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[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Honey Bee Health (29 Apr 2009)

Edward Vaizey: ...finds it stressful to travel with bees—bees themselves, as he mentioned, find travel stressful. Bees are moved around a great deal, particularly in the United States. There is also, of course, the phenomenon of climate change. Research is essential. I welcome the Government's increase in funding. I note that when I posted my concerns about funding levels on my blog, it took the...

Thames Water (Oxfordshire) (13 Nov 2008) has video

Edward Vaizey: .... The reservoir is proposed on the basis that it will provide additional water for London, Swindon and Oxfordshire to cope both with London's increasing population and with the potential effects of climate change. It is an astonishing fact, especially in the light of the soaking we have received in the last few days, and the flooding that hit my constituency in July 2007, that the...

Broadcasting (Television Licence Fee Abolition) Bill (17 Oct 2008) has video

Edward Vaizey: ...the Member for Christchurch that it is extremely important that the BBC should be audited by the National Audit Office. It is extraordinary that the BBC would seek to dictate terms. In the new climate of transparency that is sweeping across all public sector organisations, including Parliament, the BBC would do well to open up its books and allow the public to see how much it costs. This...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill: New Clause 2 (16 Jan 2007)

Edward Vaizey: The Minister mentioned a series of quite fantastical acts of God that might disrupt the digital switchover process, although, given the Government’s record on climate change, I can understand why he is expecting hurricanes and flash floods. He did not mention Government incompetence as a cause. Given the enormous expedition with which we have pushed the Bill through the House, would it...

Orders of the Day: International Development (26 Oct 2006)

Edward Vaizey: The Secretary of State glossed over the report of the Environmental Audit Committee. As I am the only Member in the Chamber who participated in that report, I want to point out that climate change did not occur at the same time as the White Paper, and that the report to which the Secretary of State alludes is very damning indeed about DFID's placing of the environment. Can the Secretary of...

Climate Change (G8 Summit) (29 Jun 2005)

Edward Vaizey: ...area, which has been one of lamentable failure. I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Member for West Dorset (Mr. Letwin) for breaking the consensus, but my generation cares passionately about climate change and we feel that this Government have missed a golden opportunity to make the changes that are so desperately needed in the fight against it. This country is still woefully behind...

Climate Change (G8 Summit) (29 Jun 2005)

Edward Vaizey: Does the hon. Gentleman agree with me and with the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Wantage that one of the measures to combat climate change on which the Government have to make a rapid decision is nuclear power and whether to go ahead with the building of new nuclear power stations?