Results 1-20 of 9,063 for hunting speaker:Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Gas Storage (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Over the past year GB has imported piped gas from Norway, Belgium (via the IUK interconnector) and the Netherlands (via the Balgzand-Bacton Pipeline—BBL). The IUK and BBL pipelines give access to gas from a range of sources including the Netherlands, Norway, Germany and Russia. GB has also received shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Algeria, Australia, Egypt, Norway, Qatar,...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Power Stations (10 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The timing of the closures of the stations opted-out of the large combustion plant directive is a commercial matter for the owners, within the limits imposed by the directive.

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their welcome for the general thrust of the policy statements published today. I do not accept the noble Baroness's analysis of the Government's approach to energy policy, nor her rather alarmist statement about potential blackouts later in this decade. The Government have taken a strong strategic role. The fact that we are here today with the...

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, it was not that long ago. If the party opposite is going to make criticism of this Government's decision on nuclear, it needs to look at its own record as well. On whether we have enough electricity generation, as the Statement said, great progress is being made. Two gigawatts of capacity has been constructed this year; another eight gigawatts is under construction; another 10.5...

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, I welcome my noble friend's comments and obviously the work that he has been doing over the years. I believe that nuclear generation has a great contribution to make to this country in the future, and I am delighted that we can see a renaissance in the nuclear industry as a result of the decision to give the green light to new nuclear. As far as consultation is concerned, in a sense...

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, I am a long-standing admirer of the noble Lord, and he put his points with his usual forthrightness. I do not agree with his analysis or the implication that the Government have delayed making key decisions on energy. However, he knows that I share his view of the importance of nuclear energy. We now have a great opportunity to go forward with a great deal of confidence and look...

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, clearly the noble Baroness is absolutely right that in a new planning system that makes much of the need for members of the public to have a proper input into decisions, we should have a good consultation on the national policy statements, and we certainly seek to do that. There will be parliamentary scrutiny. I mentioned the word "debate";. it is entirely a matter for the House to...

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, I well understand the frustration of many in the industry about the length of time that it has taken to produce the national policy statements. He is right: we have to make sure that they are correct. It is better producing them now than in the summer. On the question of how much nuclear generation there should be, the noble Lord will know that the Government do not believe that...

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his interesting intervention. We seem to have a collection of trousers down and gin and tonics. Where is the noble Lord, Lord Rix, when you need him? The noble Lord makes an interesting point about nuclear power. We have reflected in the Statement what my right honourable friend the Secretary of State refers to as the trinity of nuclear, renewables and...

Energy: National Policy Statements — Statement (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement about the energy national policy statements and our proposals on clean coal. "In the summer, we published the low-carbon transition plan, which explained how we would meet our commitments to carbon reduction for 2020 and beyond. New infrastructure is being provided for the coming years, with 20 gigawatts under construction or...

Burma — Question (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, self-regulation does rely on noble Lords being prepared to give way. Could we hear the noble Baroness first, and then perhaps my noble and learned friend?

Internet: Broadband — Question (9 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My Lords, if noble Lords asked shorter questions and gave shorter responses, we would have time for more questions. We are in the 24th minute.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change: Population (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The United Kingdom will not be proposing measures for population control at the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen this December.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Climate Change: Sea Temperatures (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Professor Easterbrook has claimed that global average temperature may decrease over the next 30 years, due to the onset of a cool phase in a natural pattern of Pacific climate variability that is often referred to as the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO). My department is not, however, aware of any scientific articles published by Professor Easterbrook to support his claim and considers the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Anaerobic Digestion (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: We have no intentions of introducing targets for the number of anaerobic digestion plants to be built in the UK. Such a policy would encourage plants to be build for the sake of the target rather than encourage cost-effective, well thought-out proposals to deliver both renewable energy and carbon savings. We are nevertheless working with local government, business and farmers to identify the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Anaerobic Digestion (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The progressive loss of flexible indigenous natural gas production means that the GB gas market will need alternative sources of supply- (and potentially demand-) side flexibility, including gas storage capacity. The extent to which increased supplies from biomethane could offset a need for additional close-to-market gas storage capacity would depend on a number of factors, including the...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Nuclear Power (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: As set out in the nuclear White Paper, the Government are taking active steps to establish and cement the right policy framework and create the right conditions in the UK for investment in new nuclear power stations. The Office for Nuclear Development is acting to enable investment in the UK from the earliest possible date. The Government have set neither a target nor a cap on the amount of...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Planning: Infrastructure Planning Commission (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: It is the Government's intention that the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) will start to accept nationally significant infrastructure applications for energy from 1 March 2010. Under the Planning Act 2008, the IPC has 28 days to decide whether or not to accept a submitted application. The applicant must give notice to a range of persons of the accepted application, allowing them at...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Ports: Carbon Emissions (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: Advice given to enquires from Forth Ports about the carbon reduction commitment energy efficiency scheme from both Defra and DECC was based on information supplied by the enquirer. Liability under the CRC rests with the counterparty to the supply contract. Initially Forth Ports stated they were a deemed electricity supplier in which case liability under the CRC would lie with their tenants....

Written Answers — House of Lords: Ports: Carbon Emissions (6 Nov 2009)

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: The Government have provided no advice to port estate owners or any other potential participants to help them reduce the carbon emissions of their tenants or more generally on energy use. Such advice is readily available through the Carbon Trust and others. DECC has supported the British Property Federation in the production of the guidance "Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)—a guide for...