Results 1-20 of 65 for climate change speaker:Lord Bach

Coroners and Justice Bill: Report (4th Day) (29 Oct 2009)

Lord Bach: ..., those photographs must be destroyed as soon as possible, but at the latest within 14 days of the day on which the photograph was taken". Is it seriously being suggested that the law should be changed so that whatever the circumstances, a photograph of someone who has not been arrested within 14 days after the photograph was taken should be destroyed? If so, that would be a fantastic...

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Coal Compensation (20 Jul 2009)

Lord Bach: ...to all former miners or members of their families who have a complaint against Raleys to provide them with an update to the situation. Both the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Energy and Climate Change continue to support and monitor the LCS in their programme to highlight the issue with coal health compensation claimants.

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Coal Compensation (20 Jul 2009)

Lord Bach: ...to those concerned. The Government continue to press the Law Society to achieve payment in full of all inappropriately levied charges. The Ministry of Justice and the Department for Energy and Climate Change support the LCS in their work to recover deductions not yet repaid and provide data to them to enable the programme to be rolled out.

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Coal Compensation (20 Jul 2009)

Lord Bach: ...assurances that the SRA will monitor such activities closely to ensure that early action is taken if it appears necessary, and to keep both the Ministry of Justice and Department for Energy and Climate Change informed of any further developments.

Political Parties and Elections Bill: Report (2nd Day) (17 Jun 2009)

Lord Bach: ...163;8.6 billion to the UK economy and accounts for 182,000 jobs. We must not neglect the very real potential impact on charities. They are of course suffering, as are businesses, in the current economic climate. Direct mail remains a significant form of direct marketing for charities. The Institute of Fundraising has told us that it relies on the edited register for this purpose. A piece...

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Coal Compensation (20 May 2009)

Lord Bach: ...meeting the Legal Complaints Service and the Solicitors Regulation Authority in June to review their progress on this important issue. Both the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Energy and Climate Change continue to support the Legal Complaints Service in their programme to highlight the issue with coal health compensation claimants.

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Coal Compensation (19 May 2009)

Lord Bach: .... However, the Government continue to press the Law Society to achieve payment in full of all inappropriately levied charges. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) support the LCS in its work to recover deductions not yet repaid and provide data to it to enable the work on recovery to continue.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Zimbabwe (29 Sep 2008)

Lord Bach: We recognise that these talks are a potential step forward, but one that must now be matched by action on the ground. It is important that the negotiations do not take place in a climate of fear. The ongoing violence against supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change needs to end and non-governmental organisations should be allowed to resume their vital humanitarian work in the rural...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Nuclear Plants (18 Jul 2008)

Lord Bach: ...our conclusion that throughout their lifecycle the carbon emissions from nuclear power stations are low and that new nuclear power stations could therefore make a material contribution to tackling climate change, as part of a wider strategy to cut emissions. The department also published a cost-benefit analysis for nuclear power alongside the energy White Paper in May 2007. This compared...

Fuel Prices (25 Jun 2008)

Lord Bach: My Lords, there is no conflict. Our position on international energy markets is not in conflict with our climate change goals. The transition to a low carbon economy needs to be managed, and economic slowdown will not help that. Current energy prices are a risk to the low carbon economy, not a spur, especially if they cause a global economic slowdown. I remind the House that the result of oil...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (4 Jun 2008)

Lord Bach: ...which, by 2020, is: profitable in the marketplace, while it continues to produce the majority of the food we consume; making a positive net environmental contribution, particularly regarding climate change, yet wider than that; and managing the landscape and the natural assets underlying it. Further reform of the CAP is a key element in achieving both what we want in this country and our...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (14 May 2008)

Lord Bach: ...energy article reflects the growing importance of energy as a political and economic issue in the European Union, and the need for more effective action at Union level to achieve our energy and climate security objectives. The Stern report states that 65 per cent of global emissions come from energy. Meanwhile, the world's demand for energy rises inexorably. The dilemma facing us is how to...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (14 May 2008)

Lord Bach: ...Rowlands on QMV and the significance of having a separate energy article. To repeat myself, it reflects the growing importance of energy as a major issue in the EU and the connected policy areas of climate change. As I say, the treaty confirms that QMV will continue to apply to the majority of future decisions—not fiscal decisions; I make that clear—made on energy policy. This...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (12 May 2008)

Lord Bach: ...should be grateful for that because they are even more sceptical about the role of the Commission. MEPs are increasingly effective, both at raising issues of key concern—for example, climate change in recent times—and at scrutinising and improving legislation. Strengthening the European Parliament's role increases transparency and democratic accountability. Our EU Select...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (12 May 2008)

Lord Bach: ...2020 is, first, profitable in the marketplace and continuing to produce the majority of the food we consume; secondly, making a positive net environmental contribution, particularly in respect of climate change, but wider than that; and, thirdly, managing the landscape and the natural assets that underlie it. Here the Committee will be at one. Further CAP reform is a key element of...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (6 May 2008)

Lord Bach: ...matter to people in Europe. I remind noble Lords that the report of this House's EU Select Committee concludes that, "the reduction in the size of the college of Commissioners is an important change". Indeed it is. It continues, "and is intended to enable the Commission to function more effectively". A smaller Commission is, in any case, an existing obligation under the Treaty of Nice,...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Prices (24 Apr 2008)

Lord Bach: .../energy/environment/projections/index.html. Work on updating the fossil fuel assumptions is currently under way to help inform the decisions relating to the carbon budgets, as set out in the recent Climate Change Bill. In addition BERR, for its internal modelling, regularly explores possible future retail prices. The next update is expected in summer 2008.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (13 Mar 2008)

Lord Bach: ...already a distant memory 30 years ago, when the article that I referred to by the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, was written. The role of foreign ministries has moved on as the world has changed, and frankly that will only continue in what is an increasingly interconnected world. The noble Lord, Lord Sheikh, made the comment that this is a changing world, and everyone has said that...

Energy: Electricity Generation (30 Jan 2008)

Lord Bach: My Lords, the Energy Bill will strengthen the framework for investment in power stations to help the United Kingdom to ensure secure supplies of energy and tackle climate change. Measures in the Bill will help to achieve a tripling of the amount of electricity from renewables by 2015 and pave the way for the demonstration of carbon capture and storage. The Government's White Paper invited...

Severn Barrage (13 Dec 2007)

Lord Bach: ...Miller, and many others, are acknowledged experts on the environment and the issues of this case. This is an important subject and the debate shows, if anyone ever thought that the big decisions on climate change would somehow make themselves, or would be easy decisions, how wrong they would be. There are conflicting interests all over the place. The difficulty for Government and...