Results 1-7 of 7 for climate change speaker:Peter Soulsby
- Business of the House: UK Climate Projections (18 Jun 2009) has video
Peter Soulsby: ...hon. Friend's statement and the excellent scientific work that lies behind it. I note that he referred to the potential for some economic opportunities for tourism and agriculture arising from climate change. I have also heard it argued that there are potential benefits in the reduced incidence of winter illness as a result of climate change. Will my right hon. Friend take the opportunity...
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (27 Oct 2008)
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many individual contractors have been appointed to carry out work under the Warm Front scheme.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (27 Oct 2008)
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessments are carried out before appointing contractors to carry out work under the Warm Front scheme.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Home Energy Efficiency Scheme (27 Oct 2008)
Peter Soulsby: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in how many and what proportion of cases the cost of Warm Front work recommended exceeded the available grant in (a) Leicester and (b) nationally and resulted in the householder being asked to pay an excess amount in the latest period for which figures are available.
- Topical Debate: Eco-towns (19 Jun 2008) has video
Peter Soulsby: ...houses are built. We should welcome the opportunity—as previous generations did with garden cities and new towns—to showcase the best of development by responding to the needs of climate change and experimenting, to pick up the word used by the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield. We should be proud to experiment, and I welcome eco-towns for that reason. Having made those positive...
- Orders of the Day: Channel Tunnel Rail Link (Supplementary Provisions) Bill (20 Nov 2007)
Peter Soulsby: ...to consider other high-speed links in the UK. He has talked about the excitement that opening High Speed 1 has generated. Given the genuine excitement, the continuing and growing concern about climate change—and the effect of other modes of transport on that—and the ever-increasing congestion on existing lines, is not now, rather than 2012, or who knows when, the time to...
- Orders of the Day: New Clause 29 — Reduction of regulatory burdens (17 May 2007)
Peter Soulsby: ...in energy efficiency and microgeneration. I add my voice to those of people who feel that that is important. Local partnerships already exist in many areas and are committed to dealing with the climate change issues that challenge us all to drive standards up locally. They would warmly welcome that freedom, which could be built on. Others have referred to the United States, where local...