Statement on the UK low carbon transition scheme.
UK Low Carbon Transition Plan
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
496 c293-310
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan: National strategy for climate and energy.
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Unprinted papers
House of Commons
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Unprinted papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Ed Miliband | 496 c307 (Link to this contribution)
I do not want to get involved in an argument between the Treasury and the Scottish Government, as I ...
Ed Miliband | 496 c307 (Link to this contribution)
I thank my right hon. Friend for his remarks. I agree about the need to move forward on grid access,...
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Mike Weir | 496 c307 (Link to this contribution)
The Scottish Government have a world-leading target of a 42 per cent. reduction in emissions in anti...
Ed Miliband | 496 c306 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure that I can give a clever answer on the spot, but I am glad to hear that the hon. Gentl...
Paul Flynn | 496 c306 (Link to this contribution)
As the world's only new nuclear power station is already three years late in its construction and €2...
Lord Robathan | 496 c306 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State may not know of my long-standing support for renewable energy, but he will kn...
Ed Miliband | 496 c306 (Link to this contribution)
I obviously cannot comment on particular planning decisions, but my ministerial team and I will ende...
Gavin Strang | 496 c306 (Link to this contribution)
May I particularly congratulate my right hon. Friend on his announcement that the Government, not th...
Ed Miliband | 496 c306 (Link to this contribution)
I think that the investment is quite significant. On the delay to the Scandinavian nuclear power sta...
John Hayes | 496 c306 (Link to this contribution)
Does the Secretary of State appreciate that scepticism about his policy on wind turbines, fed by the...
Ed Miliband | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend asks an important question. On the first part, we are convinced that the carbon gains...
Ed Miliband | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with my hon. Friend. I know that the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Greg Clark) was not in...
Roger Williams | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that everyone will welcome the Secretary of State's announcement of a definite day—1 April...
Ed Miliband | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. We want to ensure that people have certainty going for...
Jeremy Corbyn | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
What assessment has the Secretary of State made of the environmental impact of uranium mining, the e...
Lord Maples | 496 c307 (Link to this contribution)
In developing these policies, what account has the Secretary of State taken of two recent but rather...
Ed Miliband | 496 c307 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend makes a very important point. The British-Irish Council plays an important role in wo...
Jeff Ennis | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
Does my right hon. Friend recall that in the 1980s this country was the world leader in the developm...
Ed Miliband | 496 c307 (Link to this contribution)
I was not aware of the second piece of evidence that the hon. Gentleman mentioned. On the first piec...
Mark Durkan | 496 c307 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and welcome many of the commitments made in it, alt...
Bob Spink | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
Will the autumn national policy statement on nuclear set out detailed time scales for the programme ...
Ed Miliband | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
The national policy statement will certainly set out the details of new nuclear. That will be the fo...
Albert Owen | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
I very much welcome the recommitment to both renewable and nuclear power as part of the trinity that...
Ed Miliband | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
I agree with my hon. Friend, and I hope that the money that we have made available for renewable ene...
Ed Miliband | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is completely right. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Environment,...
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 496 c308 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State said that cuts in emissions in agriculture would be made possible by new comm...
Ed Miliband | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
No; I think that the Chancellor made the right decision. There are different ways in which we can ha...
Peter Bone | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
Was the Secretary of State slightly disappointed by the Chancellor's U-turn in putting up air passen...
Ed Miliband | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
We will consult on the details, and we will definitely consider the impact on rural communities.
Nick Ainger | 496 c309 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the statement, and particularly the fact that households will now be incentivised. The ide...
Tony Lloyd | 496 c310 (Link to this contribution)
In welcoming his excellent statement, may I ask my right hon. Friend the following? Will he examine ...
Barry Gardiner | 496 c310 (Link to this contribution)
I warmly congratulate my right hon. Friend on his excellent statement. He will know that the Severn ...
Ed Miliband | 496 c310 (Link to this contribution)
I am glad that my hon. Friend raises that point, because there are proposals in the low-carbon indus...
Speaker | 496 c310 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Before I take points of order, given my exhortations about brevity I would like very warmly t...
Ed Miliband | 496 c310 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend speaks with great authority on these matters. My understanding is that we have now pu...
Michael Meacher | 496 c303 (Link to this contribution)
How does my right hon. Friend justify offering the airline industry a virtual exemption from the dis...
Ed Miliband | 496 c303 (Link to this contribution)
I want to make one thing clear. We were the people who pushed for aviation to be included in the EU ...
Alan Simpson | 496 c302 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the Secretary of State will take the opportunity to remind the press, as well as the Hou...
Ed Miliband | 496 c302 (Link to this contribution)
We are consulting on those questions. Let me say to my hon. Friend, who is a long-standing campaigne...
Lord Lilley | 496 c302-3 (Link to this contribution)
Why did the Secretary of State's reassuring figures on the impact of these measures on household bud...
