Results 1-20 of 151 for climate change in the 'Lords debates'

Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (Continued) (23 Nov 2009)

Lord Rooker: ...intent, I, too, will address the constitutional aspects of reform of your Lordships' House as a means of strengthening Parliament against the Executive. In some ways the House seems reluctant to change; and yet, long before I came here, the House was four or five years ahead of the other place in the televising of Parliament-something for which credit has never been given. How do we change...

Flooding in Cumbria — Statement (23 Nov 2009)

Lord Davies of Oldham: ...to thank the EFRA Committee for its scrutiny of the draft Bill, and I am sure that all sides of the House will help in getting this important Bill on the statute book. Although we cannot attribute this particular event to climate change, we can expect to see more extreme weather in the years ahead. This is a future for which we must prepare. I will, of course, keep the House informed of...

Queen's Speech — Debate (2nd Day) (19 Nov 2009) See 15 other results from this debate

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: ...spectrum of possible threats that we might face, will be very realistic and will help us to work out how we should be using our Armed Forces to defend our own interests and how defence itself must change to meet the problems that lie ahead. There is some interesting thinking going on about the kind of issues that we will have to face. The noble Lord, Lord Jay, and others raised some of the...

Consumer Emissions (Climate Change) Bill [HL] — First Reading (19 Nov 2009)

Queen's Speech — Debate (1st Day) (18 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

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...

Queen's Speech (18 Nov 2009)

Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith: ...work to build trust in democratic institutions. My Government will seek effective global and European collaboration through the G20 and the European Union to sustain economic recovery and to combat climate change, including at the Copenhagen summit next month. The Duke of Edinburgh and I look forward to our visit to Bermuda and our State Visit to Trinidad and Tobago and to the Commonwealth...

Prorogation: Her Majesty's Speech (12 Nov 2009)

...have made for the work and dignity of the Crown and for the public service. My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, my Government has worked towards European action on economic stability, on climate change, on energy, enlargement and security. My Government has worked for a co-ordinated international response to the global downturn, including by hosting the G20 summit on financial...

Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (11 Nov 2009)

Lord Davies of Oldham: ...not be up near the Barents Sea tomorrow or Tierra del Fuego in the middle of next week. I cannot keep track of my noble friend's extraordinary endeavours with regard to the preparations for the climate change conference in Copenhagen, but it means that I am not able to consult him in his wisdom about aspects of the Bill for which he was largely responsible and which I have inherited....

Financial Regulation: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Renton of Mount Harry: ..., but I was not convinced that they went far enough. As the noble Lord, Lord Woolmer, knows, I was not convinced that the de Larosière report, with its college of supervisors, was going to make the changes that were needed. I did not feel that we as a Committee, and the witnesses who came before us, gave enough importance to the probable future strength of the European Central Bank....

Road Safety: Electric and Hybrid Vehicles — Question (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Low of Dalston: ...chance does that give small children and others to stop, look and listen before crossing the road? What is the timescale for the research that the Minister mentioned? Given that the Committee on Climate Change has said that it expects there to be 1.7 million electric and hybrid vehicles on British roads by 2020, does he agree that that research needs to be pursued as a matter of urgency?

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Redesdale: ...decision were being taken without the type of reactor that was to be approved having been settled on. Other aspects of the policy statements are to be welcomed. There are obvious implications for climate change from the use of coal, but we have long argued that the implementation of carbon capture and storage is vital and so we welcome the statements. However, as the noble Baroness, Lady...

Health Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (9 Nov 2009) See 2 other results from this debate

Earl Howe: ...countenance a variation of the current rules on the private patient income cap because a judicial review about the operation of the cap was underway in the courts. Not only have the Government now changed their mind on that point and decided that there is no issue of principle at stake here, they have also felt able, of their own volition, to make a concession in respect of mental health...

Armed Forces: Future Defence Policy — Motion to Take Note (6 Nov 2009) See 2 other results from this debate

Lord Marlesford: ...in Gordon Brown's introduction to the White Paper UK Policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Way Forward which starts: "The four great challenges of our time—the global financial crisis, climate change, global poverty and global security—are alike in requiring an appreciation of their scale". His problem is that he appreciates little and controls less. He stares into space and...

Policing and Crime Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued) (3 Nov 2009)

Baroness Henig: ...not undermined, if partner bodies are not going to be under any duty to co-operate in dealing with anti-social behaviour issues or petty crime in their local area. After some consideration, I have changed my original amendment to recognise that the key players in relation to aligning local area agreement targets and policing targets are the local strategic partnerships. The original...

Water Management — Question for Short Debate (3 Nov 2009) See 3 other results from this debate

Lord Davies of Oldham: ...major challenge for us all. I am obviously grateful to my noble friend Lord Smith for putting that into the context not only of his own particular responsibilities at the Environment Agency but of climate change and the challenges that we all face there. There is no doubt that water is an important resource that needs management. The Government demonstrated their commitment to its...

European Council — Statement (2 Nov 2009) See 9 other results from this debate

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: ...point made by my noble friend. I add that one of the regrettable things about the Conservatives' new grouping in the European Union is that so many of their allies in it seem so sceptical about climate change. We throughout this House, as a body, are not sceptical.

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...

Africa: Water Shortages — Question (29 Oct 2009) See 3 other results from this debate

Lord Brett: My Lords, climate change will result in more frequent water shortages, such as the current drought in east Africa. A deal at Copenhagen is crucial to limit temperature rise to two degrees centigrade and ensure that vulnerable African countries have access to additional finance to adapt to climate change. We are working with a number of African countries to improve water management. We will...

Rail Freight (EUC Report): Motion to Take Note (23 Oct 2009)

Baroness Hanham: ...but carrying 40 per cent of traffic. We want to see rail freight become an increasingly attractive alternative to road haulage. That would help reach the commitment set out in the Government's climate change legislation to cut carbon emissions by a quarter by 2020 and by a half by 2050. Rail freight can help reach this figure as every tonne of freight carried by rail produces at least 80...

Welfare Reform Bill — Report (1st Day) (Continued) (22 Oct 2009)

Baroness Thomas of Winchester: ...the front line pretty quickly, with a minimum of training, and that more extensive training is being deferred until the offices are less busy. While this is understandable in the present economic climate, in the context of the Bill we hope that the wider training programme will be undertaken as soon as conditions are right. This is particularly important when there will be claimants with...