Results 1-20 of 62 for climate change speaker:Nick Hurd

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Relations (9 Sep 2009)

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office of Information's Public Relations Framework since it was created.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Relations (9 Sep 2009)

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 297W, on departmental public relations, which companies were contracted; for what purpose each contract was let to each company; and how much was paid to each company in respect of each contract.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Trust: Energy Saving Trust (21 Jul 2009)

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 25 March 2009, Official Report, column 497W, on the Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust, (1) how much had been spent by the Carbon Trust on payments to (a) Weber Shandwick, (b) TLG Communications Ltd and (c) Grayling Political Strategy on the latest date for...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Public Relations (21 Jul 2009)

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 305W, on departmental public relations, what the monetary value is of the contract with Kreab Gavin Anderson to provide public relations advice to his Department.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Rail Travel (24 Jun 2009)

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what guidance his Department has issued to staff on claiming for travel in first class carriages on trains if there are no seats available in standard class.

[David Taylor in the Chair] — Heathrow Airport Expansion (16 Jun 2009)

Nick Hurd: My hon. Friend is focusing on NOx, but he will know that the elephant in the room is carbon and climate change policy. Does he understand the confusion in my constituency? People are coming up to me to say, "Hang on a minute. On one hand, the Government are telling us that climate change is the most important risk of our time, and on the other, they're giving a green light to the...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Training (20 Apr 2009)

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's policy is on holding departmental away days at locations other than departmental premises.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Kingsnorth Power Station (5 Mar 2009)

Nick Hurd: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the proposed new generating units at Kingsnorth power station; and if he will make a statement.

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: Heathrow (Third Runway) (28 Jan 2009) has video

Nick Hurd: ...increase emissions. A lot of people care passionately about that and do not understand why a Government who take pride in leadership in this area are driving a coach and horses through their own climate change strategy with this one decision. They can see the impact on air quality in the Thames valley. They can see all these things, and they ask why we are doing it. The answer from the...

Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008) has video

Nick Hurd: ...the mix to help us with this decision and this debate. The environmental cost has been touched on late in the debate, and I wish to say a word about it. Although we take pride in the process of the Climate Change Bill, in which I was heavily engaged, we remain in the business of setting and monitoring targets, and the mechanics of all that. It is time for an "emperor's new clothes" moment,...

Bill Presented: Heathrow (11 Nov 2008)

Nick Hurd: The Secretary of State has been on his feet for 40 minutes or so—it has felt longer—yet the words "climate change" have not fallen from his lips. Does he not understand that there is profound concern in the House that an emissions trading scheme that has so far categorically failed to reduce emissions will be inadequate for the task of controlling the fastest-growing source of...

[Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] — Ministers and Civil Servants (30 Oct 2008)

Nick Hurd: .... Long political cycles have a part to play in such things and there is another fundamental, structural problem in that people are not sufficiently persuaded that their engagement is going to change anything. In part, that drove me to take the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 through Parliament—there was a strong sense that people needed to have a much greater influence over the...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 15 — Advice on emissions from international aviation and international shipping (28 Oct 2008) has video

Nick Hurd: ...include aviation and shipping in our international targets by the end of 2012, and if we do it, we'll tell you then how we're going to do it. On the way we'll get some advice from the Committee on Climate Change and publish some projections." The hon. Member for Northavon (Steve Webb) was right: there is no absolute obligation on the Government to include aviation and shipping in the...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: New Clause 8 (8 Jul 2008)

Nick Hurd: ...in respect of the Government’s response to the new clause since it was tabled. The new clause, which was tabled in my name, has distinguished cross-party support, including from an ex-Labour climate change Minister. Our short debate will take us back to the issue of disclosure. We spoke at length about the need, or otherwise, for large British companies to disclose their emissions....

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 80 (8 Jul 2008)

Nick Hurd: ...further up the chain of capital, which is extremely apathetic now, and look at the way that pension funds and insurance companies, which own 50 per cent. of the FTSE 350, are engaged with the issue of climate change. The answer is that they are insufficiently engaged with it. I urge the Government to look at the statutory requirement on pension fund trustees and their fiduciary duty,...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 25 (1 Jul 2008)

Nick Hurd: We on the Joint Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill spent much time on this issue, because as previous speakers have said it is incredibly important. Our conclusions will have significant economic consequences for British taxpayers and shareholders in British companies. I know that the Minister understands all the arguments involved, and new clause 2 is wholly inadequate—it does...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 14 (1 Jul 2008)

Nick Hurd: Will the Minister confirm that Prime Minister Blair chaired the energy and climate change Sub-Committee under the previous Administration?

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (26 Jun 2008)

Nick Hurd: ...been expressed for the principles behind the amendment, but, for reasons that have been very adequately expressed by my hon. Friends, we would prefer to see leadership on this issue from the independent Climate Change Committee, and we have placed on record our commitment to uphold the recommendation of any such committee. The Government’s position is broadly in line with that, with...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (26 Jun 2008)

Nick Hurd: ...ignore two very important words in the Bill, which are “at least.” I touch on the importance of those two words, because they mean something to me. I would be amazed if the independent Climate Change Committee were to reach any conclusion after examining the evidence other than that 60 per cent. is inadequate. Therefore I have a great deal of confidence that an independent...

Public Bill Committee: Climate Change Bill [Lords]: Clause 2 (26 Jun 2008)

Nick Hurd: ...is a perfectly sensible remark. There is no dispute that the final decision must rest with Parliament, which is accountable to the people. There are degrees of independence: we need an independent Climate Change Committee that can make life tough for the Government, but that is not to say that it should be ultimately responsible for setting targets. It is a question of the degree to which...