Results 1-12 of 12 for climate change speaker:Mark Hunter

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Road Safety (4 Jun 2009)

Mark Hunter: ...age group, despite that progress. Those injured, and the families of those killed or injured, have to face great emotional and financial suffering. It is also significant, in the current economic climate, that we recognise that road accidents cost our economy 1.5 per cent. of our annual gross domestic product. That is the equivalent of what the Government spent in total on transport in...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Road Safety (4 Jun 2009)

Mark Hunter: ...of expertise are covered before people pass the test, and that they are not an afterthought or something that people learn on the hoof afterwards. Also on learner drivers, in the current economic climate I am concerned that many young people could be tempted to cut corners when it comes to learning to drive because of the cost of the process. Recent estimates suggest that people on average...

Nimrod Project (20 May 2009)

Mark Hunter: ...BAE submitted an outline proposal that the aircraft should be Nimrods, but the Ministry of Defence decided that the costs were too high and too much risk was involved. Since 2007, the situation has changed dramatically. I am pleased to acknowledge that the Minister agreed that a further bid by BAE Systems could and should be submitted. Over that time, the MRA4 programme has matured; the...

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Sustainable Railways (12 Feb 2009)

Mark Hunter: ...proposals for increasing the contribution that railways can make towards improving the environment until the next high-level output statement. If Britain is to play any real role in tackling climate change, let alone the lead role that we all aspire to, we need to be more ambitious and look at how rail can help move us towards a carbon-free society. I therefore would be interested to know...

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Biofuels (5 Jun 2008)

Mark Hunter: ...is especially relevant in the context of the European Union's current consultation on a directive on the issue. We can no longer afford to get our environmental policies wrong. We all agree that climate change needs to be tackled effectively here and now. The Committee's report is useful and gives us insights on the background to biofuels. I should make it clear from the beginning that,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: European Affairs (11 Dec 2007)

Mark Hunter: ...the EU is vital in securing a stable and successful future for our country and for our prosperity. Self-evidently, we face a world in which more and more challenges have an international dimension. Climate change, terrorism and the international drug trade are just a few of the major international issues that affect the everyday lives of people in the UK. To resolve such problems requires...

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Inter-Parliamentary Union (22 Nov 2007)

Mark Hunter: ...with it if international problems are to be resolved satisfactorily. One of the biggest challenges facing the world today is that many international issues such as development, human rights and climate change can be dealt with only by using co-ordinated strategies. Many Governments, agencies and organisations of all kinds are doing their best individually to tackle such problems, which is...

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Russia (25 Jul 2007)

Mark Hunter: ..., hugely important in the wider context of ongoing east-west dialogue. Russia's co-operation on security is extremely valuable, as is its collaboration on many other international issues, such as climate change and, of course, terrorism. It would be a great loss to both parties if the relationship were not to regain its stability. I reiterate that Liberal Democrats fully support the...

Business of the House (12 Jul 2007) has video

Mark Hunter: ..., given that the international activities of UK companies account for some 12 to 15 per cent. of global CO2 emissions, could the Leader of the House please find time for a debate on the impact of climate change on people in developing countries?

Opposition Day — [10th Allotted Day]: Climate Change (8 May 2007)

Mark Hunter: The original title of this debate was "Action on climate change begins at home". The latter part of that title is the most important in relation to what we have discussed today, not least because of the pressing need to persuade the public and individuals that they can make a difference by changing their own habits and lifestyles at home. All of us, as politicians, should do more to help...

Cultural Diplomacy (13 Mar 2007)

Mark Hunter: ...high culture but to popular culture, including music, films, dance, sport, fashion, comics and websites. It is by appealing to the population at large, including youth, that Britain has a chance to change the way that it is viewed by other cultures. As other hon. Members have said, we should use technology to do that. The internet and podcasts are just two ways of disseminating modern and...

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill — Order for Second Reading read. (11 Nov 2005)

Mark Hunter: ...public and sticks to the Government, because it is clear that this Government and Governments across the world need to move more quickly on this most important matter. Even those who believe that climate change is an enormous conspiracy theory—which I most certainly do not—and that global warming is neither a serious issue nor a major threat to us all, should think of all those...