Results 1-18 of 18 for climate change speaker:Lord McNally

Queen's Speech — Debate (1st Day) (18 Nov 2009)

Lord McNally: ...land of the Government's own making. We will co-operate with those measures where urgency is required-for example, the digital revolution mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Patel. The technological changes around it do not work to a government or parliamentary timetable, so we will help where we can with the Digital Britain Bill. Let me lay down a marker, however, to both Labour and...

European Council — Statement (2 Nov 2009)

Lord McNally: ...Blair around like a political David Beckham looking for some new lucrative spot to occupy? Secondly, would the Leader of the Opposition be better employed spelling out how he intends to deal with climate change, our energy needs, agreements on trade and financial services, the fight against drug smuggling, people trafficking and organised crime? The time is perilously close to when he will...

G8 — Statement (13 Jul 2009)

Lord McNally: ..., on which my noble friend Lady Williams has been serving, looking at the British contribution to the review in 2010. This may be one of those opportunities to make progress in that area. On the climate change summit, as the Prime Minister described it, it is again a question of whether the high words of summitry tie in with what is actually happening in domestic policy. There is still a...

Building Britain's Future — Statement (29 Jun 2009)

Lord McNally: ...the money into new council house building. But we get that in the 12th year of a Labour Government. As Harold Wilson once memorably said, where have you been, Rip van Winkle? Let us have a look at climate change. My right honourable friend Nick Clegg said the other day that he went to one of the new North Sea wind farms and although he searched in vain he could not find a single piece of...

European Council — Statement (23 Jun 2009)

Lord McNally: ...City of London that it will be overregulated by a commission that does not have either the same experience or the same priorities as we do in keeping London as a major world financial centre. On climate change, we all welcome the new sense of urgency but, again, I saw a programme the other day about the Obama Administration's investment in the new technologies that will be needed to reach...

European Council: 15-16 October 2008 (20 Oct 2008)

Lord McNally: ...a full debate in the House. I say to the Government that they should remember that we are the Liberal Democrats and we are here to help them. The summit was originally going to be on energy and climate change, although naturally the economic situation dominated. One thing crossed my mind on hearing what the Prime Minister said. I saw a photograph in one of the Sunday newspapers of a new...

G8: 2008 Summit (10 Jul 2008)

Lord McNally: .... I remember that Mrs Thatcher—now the noble Baroness, Lady Thatcher—always followed them up by saying that they were talking shops and a waste of time. So, in a way, nothing much has changed, although we all need to take stock. When one looks at the immediate post-war world and how the giants at that time responded to the massive problems facing them with such courage, vision...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (1 Apr 2008)

Lord McNally: ...that Europe. As the Lord President said today and as President Sarkozy said with great eloquence last week, that Europe must address the major issues of our day, whether it is energy security, climate change, immigration, organised crime, our relations with our near neighbours or our policy on the major issues of poverty and instability in the world.

European Council: 13-14 March 2008 (17 Mar 2008)

Lord McNally: ..., Lord Strathclyde, the speech made by the noble Lord, Lord Jones of Birmingham, on Friday about the need and the value of the single market and how that will be so important to our economic future. On climate change and energy, the big problem is that the Prime Minister had a better record in Brussels than he did in his Budget. Although the noble Lord, Lord Lawson, is poised to tell us...

European Council: 14 December 2007 (17 Dec 2007)

Lord McNally: ...come back to the fact that Europe working together is more effective. Can the Minister think of a major issue where Britain's voice is not made more effective by being part of Europe—be it climate change, the world trade talks, Afghanistan, Africa or the Middle East? Will the Prime Minister be taking a more positive role than hitherto in promoting greater cohesion in defence and...

Intergovernmental Meeting: Lisbon (22 Oct 2007)

Lord McNally: ...defence in it. I understand the reason for that balance, but is the Lord President aware that we on these Benches agree with the Commons European Scrutiny Committee, which was referred to, that the changes and opt-outs negotiated by Britain make this a different proposition for this country from those proposed earlier in the constitution? As for the question put to me by the noble Lord,...

European Council: 21-22 June 2007 (25 Jun 2007)

Lord McNally: ...the overall nature of his mission and we on these Benches welcome the reforms, which contribute to a more efficient and functioning EU. It is difficult to identify a single issue—from climate change to terrorism and from organised crime to energy security—that is not dealt with better in Britain's interests within the EU. We welcome the fact that the European Council has...

EU: UK Membership (14 Jun 2007)

Lord McNally: ...option in spite of the political difficulties". If he does, I believe that addressing the real European agenda becomes easier, but no less daunting. As the G8 demonstrated, Europe's response to climate change will be pivotal in obtaining constructive responses from the USA and the super-economies of Brazil, India and China. There is still a chance to rescue the Doha round of talks, but it...

Debate on the Address (15 Nov 2006)

Lord McNally: ...Labour Party. This gracious Speech takes place against a background where the Government need to win and sustain public trust in two major areas of policy: the war on terrorism and the response to climate change. On the war on terror, there is still too much of a tendency to seek party political advantage by trying to paint anyone questioning any measure as soft on terrorism without...

Correctional Services Review (6 Jan 2004)

Lord McNally: ...of the issues pinpointed in this report. NACRO's statement of welcome this afternoon made this very point. It stated: "A reversal of the rising use of prison is unlikely to occur unless there is a change in political rhetoric about crime. Constant tough talk by politicians affects the climate in which courts operate and makes it more punitive". The truth is that the criticisms and...

Fire Dispute (28 Jan 2003)

Lord McNally: ...—or dismissed out of hand. It is not to dodge the issue to say that we would not have started from here. We are here because the Government stuck their head in the sand for too long about changes in public sector unions and in our industrial relations climate. So do the Government intend to use the breathing space between now and the introduction of emergency legislation to make...

Public Services (18 Apr 2002)

Lord McNally: .... This is a timely debate and one that will focus Parliament and the country much more than perhaps has been the case tonight. There is a feeling that we are entering a rougher industrial relations climate. As the noble Lord, Lord Campbell, pointed out, rumblings of discontent can be heard throughout the public sector: teachers, the police, railway and Tube staff, health service workers,...

Address in Reply to Her Majesty's Most Gracious Speech (24 Nov 1999)

Lord McNally: ...that there are still sufficient people on the Benches opposite, like the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy, who know the importance of a truly radical and wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act. We must change the culture of secrecy which pervades British government at all levels. To ensure that, the Bill now before the Commons must be dramatically amended and improved in this House. Having...