Population Growth

Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have made of the implications for the United Kingdom of future world population growth.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

723 c466-81

Session

2010-12

Department

Chamber / Committee

Proceeding contributions

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 723 c466 (Link to this contribution) Asked By To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications for th...

Baroness Flather | 723 c471-2 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this subject, so I thank the noble Lord, Lord Hod...

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Lord Chidgey | 723 c470-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord for securing the debate this evening on what is truly...

Lord Teverson | 723 c473-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have always been an enthusiastic student of history. One of the people whose name often ...

Lord Rotherwick | 723 c472-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as a farmer, I take this opportunity to make a few remarks about food security. As the wor...

Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts | 723 c466-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to have the chance to raise this important topic. I do so with some trepidati...

Baroness Northover | 723 c470 (Link to this contribution) I remind noble Lords that this is a tight time-limited debate, and when you hit four minutes you hav...

Lord Rea | 723 c469-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that the whole House will be grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, for raising...

Viscount Craigavon | 723 c474-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should like to be positive, but not complacent, on the potential of this subject of worl...

Lord Selsdon | 723 c475-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I rather like these short debates, particularly when the charming mother hen on the Front ...

Lord Patel | 723 c476 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, population growth and its consequences is a question that crops up in daily conversations ...

Baroness Verma | 723 c479-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts for securing this important debate,...

Lord Brett | 723 c477-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join other noble Lords in being grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, for bringing t...

Baroness Tonge | 723 c476-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, on bringing this problem to the attenti...

Subjects

Climate change

Developing countries

Development aid

Immigration controls

Family planning

Population

Contains statistics

Yes

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