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Proceeding contribution from Lord Gove (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 12 May 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill.


Climate Change and SustainableEnergy Bill

I admire my hon. Friend for making this very important point about centres of academic and scientific excellence. Did not the hon. Member for South Dorset (Jim Knight), who used to be the Minister with responsibility for biodiversity, himself write to the Prime Minister pointing out that the closure of one such centre in Dorset would be a strategic error? Notwithstanding the fact that the hon. Gentleman has been promoted, is it not ominous that he has been promoted out of DEFRA and away from his biodiversity commitments? So one guardian of biodiversity and the fight against climate change—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
446 c636 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Accountability Costs Combined heat and power Climate change Carbon dioxide Biofuels Housing Environment protection Energy Electricity generation Fuel poverty Insulation Local government Planning permission Pollution Renewable energy Wind power Solar power
Legislation
Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill 2005-06
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk