Results 1-5 of 5 for climate change speaker:Lord Young of Norwood Green

Written Answers — House of Lords: Learning and Skills Council (15 Jul 2009)

Lord Young of Norwood Green: ...and Cogent are currently leading a detailed review of the future skills implications of the nuclear new build, supported by the Office for Nuclear Development (OND) within the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and by this department. This analysis will provide important data for the Government and their agencies, including the LSC and future Skills Funding Agency. It will...

Economy: Skills Development — Debate (5 Mar 2009)

Lord Young of Norwood Green: ...Lord Puttnam made on training levies. We are where we are on them; where they are working in the construction industry, as the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, reminded us, they work well. We are trying to change the climate, culture and behaviour. I draw noble Lords' attention to two important changes. First, the education Act that we only recently passed raised the participation age and meant...

Industrial Training Levy (Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2009 — Motion to Approve (26 Feb 2009)

Lord Young of Norwood Green: ...are the first orders made in compliance with the amendments made to the Industrial Training Act 1982 by the Further Education and Training Act 2007 and cover three years. In the current economic climate the importance of skills cannot be overstated. We therefore welcome the orders before us as evidence that, despite the current economic difficulties, these two industries will continue to...

Women: Government Policy (6 Mar 2008)

Lord Young of Norwood Green: ...as usual, thoughtful, provoking and wide-ranging. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Stern—I do not think he is in the Chamber—on his maiden speech. I am sure that he will enhance the climate of debate and he might even be able to improve the environment of this place. That is a task that I am sure we shall welcome him undertaking. When asked to contribute to this debate,...

Armed Forces: Nuclear Deterrent (24 Jan 2007)

Lord Young of Norwood Green: ...by others in this debate, one cannot help but feel that the energy and resources that go into producing weapons of war could and should be put to better uses, such as combating poverty, disease or climate change, as suggested by the noble Baroness, Lady Tonge. Regrettably, we do not live in an ideal world, so I do not accept the unilateralist argument, put in many different ways during...