🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What level of compliance with building regulations is assumed in the calculation of official government estimates on carbon dioxide emissions from domestic buildings.
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My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her reply, but why have the Government failed to implement the recommendations of the 2005 environmental Select Committee report on housing to increase compliance with the building regulations?
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made in developing renewable energy policies other than through the European Emissions Trading Scheme.
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My Lords, I thank the Minister for that Answer, which was reasonably satisfactory. He will be aware that the DTI report on draft options on renewable energy cast some doubt on whether the Government would be able to achieve 20 per cent of energy supply from renewables by 2020. The report suggested using the European Emissions Trading Scheme or statistical manipulation to achieve this very...
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My Lords, I join the noble Baroness, Lady Hooper, in her commendation of the Council of Europe. The more I see of our involvement in the European Union and what it forces us to do, the more I admire the Council of Europe, which operates entirely on a voluntary basis, with no powers of compulsion. It is a most excellent organisation, to which we should pay more attention. I join everyone else...
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My Lords, I have always been a Euro-phile, if that term means someone who loves Europe and European culture. There was even a time long ago when I was a Euro-phile meaning one who thought that the European Union was a good thing to be in. Indeed my wife and I joined with the then Lord Gladwyn in hosting a conference called "Europe—after Britain joins". Later, after we had joined, my wife...
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My Lords, I understand that no amendments have been set down to this Bill and that no noble Lord has indicated a wish to move a manuscript amendment or to speak in Committee. Therefore, unless any noble Lord objects, I beg to move that the order of commitment be discharged.
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My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. The standard has been raised by the literary contribution of the noble Earl, Lord Howe. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Addington, for his measured reply. He and the noble Earl said that it was a question for local decision and common sense—indeed, everyone said that. I quite agree that where that is in place, it is the...
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to make unrefined information held by trading funds available free of legal and financial restrictions, as recommended in the recently commissioned study, Models of Public Sector Information Provision via Trading Funds; and Why certain financial information in the Ordnance Survey and United Kingdom Hydrographic Office sections were redacted...
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asked Her Majesty's Government: How much government funding is being allocated to the development of second-generation biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol, biobutanol and synthetic fuels from biomass; and Which biofuel research projects are receiving government funding.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the progress report on measures to improve compliance with part L of the building regulations, mentioned on page 21 of the 2007 energy efficiency action plan, is available to the public.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to make the Ordnance Survey's MasterMap available free of financial or legal restrictions.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been the impact of the climate change levy on levels of employment in manufacturing industries; and What is the relationship between the climate change levy and outsourcing of manufacturing jobs from the United Kingdom.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been the impact of the climate change levy on small business.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: How the impact of the climate change levy is being regularly reviewed.
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asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures have been put in place to ensure compliance with revisions to part l of the building regulations, as stated on page 15 of the 2007 United Kingdom energy efficiency action plan.
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