Results 661–680 of 1130 for speaker:Lord Truscott

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Renewable Technologies (23 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: In assessing the use of feed-in tariffs in Germany, the Government make reference to the report produced by the European Commission, The Support of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources, reference COM(2005)627, published on 7 December 2005.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (21 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is determined to promote and encourage supply chain development (consistent with public procurement rules) and in executing its nuclear decommissioning and clean-up programmes relies on a series of complex and interrelated supply chains. In the financial year 2006-07, more than £1.2 billion of the NDA's total programme budget was spent by site...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Renewable Technologies (21 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: The objective being pursued through energy market liberalisation is to spur productivity, drive down prices to consumers and to give consumers more choice in terms of price and quality. International comparisons show that the UK has done well against these criteria (see for example the Ernst & Young study, "The Case for Liberalisation"...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Renewable Technologies (21 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: The European Commission's report The Support of Electricity from Renewable Energy Sources, reference COM(2005)627, published on 7 December 2005, assesses the systems used and their effectiveness in encouraging deployment of renewable energy technologies in member states. That study found that 19 of the 27 European countries studied had feed-in tariff schemes, five had some form of green...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Thorium (21 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: We do not have a view on a particular technology; all technologies would be subject to thorough scrutiny by the health, safety, environment and security regulators before they could be deployed. Our preliminary view, subject of course to the forthcoming consultation, is that there is a case for having new nuclear power stations as one of the options companies could consider. It would be for...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, I assure your Lordships that we have borne services to vulnerable people in mind. Most pensioners now receive their pensions through banks. Pensioners will still be able to cash either their benefits or their pensions at post offices. We are ensuring, with the rollout of POCA—which is popular; there is an extensive number of accounts—that pensioners and the vulnerable will have...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, the figure was not plucked out of the air. An assessment was made, and that is the framework on which we have just consulted. It was envisaged that we could reduce the number of post offices by about 2,500 and still meet the access criteria for vulnerable groups, in both urban and rural areas, and ensure that there was an adequate pattern of post offices throughout the country....

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, first, there is a period of purdah when the Government are unable to make announcements that may affect the result of an election. There are strict rules governing these matters, and we were restricted. The Government are also unable to announce anything that can be construed as mildly positive. Secondly, once a consultation has been announced, it must run its course. The...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his intervention. I must respect his views on the development of the Post Office, although I do not always agree with them. I shall make two points. The first is about our commitment to a universal service. The Government want to maintain a universal postal service and retain a social network. We are putting considerable resources into doing that....

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, the noble Lord is correct that the Post Office needs to look at more commercial opportunities. Even now, any business that wants to supply new products to the Post Office can do so. There is a process that they can go through to develop the sale of new products or franchises. As we were debating earlier, the Post Office is concerned that it retains its core business because it does...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, I agree with my noble friend that the consultation process must be real, people must be given an opportunity to have an input into it, and we should be wary that it does not take place when it is difficult for people to have their say. I will certainly take on board what my noble friend says in that context to ensure that people have their say in local consultations. We have done an...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, I do not have the information on the division of ATMs between rural and urban areas, but I will write to the noble Baroness on it. My understanding is that there will be 50 to 60 local consultations, after which Post Office Ltd will announce the result. Clearly, that will have to be done in line with the established criteria. We are working with different groups on outreach outlets,...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, I do not have to hand the breakdown of percentages. I am not sure that we have them. People often give qualitative rather than quantitative responses, so sometimes it is difficult to break down answers in terms of "yes" and "no". Some people are in favour of some aspects and not others. I will do my best to look into the matter and write to the noble Baroness. We are out of time. I...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, I thank noble Lords for those remarks. On the question of consultation mentioned by the noble Baroness, Lady Wilcox, we received more than 2,500 responses, and listened carefully to what people said. Overall, there was a concern that there must be greater utilisation of the network along with recognition of the social role. The key themes are summarised in more detail in the...

Post Offices (17 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The Statement is as follows: "Last December I published the Government's proposals on the future of the post office network. We then consulted and received more than 2,500 responses. I am today publishing the Government's final proposals and can now set...

Written Answers — House of Lords: British Coal Compensation (16 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: We do not have the information regarding payments made as success fees, administration charges or union fees, as the department is not party to any agreement between claimants and their representatives.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Energy: Interconnector (16 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: I understand that there are currently no National Grid announcements planned of further electricity interconnectors in the next 12 months. An interconnector is, however, contracted to open on 1 April 2010 between Great Britain and the Netherlands.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Health: Unlicensed Medicines (16 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: Medicines licensing is primarily the responsibility of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), a Department of Health agency. The agency's contact details are: Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency Market Towers1 Nine Elms LaneLondon SW8 5NQTel: 020 7084 2000 Fax: 020 7084 2353

Written Answers — House of Lords: Housing: Low Carbon Buildings (16 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: The low carbon buildings programme supports only technologies which are certified under the Clear Skies certification scheme. No commercially available products for micro-renewable CHP or fuel cells have sought certification under the scheme to date. In terms of micro CHP, which is a technology with potential for the consumer market, we are awaiting the final conclusions of the Carbon Trust's...

Fair Trade ( 8 May 2007)

Lord Truscott: My Lords, the UK Government support the aims of the fair trade movement and recognise the enormous difference that fair trade can make to disadvantaged communities and its contribution to sustainable development. We have not been invited to become involved in World Fair Trade Day. However, the Government would like to congratulate the London Borough of Waltham Forest on recently receiving...


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