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Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Departmental Conferences (12 Nov 2009)

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 401W, on departmental conferences, what the cost to his Department was of the (a) regional delivery of biomass heat and power conference on 29 October 2008, (b) London meeting of international energy and oil Ministers on 18 and 19 December 2008, (c) hydrogen...

Olympics: Energy National Policy Statements (9 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: What we have heard softly spoken is a declaration of a national emergency for our energy security. The question that the Secretary of State must answer is why did the Government leave it so late? The statement is made necessary by the Government's admission in July that they expect power cuts in 2017—that was the first time since the 1970s that a British Government have had to make such...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: May I say how much the Conservatives welcome this important debate at this important time? We particularly welcome the tone that the Secretary of State has brought to his remarks today. We entirely concur with it and we appreciate the bipartisanship with which he has approached this issue. It is just 31 days until the beginning of the talks in Copenhagen and it is vital that from this debate...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: The hon. Gentleman sets out the challenge and I shall go on to address it in detail. It is very difficult to tell whether that figure is the right one, and perhaps during the winding-up speech the Minister will apprise us of its construction. I think that we are all agreed that it needs to be adequate to the task of helping countries that will be affected by the consequences of climate change...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: I hope that the hon. Lady is not trying to sow dissent and concern where they do not exist. My party in this country and in its European alliances is completely committed to tackling climate change. In fact, we regard it as one of the essential competences of the EU. There is no difference there. Many of our allies have some of the best records in Europe. Greenpeace in the Netherlands cited...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: My right hon. Friend always speaks with clarity, and he certainly did then. That is an important point. My experience is that the best way to persuade people who take a different view, when there is a minority, is to entice them through reason to one's point of view, rather than to seek to denounce and create dividing lines. The latter is the wrong approach, especially on this sort of issue....

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The exercise of persuasion needs to happen in all parties and all groups. I dare say that the allies of the Labour party might contain one or two people whose position could be strengthened. Let me be clear: I see Copenhagen as a massive opportunity for Britain and I share the Secretary of State's optimism. The world is about to undergo a transformation in...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: It is regrettable and it is an important issue of leadership that we should lead not just in negotiations, but by example—

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: The hon. Gentleman says from a sedentary position that this is a partisan point, but it is not. No one would be more delighted than I or more thrilled than the Conservative party if we were to establish leadership in CCS technology now. Communities with which I am familiar would benefit instantly from investment in it. It should be a matter of cross-party consensus that we should be in the...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: The Secretary of State says that the ETS revenues are accounted for, but he has not been able to point out in the Red Book what they are being spent on, or how much he has spent. He might want to give us the answer now: how much has been allocated? I should be happy to give way to him if he can tell us how much has been allocated and spent. Answer came there none. We will of course look at...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The investments that we need will come mostly from private investors and companies. They can make those investments only if they have a stable policy environment in which they can be confident. One cause of the delay in some investments is that public policy in this country and, to an extent, around the world has added to the risk, rather than reduced it....

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that point, and I agree with his analysis. If we regard climate change as a new and additional problem, we need new and additional resources to tackle it. In that regard, I do not understand fully how the figure of 10 per cent. has been arrived at. I know that the Secretary of State wants to be rigorous, but it seems a suspiciously round number. How can...

Climate Change (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: The right hon. Gentleman makes the exact point that I have made in my remarks. The final essential element of any outcome at Copenhagen is an urgent agreement on deforestation. Some 15 million hectares of tropical rainforest are lost every year to deforestation. To put that into context, that is an area larger than England. We must secure a deal at Copenhagen to protect the global...

Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Mitigation (Developing Countries) (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: For more than 20 years Britain has had a record of leadership on climate change, and that leadership will be vital at Copenhagen. Everyone at Copenhagen should know that there is complete unity of purpose between us on this issue, and that we need to achieve a deal that proves equal to the challenge of climate change. Does the Secretary of State agree that the principles of such a deal are...

Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Mitigation (Developing Countries) (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: I am grateful for the Secretary of State's answer, but we all know that international summits have their final photo calls and their leaders' handshakes booked well in advance. We all want success at Copenhagen, but the worst kind of failure would be an inadequate deal dressed up as success. Does the Secretary of State agree that one of the most important roles that Britain can play at...

Energy and Climate Change: Carbon Mitigation (Developing Countries) (5 Nov 2009) has video

Greg Clark: I am glad to say that there seems to be a strong degree of consensus between us. I agree with the Secretary of State that for a deal to be worth having, it must be consistent with what science demands, namely a global warming limit of 2°. I also believe that the deal must help the world's poorest people to cope with the effects of climate change, that it must be in addition to, not...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Industrial Health and Safety: Sellafield (4 Nov 2009)

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate to Sellafield Ltd. on meeting the Inspectorate's specifications in respect of safety at legacy ponds and silos at the Sellafield site.

Written Answers — Transport: Office of Rail Regulation: Energy (2 Nov 2009)

Greg Clark: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) display energy certificate and (b) advisory report for public buildings issued in respect of each property occupied by the Office of Rail Regulation.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Renewable Energy (27 Oct 2009)

Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the breakdown is of Government spending on renewable energy estimated in the Pre-Budget Report to be £5.8 billion over the period of the Comprehensive Spending Review.