Results 1-19 of 19 for climate change speaker:James Duddridge

Public Bill Committee: Planning: Schedule 1 (15 Jan 2008)

James Duddridge: I wish to make a few short points. There were a number of contributions on Second Reading on both sustainability and climate change that called on the Minister to beef up the Bill. We urge him to reconsider and we shall listen to his comments very closely. I was intrigued by what the hon. Member for North Cornwall said about another national policy statement on the natural environment. In...

Public Bill Committee: Planning Bill: Clause 1 (15 Jan 2008)

James Duddridge: ...are creating an IPC and moving away from the Planning Inspectorate. Could the Minister explain some of the terminology used? What does a commission do that an inspectorate does not? What does that change in terminology mean? Why is this not an infrastructure planning inspectorate? Is it really right to say that it is a planning body in the sense that the national policy statements set out...

Orders of the Day: Planning Bill (10 Dec 2007) has video

James Duddridge: ...will be remembered in that way; it is more likely to be remembered by the problems that it incorporates in the future. I want to touch on five key points: the national policy statement, the IPC, climate change, the democratic deficit and the community infrastructure levy, which is perhaps one of the most concerning parts of the Bill. I am not inclined to support the Bill and expect...

Orders of the Day: Planning Bill (10 Dec 2007) has video

James Duddridge: ...paid to the bigger costs involved in the private sector. I shall say more about costs in connection with the community infrastructure levy, which has been dealt with in an equally inadequate fashion. On climate change and flooding, the Association of British Insurers has called on the Government to engage much more with the Environment Agency through the Bill, and I agree with what it has...

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

James Duddridge: ...out in my area. People in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia face such floods today. This debate is not the place for a plea for assistance for them; but what is happening in those places is evidence that climate change is happening now. When it reaches us it will not be pretty. I am very grateful for the opportunity to take part in this debate.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (5 Dec 2006)

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what provision he expects to make for pre-legislative scrutiny of the Climate Change Bill.

Business of the House (30 Nov 2006)

James Duddridge: May we have a statement on the legislative process for the climate change Bill, and specifically on whether it will be appropriate for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee to take on a pre-legislative scrutiny role?

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

James Duddridge: The debate has been wide-ranging and all the more interesting for that. However, I wish to focus on environmental issues. I welcome the fact that I can talk about a climate change Bill that will actually be introduced. Climate change was debated in this House only a few weeks ago and we were unsure whether we would get a climate change Bill in the Queen's Speech. The hon. Member for...

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

James Duddridge: ...If we cannot measure our activities regularly, we will not be able to deploy our Government's limited financial resources. An annual carbon budget report will be needed, alongside the activities on climate change. That will focus our progress specifically on the issue of carbon, rather than simply on global warming in general. There should be a single dedicated Cabinet Minister responsible...

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

James Duddridge: I certainly agree with my hon. Friend that water is a key issue in the climate change debate; indeed, I shall discuss flooding and the scarcity of water. The impact of the issue on international relations is certainly critical. In expressing their distrust of what was being said about climate change, Chinese politicians were saying, "You've had your industrial revolution. You've developed and...

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

James Duddridge: ...and hope that her assessment is correct. I cannot speak for the rest of the Committee, but my assessment was that there was insufficient focus on environmental issues——specifically climate change——despite heavy activity from a non-governmental organisation perspective. I saw lots of evidence of ongoing damage to the environment by factories, but little was being...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Office of Climate Change (31 Oct 2006)

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date he expects the Office of Climate Change to report on its audit of existing work on climate change; and if he will make the report publicly available.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Office of Climate Change (31 Oct 2006)

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the membership is of the (a) Ministerial and (b) official board of the Office of Climate Change; and which Department each member represents.

Welfare Reform Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Climate Change (12 Oct 2006)

James Duddridge: ...one proposed by Friends of the Earth. I am proud to be a member of the Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which has been conducting a timely inquiry into various elements of climate change. Last month, we reported on renewable energy and biofuels. We are currently taking evidence about what individual citizens can do, and we will shortly be looking at the longer-term...

Orders of the Day: Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill (12 May 2006)

James Duddridge: This is a significant cross-cutting issue, so does it not merit a Cabinet Minister for climate change, whose responsibilities cut across several Departments? May I cheekily suggest that the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister take on those duties in the interim until there is a full-time—

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill: New Clause 1 — Local Authorities: duty to consider measures to alleviate climate change and fuel poverty (10 Mar 2006)

James Duddridge: ..., but, having listened to many of the points that have been made, I recognise that new clause 4 is fundamentally flawed. I had hoped to speak in support of it because I believe passionately that climate change is the biggest problem that we face. However, very little evidence has been brought forward in this debate on how to prioritise and allocate resources efficiently in relation to the...

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill: New Clause 1 — Local Authorities: duty to consider measures to alleviate climate change and fuel poverty (10 Mar 2006)

James Duddridge: I disagree with my right hon. Friend in relation to climate change and the priority that it is given. It should be given greater priority. However, I agree with my right hon. Friend that local authorities should decide on priority. Knowing that he is a great friend of America, does he recognise that while the American federal Government have certainly not done enough on climate change—I...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (9 Mar 2006)

James Duddridge: If she will make a statement on the Government's progress in meeting its climate change targets.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (1 Feb 2006)

James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department plans to take to ensure the travel undertaken by the Young Climate Change Champions is carbon-neutral.