Results 1-9 of 9 for climate change speaker:Nicholas Clegg

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: European Council (2 Nov 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...President Karzai to congratulate him today on his unopposed continuation as president of that country, but surely the Prime Minister must recognise that Karzai simply cannot lead the dramatic change in direction that Afghanistan needs unless he commits now to work with his opponents, including Dr. Abdullah, to reach across ethnic and tribal divisions, stamp out corruption and start to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (28 Oct 2009) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...and Corporal James Oakland, who served so bravely in Afghanistan—and, of course, to the family and friends of the six UN aid workers who were so brutally murdered in Kabul. The international climate change summit is now only a few weeks away, and what happens in Copenhagen will shape our world for generations to come. I welcome a lot of the Prime Minister's pre-summit rhetoric; if...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: European Council (23 Jun 2009)

Nicholas Clegg: ...on the impact of the Lisbon treaty. Does he agree that if the Lisbon treaty is finally ratified this autumn, Europe should then get on with tackling the problems that really matter to people—climate change, the economy and crime—and that any attempts by any future UK Government to reopen the terms of membership would be self-indulgent and self-defeating? The summit was...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: EU Council/Afghanistan, India and Pakistan (15 Dec 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...Minister recognise that many eurozone economies could surge ahead of Britain, under his leadership, leaving us once again as the sick man of Europe? The summit was a wasted opportunity to defeat climate change. All those of us who want our children to have a planet worth living on will be disappointed that dirty industry has been given extra time to clean up its act. Will the Prime...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (3 Dec 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...crisis and people need a helping hand, yet most of this Queen's Speech is lifted directly from the Prime Minister's pre-Queen's Speech announcements in May. Has he not noticed that the world has changed—and changed utterly? This non-stop drum beat from the Government is like a sort of legislative "muzak", an irritating hum in the background, of no use or no help to anyone. We see...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: European Council (20 Oct 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: ...still leaves us with the fastest rising prices in Europe. When will he deliver the fairer truly competitive energy market we all need? This summit was originally initiated to tackle energy and climate change, but that was sidelined, understandably, to focus on the economy. There are now rumours that the EU will ask developing countries to shoulder a big chunk of the burden of our...

Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster: National Security Strategy (19 Mar 2008) has video

Nicholas Clegg: .... I hope that more time will be made available to the House to examine the document in greater detail. Does the Prime Minister agree that many of the threats he has enumerated—terrorism, climate change, cross-border crime—cannot be dealt with by the United Kingdom on its own, and, indispensably, we can deal with them only as full and committed members of the European Union? I...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Control: Climate Change (9 Oct 2007)

Nicholas Clegg: ...of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to re-examine the planned levels of spending on the flood protection and water drainage infrastructure to meet the effects of climate change.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Flood Protection: Urban Areas (10 Jul 2007)

Nicholas Clegg: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps he is taking to protect city centres against (a) flood events and (b) likely impacts of climate change; (2) what steps are being taken (a) in Sheffield and (b) at a national level to improve drainage systems in city centres to cope with (i) flood risks and (ii) climate change.