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European Council

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

458 c23-38 

Session

2006-07

Department

Prime Minister

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Tony Blair | 458 c34 (Link to this contribution) That it not what it does. The overall target for renewable energy is 20 per cent. for the whole of t...

David Howarth | 458 c34 (Link to this contribution) Will not the apparent decision to allow member states to count investment in nuclear power against t...

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Tony Blair | 458 c35 (Link to this contribution) That would be sensible for us and, dare I say it, for the Russian Federation as well, but it is a de...

Chris Bryant | 458 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) Further to the point about the Russian Federation, considering Europe’s heavy dependence on Russia f...

Tony Blair | 458 c35 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to say that. We must ensure that we give proper support to those companies t...

Andrew Miller | 458 c35 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my right hon. Friend will agree that the summit will have a significant impact on com...

Roger Gale | 458 c35 (Link to this contribution) Did the European Council discuss the proscription of the People’s Mujaheddin of Iran? Will the Prime...

Tony Blair | 458 c35 (Link to this contribution) We did not discuss it. I shall write to the hon. Gentleman about the Government’s position.

Bernard Jenkin | 458 c35 (Link to this contribution) How do the Government propose to measure the Commission’s action programme for reducing administrati...

Tony Blair | 458 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) The Commission has its own means now of assessing and, I think, publishing—I shall check that in cas...

Bob Spink | 458 c36 (Link to this contribution) What action is the Prime Minister and Europe taking to ensure that the global price for carbon will ...

Tony Blair | 458 c36 (Link to this contribution) I think that I am right in saying that the increase in air passenger duty will cost significantly le...

Adam Afriyie | 458 c36 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Prime Minister has told us that aviation is supposed to enter the emissions trading s...

Robert Goodwill | 458 c36 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that the effectiveness of the existing EU emissions trading scheme has...

Tony Blair | 458 c36 (Link to this contribution) To be fair, President Barroso is taking action. He is right in saying that energy was part of the co...

Greg Hands | 458 c36 (Link to this contribution) The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, told Der Spiegel on Friday that the E...

Tony Blair | 458 c36 (Link to this contribution) The way in which the emissions trading system works is to set a cap on emissions for each individual...

Tony Blair | 458 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) I cannot recall offhand particular discussions on that at the summit, but I think it a fair characte...

John Bercow | 458 c37 (Link to this contribution) Given that Russia’s increasing authoritarianism and truly lamentable human rights record should be o...

Tony Blair | 458 c30 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that, not for the first time in our deliberations about European summits, the right hon....

David Heathcoat-Amory | 458 c30 (Link to this contribution) It is reported that the most important decision taken at the summit’s Friday night dinner was to rem...

Tony Blair | 458 c31 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I say, we have to strike a balance, which is why I thin...

Edward Leigh | 458 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) It makes sense to cut CO2 emissions, but has the Prime Minister had the chance to watch or be briefe...

Elfyn Llwyd | 458 c31 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement as a positive step forward, and I welcome the reference to clean coal techno...

Tony Blair | 458 c31 (Link to this contribution) We can certainly play our part with the rest of Europe in doing that. There is a certain expertise i...

Colin Challen | 458 c31 (Link to this contribution) May I add my welcome for the Prime Minister’s statement, and particularly for the introduction of a ...

Tony Blair | 458 c31 (Link to this contribution) I think we should take it stage by stage. The targets are very challenging for the European Union; t...

David Winnick | 458 c33 (Link to this contribution) I wish to take up a comment that my right hon. Friend made a few moments ago. Although all Palestini...

Tony Blair | 458 c33 (Link to this contribution) It is interesting that the Baltic states—Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia—are coming together to build ...

Ian Taylor | 458 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Prime Minister and with the Leader of the Opposition that the summit shows that Bri...

Tony Blair | 458 c32 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes some very wise points. The important thing is that the Commission takes, as he ...

Adrian Bailey | 458 c32 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, which is of potentially huge significance and will b...

Tony Blair | 458 c34 (Link to this contribution) Europe has generated millions more jobs in the past few years, but we still have levels of unemploym...

Tony Blair | 458 c34 (Link to this contribution) The point that the right hon. Gentleman makes is right. People in Germany who generate energy throug...

Keith Vaz | 458 c34 (Link to this contribution) I join the Leader of the Opposition in congratulating my right hon. Friend on achieving his objectiv...

Tony Blair | 458 c33 (Link to this contribution) The only way through is to get negotiations going between the Israelis and the Palestinians. I hope ...

Michael Jack | 458 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the environmental conclusions of the Council. In his discussions with Angela Merkel...

Tony Blair | 458 c23-5 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement about the European Council summit that took pl...

Speaker | 458 c26 (Link to this contribution) Order. Please allow the Leader of the Opposition to speak. We gave our courtesy to the Prime Ministe...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 458 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the Prime Minister for his statement, and may I also do something that he is perhaps not...

Tony Blair | 458 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) I agree that it is important that Europe focuses on those key questions. May I deal first with domes...

Lord Campbell of Pittenweem | 458 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I, too, begin by congratulating Chancellor Merkel on achieving an agreement on the environment, whic...

Malcolm Rifkind | 458 c29 (Link to this contribution) Was the Prime Minister personally involved in the drafting of the presidency conclusion on Palestine...

Tony Blair | 458 c29 (Link to this contribution) First, may I pay tribute to the work that my right hon. Friend has done on this issue, especially at...

Elliot Morley | 458 c29 (Link to this contribution) This is a good outcome that demonstrates the value of full engagement with the European Union, and o...

Tony Blair | 458 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) On the latter point, we are, through the research and development tax credit, improving the amount o...

Tony Blair | 458 c30 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend—that is exactly the way to do it. If the European trading schem...

Stuart Bell | 458 c30 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister mentioned leadership in his statement. Is this not an example of the European Uni...

Tony Blair | 458 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) The position certainly has not changed at all. All sorts of words are used in respect of the nationa...

Tony Blair | 458 c38 (Link to this contribution) We will not do anything that puts at risk our position on the working time directive. We do want a r...

Tony Blair | 458 c32 (Link to this contribution) I have not been the greatest watcher of Channel 4’s ““Dispatches””, for pretty obvious reasons, over...

Tony Blair | 458 c37 (Link to this contribution) That is probably true, but it is not very surprising at this stage. The scheme has just begun, and i...

Lord McFall of Alcluith | 458 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) May I congratulate the Prime Minister on the part that he played in securing an environmental agenda...

Lord Bellingham | 458 c38 (Link to this contribution) Further to the question asked by the right hon. Member for Leicester, East (Keith Vaz), may I ask th...

Subjects

Climate change Coal fired power stations Carbon capture and storage EU law EU internal trade EU emissions trading scheme Pollution control Regulation Renewable energy European Council EU energy policy EU environmental policy

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