Results 1-20 of 24 for climate change speaker:Anne Main
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Microgeneration: Government Assistance (9 Nov 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to promote on-site micro-generation projects.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Biofuels (4 Nov 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's policy is on the promotion of micro-generation projects powered by (a) bio-diesel produced from used cooking oil and (b) other waste-derived products.
- [David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)
Anne Main: ...models. For example, clearing 1 hectare of Amazonian rain forest can release up to 1,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In response to those concerns, a spokesman for the Department for Transport recognised that there was some controversy and, while acknowledging that the biofuels evidence is...
- [David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)
Anne Main: ...as cooking oil, will have the same effect as in Germany and biodiesel production will collapse. Ofgem's 2009 ruling, made following consultation and discussions with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, results from the presence of a small proportion of fossil fuel in some biodiesels derived from methanol. The ruling is based on a literal interpretation of the law, which classes...
- [David Taylor in the Chair] — Biofuels (27 Oct 2009)
Anne Main: ...contributing to renewables generation and waste re-use. The recycled methanol is not acceptable either. I raised the matter only 10 days ago at a meeting of the Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change, which was discussing low-carbon technologies in a green economy with Greg Archer of the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership. Mr. Archer did not hold back, describing the situation as a...
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Official Hospitality (24 Jun 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on hospitality and entertainment since its inception.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (18 Mar 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department uses WPA2 encryption protocol on all its wireless networks.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (18 Mar 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what auditing his Department undertakes to ensure that IT security policies are being followed; and on how many occasions (a) IT security policies have been breached by employees and (b) a member of staff has been sanctioned for a breach of such policies in the last 12 months.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (18 Mar 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's IT security hierarchy.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (18 Mar 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what scanning for vulnerabilities his Department conducts of each of its IT devices; what method is used for IT device scans; and how many vulnerabilities have been detected as a result of such scans in the last 12 months.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Data Protection (18 Mar 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what IT security policy his Department has; what procedures are in place to ensure the policy is being followed; what his Department's policy is on encryption of data when it leaves departmental premises; and what sanctions are in place for failure to comply with this policy.
- Opposition Day — [7th Allotted Day]: Unemployment (10 Mar 2009) has video
Anne Main: Green jobs were mentioned earlier. When the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change appeared before the newly formed Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change, I specifically asked him whether there was any buy-in from the Treasury to ensure that training was being put in place to deliver the skills that we need for the green jobs that we anticipate will arise in the future....
- British Curry Industry (4 Mar 2009)
Anne Main: ...Taylor wrote: "I think part of the problem is the government's patronising attitude towards the curry industry, which is one of the greatest immigration success stories of the past 40 years, not only in changing the British palate forever but also contributing considerably to the Treasury coffers... A vibrant industry such as the ethnic restaurant trade shouldn't be penalised because the...
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Fuel Poverty (23 Feb 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent assessment is of the number of people in fuel poverty in (a) St Albans constituency, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England and Wales.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Internet (4 Feb 2009)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the budget for his Department's website is for 2008-09; and how many of his Department's staff are employed to manage the website.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: British Energy: EDF (24 Nov 2008)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on which occasions Ministers in his Department have met senior executives of (a) British Energy and (b) EDF since its establishment.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: British Energy: EDF (18 Nov 2008)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on which occasions Ministers in his Department have met senior executives of (a) British Energy and (b) EDF in each of the last 12 months.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Emissions: Government Departments (12 Nov 2008)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much (a) carbon dioxide and (b) greenhouse gasses were emitted by (i) by Government departments and agencies and (b) the UK (A) with allowance made for trading and (B) with no allowance made for trading in each of the last 15 years.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: British Energy (11 Nov 2008)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he have made of the value of the Government's holdings in British Energy.
- Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy Supply: Meters (11 Nov 2008)
Anne Main: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what evidence his Department has received on the economic case for the roll-out of smart meters to domestic properties; and on what basis the Government have made the assessment that the case is questionable.