

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

Julia Goldsworthy: ...maximum grant of £15,000 that was available to households had been reduced to £2,500. As the hon. Member for Braintree (Mr. Newmark) said, the cost of photovoltaic cells is considerable. Many campaigning climate change organisations have been vitriolic about the impact that the change has had. They would far rather extend to more households the opportunity of taking up this...

Orders of the Day: Clause 19 — SDLT relief for new zero-carbon homes (26 Jun 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...the method for claiming stamp duty relief, and I understand that that is the intent of amendment No. 6. I wonder whether the methods that have been mentioned will be affected by the Government's change in policy on home information packs. In Committee, it was pointed out that Cornwall is an objective 1 area, so there was an opportunity for new workspace to be part funded by that programme....

Orders of the Day: Clause 20 — Income tax exemption for domestic microgeneration (1 May 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...is to ask the Minister why he thinks it necessary to include that qualification, given that the existing definition of "microgeneration" makes clear the limits of the income tax relief. Section 26 of the Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 says that "'microgeneration' means the use for the generation of electricity or the production of heat of any plant". It then lists the...

Orders of the Day: Finance Bill (23 Apr 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: The hon. Gentleman is making an important point. The Bill is concerned with revenue-raising measures, and investment is one of the key ways of mitigating climate change. I note that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is cutting the flood defence budget by £200 million. Will he ensure that there is cross-departmental co-operation to ensure that the critical issue he...

Orders of the Day: Finance Bill (23 Apr 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman will know that it is the recommendation of the all-party group on climate change that we look again at banding issues. On our wider taxation policy, the Liberal Democrat tax commission will report in September—I am sure that he will watch for that with great interest—and we will respond to the changes made in this year's Budget in that...

Royal Assent: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (27 Mar 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...on whether the proposals that we have heard floated are policy commitments or beliefs? What impact does he think that those measures, if they are adopted as Conservative policies, will have on climate change?

Opposition Day: Sub Post-Offices (10 Jan 2007)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...has a big axe hanging over it. For example, the sub-postmaster at the village of Beacon in my constituency died suddenly, and no one can be found to take on the business in the current uncertain climate. As a result, the office is the subject of a change-of-use order that would turn it into a residence. The closure is supposed to be temporary, but how can the post office survive?

Deferred Divisions: Schedule 26 — Repeals (5 Jul 2006)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...as the spouse exemption. Dozens of amendments were tabled to improve the proposals. The spouse exemption has been safeguarded, but it is still not clear how many individuals will be affected by the changes. Ministers continue to insist that a minority of a minority will be affected, but they have failed to produce evidence to back that up. The Select Committee on Treasury asked for...

Part 7: Clause 13 — Rates (3 May 2006)

Julia Goldsworthy: I was making the point that they are much more vulnerable to increases. We are therefore trying to release the mechanism so that it can be used to change behaviour effectively. In rural areas, it does not matter how the VED bands are set as people have to use a car. If they are on a lower income they are forced to spend more and more, so we are trying to provide relief for people who are...

Orders of the Day — Finance (No. 2) Bill (24 Apr 2006)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...week, both the Chancellor and the Leader of the official Opposition made speeches about the importance of the environment. The Chancellor spoke of the "moral duty" of the developed world to tackle climate change and the right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Cameron) spoke of the need to reduce carbon emissions by a third. But the Chancellor's Finance Bill contains very few environmental...

Orders of the Day — Finance (No. 2) Bill (24 Apr 2006)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...want action. A Guardian poll of 22 February found that 63 per cent. of respondents approved of green taxes to discourage behaviour that harms the environment. People accept that we will have to change, so why do we delay the inevitable? It seems that the Government have yet to come round to that way of thinking. The fall in green taxes as a percentage of our national tax take should be...

NHS Reorganisation (7 Feb 2006)

Julia Goldsworthy: ...—has been put forward for consultation, and the argument is that it will provide a more strategic role. If that is the case, why would we continue to need a strategic health authority? The changes do not stop at PCTs, ambulance trusts and strategic health authorities. Other significant changes will kick in this year, including payment by results, practice-based commissioning and even...