Results 1-20 of 34 for climate change speaker:Sadiq Khan

Written Answers — Transport: Local Transport Plans: Carbon Emissions (29 Oct 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...to reducing carbon emissions. Recent local transport plan guidance recognises that local authorities are particularly important partners in helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with our climate change goal for transport. The Government have a policy of devolving responsibility to local transport authorities so they can make the right choices for their local areas. It would...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: EU Transport Council (15 Oct 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...years, feeding into the next White Paper in 2010. All member states intervened, many of them drawing attention to the need to support recovery from the current economic crisis while still tackling climate change. The UK was among member states which called for simplification of rules and better integration of policy. We also identified the biggest challenge facing transport as reducing CO2...

Written Answers — Transport: Transport: Costs (20 Jul 2009)

Sadiq Khan: The "Aviation Emissions Cost Assessment 2008", which focuses on climate change impacts, was published in July 2008. This research does not attempt to identify the impacts of 'holiday flights' separately from other flights. A research report, "Surface Transport Costs and Charges" commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT), provides estimates of the external costs of car use and was...

Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Cross-Border Transport Networks (25 Jun 2009) has video

Sadiq Khan: ...progress on the Department's work on High Speed 2 and its potential benefits for Scotland. The Secretary of State has also given evidence to the Scottish Parliament Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee and met Committee members to discuss various matters. Additionally, Ministers in the Department have met Ieuan Wyn Jones AM to discuss Welsh cross-border rail and road issues.

Written Answers — Transport: Exhaust Emissions: Essex (24 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ... 2007-08 1.847 0.076 2006-07 1.804 0.277 2005-06 1.761 0.235 2004-05 1.694 — Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) has been reformed to link better with Government objectives, particularly on climate change. The previous link between BSOG and fuel duty has now been broken and only those bus operators who achieve a 6 per cent. improvement in their fuel efficiency...

Written Ministerial Statements — Transport: Transport Council (18 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: .... I joined several other Ministers in expressing the view that the text put to the Council struck the right balance in terms of passenger transport and the designation of rail corridors. Some minor changes were made to address remaining concerns of some member states and the political agreement was reached. Under AOB, the Commission reported on the current position regarding liberalisation...

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — Regional Aviation Policy (17 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...and provide important impetus to regeneration. Let me give some examples of the growth in regional airports. Manchester international airport has increased the handling capacity of its transport interchange with the opening of a new £15 million rail platform in December 2008. Last October, Glasgow international airport's Skyhub terminal extension opened, greatly improving facilities...

Written Answers — Transport: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (16 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: Under the EU Renewable Energy Directive there is a specific target for the share of renewable energy use in UK transport by 2020. Following full public consultation, the Department for Energy and Climate Change are due to publish the Government's Renewable Energy Strategy this summer. This will include an assessment of the potential contribution that electric vehicles may have toward the...

Written Answers — Transport: Climate Change (10 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: All Departments are actively involved in the cross-Government Adapting to Climate Change Programme, which aims to help society adapt to climate change. The role of the programme is to develop and provide a comprehensive evidence base including adaptation tools, to raise awareness of the need to adapt, to measure success and to work across Government at all levels to embed adaptation. Further...

Written Answers — Transport: Climate Change (10 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: It is not currently possible to provide estimates of the potential costs and savings over the next three years. It has, however, been shown in the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change that timely and well-targeted climate adaptation measures will yield benefits in excess of their costs. The main rationale for investment to address climate risk will be to reduce the UK's...

Written Answers — Transport: Transport: Coventry (10 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: The Government announced in December 2008 a series of changes to the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) which is paid to operators of local bus services in England. Changes have been introduced to ensure that the grant is targeted more towards achieving environmental and climate change objectives. The changes encourage operators of local bus services in and around Coventry (and the rest of...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Climate Change (1 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...Policy. The document details the Department's commitment to ensuring our internal activities are sustainable and that our performance continually improves. The policy covers the key areas of climate change and energy, sustainable consumption and production, and natural resource protection. It addresses all the targets and mandates for Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate (SOGE)...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Climate Change (1 Jun 2009)

Sadiq Khan: The Department for Communities and Local Government is currently in the process of calculating the potential gross costs and savings arising from planned climate change adaptation measures across the HQ estate over the next three years. There are a number of adaptation measures being considered, such as the application of additional solar film and installation of heat recovery systems, but...

Written Ministerial Statements — Communities and Local Government: FiReControl (6 May 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...FiReControl Business Case which sets out the detailed, evidence-based rationale for investing public money in the FiReControl project. It is particularly important in the current economic climate that we are confident that any investment is justified and will bring about real beneficial change. Copies will be placed in the Library of the House. The business case considers the strategic,...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Departmental Conferences (2 Apr 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...comparisons, short and long term options 10,976 Speakers 234 Hospitality 17 November 2008 Regional Ministers Economic Delivery Group Membership and TOR; Current Economic Climate and Impact on Region; Regional Update by EDG Group members; Infrastructure/Capital projects — setting out criteria for regional priorities 20 Hospitality 24 November 2008...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Economic Situation (18 Mar 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...—past successes and failures, international comparisons, short and long term options. 17 November 2008 Regional Ministers Economic Delivery Group Membership and TOR; Current Economic Climate and Impact on Region; Regional Update by EDG Group Members; Infrastructure/Capital projects—setting out criteria for regional priorities. 24 November 2008 RIEP—Worklessness...

Written Ministerial Statements — Communities and Local Government: Regional Spatial Strategy (12 Mar 2009)

Sadiq Khan: ...September 2006 by the East Midlands regional assembly. It was tested by an examination in public lasting eight weeks during summer 2007 and the panel report was published in November 2007. Proposed changes were published on 22 July 2008 followed by a 12-week public consultation ending on October 17. We received 2,549 comments from 735 respondents. We have carefully examined all the...

Prayers: Small Business Rate Relief (Automatic Payment) Bill (6 Mar 2009) has video

Sadiq Khan: ...-employed or owners of small firms. Its purpose is to promote the interests of members, to publicise the benefits of being self-employed and of business ownership, and to identify the continually changing needs of its members. I can honestly say that, with the help of the hon. Gentleman, the FSB has truly served its members' objectives well in highlighting the impact of business rates. The...

Neighbourhood Renewal Funding (Peterborough) (9 Feb 2009) has video

Sadiq Khan: ...growth of the city will bring significant opportunities for Peterborough to help bring about transformation, including within neighbourhoods. The city is blossoming, despite the tough economic climate. Considering the circumstances—including the recession—things are going well. The leader of Peterborough city council since 2003, John Peach, says that there is more going on now...

Business of the House: Holocaust Memorial Day (29 Jan 2009) has video

Sadiq Khan: ...that I dealt with the Government's response to the report published by the all-party group on anti-Semitism, chaired by my hon. Friend the Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann), which recommended that change. We expect all police services to be able to record anti-Semitic incidents by April 2009 and I thank the hon. Gentleman for the vigour with which he has pursued that issue. The pressure...