Ed Miliband | 496 c303 (Link to this contribution)
The figures are all set out in the documents. As I made clear in my statement, we need to look at th...
Ed Miliband | 496 c302 (Link to this contribution)
Yes; my hon. Friend raises an important point. We need to make sure that there are people in Britain...
Lord Deben | 496 c302 (Link to this contribution)
I am sure that the Secretary of State will accept that some of us have been pressing a whole range o...
Speaker | 496 c302 (Link to this contribution)
Order. The right hon. Gentleman has asked three questions, but I feel sure that we will have one ans...
Ed Miliband | 496 c302 (Link to this contribution)
I shall quickly pay tribute to the right hon. Gentleman for all his work on a whole range of issues,...
Alan Whitehead | 496 c301-2 (Link to this contribution)
I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's statement. He is absolutely right to concentrate on the reca...
Michael Jack | 496 c301 (Link to this contribution)
May I commend the Secretary of State for adopting many of the recommendations on low-carbon economie...
Ed Miliband | 496 c301 (Link to this contribution)
I think that it would be over the top for me to claim that this is an historic moment comparable to ...
Speaker | 496 c301 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Thirty-two Members are seeking to catch my eye; as always, I want to call as many as possible...
Ed Miliband | 496 c300 (Link to this contribution)
The Liberal spokesman asks serious questions that deserve answers. Let me try to answer them as best...
Colin Challen | 496 c301 (Link to this contribution)
I very much welcome the statement, because I think—or at least, I hope, because I have not read the ...
Speaker | 496 c300 (Link to this contribution)
Order. May I say to the hon. Gentleman that if there are two last things, they need to be two very b...
Willie Rennie | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
As Longannet power station is in my constituency, I am obviously keen for it to win the CCS competit...
Ed Miliband | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
We are engaged in a competition and the invitation to negotiate has gone out to the companies involv...
Tom Levitt | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
Will my right hon. Friend join me in congratulating Kingspan on recently winning the Queen's award f...
Ed Miliband | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
I had the pleasure of attending a Kingspan reception before it got its Queen's award, and I pay trib...
Louise Ellman | 496 c304-5 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the statement, particularly in relation to transport. Can my right hon. Friend assure me t...
Ed Miliband | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
I certainly hope not.
Julie Kirkbride | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
How much of the UK's energy production will be sourced from nuclear by 2020?
Ed Miliband | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
That depends on how quickly the plans move forward. From 2018, the new stations will start to be bui...
Clive Efford | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
My right hon. Friend will appreciate that the Government have set themselves some challenging target...
Ed Miliband | 496 c305 (Link to this contribution)
The committee will produce its first report card—as I think we should now call it—on our progress in...
Ed Miliband | 496 c304 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend has made an important point. We need to consider how to drive forward marine and tida...
John Redwood | 496 c304 (Link to this contribution)
When will work begin on the first new nuclear station and carbon storage plant identified in the Sec...
Ed Miliband | 496 c304 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has made an important point. He does important work in the Environmental Audit Co...
Desmond Turner | 496 c304 (Link to this contribution)
I am pleased that my right hon. Friend is recognising the potential contribution of wave and tide te...
Ed Miliband | 496 c304 (Link to this contribution)
The right hon. Gentleman obviously practised that one in advance. Construction of the new nuclear st...
Robert Smith | 496 c303 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State's announcement on social tariffs will be of no benefit to those who rely on u...
Ed Miliband | 496 c303 (Link to this contribution)
I fear that my influence with that Administration might be limited, but I will endeavour to exercise...
Tim Yeo | 496 c303-4 (Link to this contribution)
I warmly welcome the Secretary of State's statement and the measures that he has announced. They are...
Ed Miliband | 496 c303 (Link to this contribution)
There is a whole range of schemes to help the fuel-poor, including in rural areas. There is the carb...
Adam Ingram | 496 c303 (Link to this contribution)
I draw my right hon. Friend's attention to the Scottish fossil fuel levy fund, which stands at £150 ...
Ed Miliband | 496 c293-6 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the UK low carbon transition p...
Ed Miliband | 496 c297-8 (Link to this contribution)
Let me start by saying that I welcome the hon. Gentleman's opening remark that we should conduct the...
Greg Clark | 496 c296-7 (Link to this contribution)
I begin by thanking the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. After the briefings i...
Speaker | 496 c298 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I am sorry to interrupt the Secretary of State, but I fear that the shadow Secretary of State...
Lord Lilley | 496 c299 (Link to this contribution)
You're supposed to be asking a question.
Simon Hughes | 496 c298-300 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, and I congratulate him on his personal commitment ...
Ed Miliband | 496 c301 (Link to this contribution)
I do not agree with the proposal that the right hon. Gentleman mentioned in the second part of his q...
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