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Answered by
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
7 April 2005
Reference
671 c882
House
House of Lords
What further measures they propose to take to curb carbon dioxide emissions, which, according to figures issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 21 March, have risen since 1997. 1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
Lord Ezra (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
7 April 2005
Reference
671 c882
House
House of Lords

Whether the framework for phase I of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme contains separate targets for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions and for greenhouse gas emissions against which any progress can be measured. [HL 1521]. - Inc figures.

Asked by
Duke of Montrose (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 March 2005
Reference
670 c68-9WA; HL 1521
House
House of Lords

How many European Union member states have submitted their national allocation plans under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme; and how many have been approved by the European Commission. [HL 1522].

Asked by
Duke of Montrose (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 March 2005
Reference
670 c69WA; HL 1522
House
House of Lords

What percentage reduction from 1990 levels of carbon dioxide emissions across Europe will be achieved by the national allocations plans for phase I of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme that have been submitted so far; and whether this represents satisfactory progress towards the 2012 target set in the Kyoto...

Asked by
Duke of Montrose (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 March 2005
Reference
670 c69-70WA; HL 1523
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
28 February 2005
Reference
670 c7
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
28 February 2005
Reference
670 c7
House
House of Lords
What practical conclusions they have drawn from the climate change conferences in Exeter and in Houston, Texas, and how these conclusions will influence their climate change policy and G8 diplomacy in 2005.
Asked by
Lord Hunt of Chesterton (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
28 February 2005
Reference
670 c7
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
23 February 2005
Reference
669 c1214-5
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
23 February 2005
Reference
669 c1214-5
House
House of Lords
What action they propose to take in response to the view recently expressed by Sir David King, the Chief Scientific Adviser, that capturing carbon may best address the issue of global warming.
Asked by
Lord Ezra (Liberal Democrat)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
23 February 2005
Reference
669 c1214-5
House
House of Lords

What action they are taking to ensure that aspirations of the Kyoto Protocol are achieved; and what action they are initiating to engage the international community in the reduction of global warming beyond 2012. [HL 1231]. - Inc figures.

Asked by
Lord Judd (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 February 2005
Reference
HL 1231; 669 c195-6WA
House
House of Lords

What scientific assessments of the risks of continued global warming they will commission for presentation to the G8 Summit in July. [HL 792].

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 February 2005
Reference
HL 792; 669 c33WA
House
House of Lords

Further to the comment by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Ms Beckett), on 13 January 2005 (429 c426) that "If we continue as we are we will not be on track to meet the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions", what action they will take to...

Asked by
Baroness Byford (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 February 2005
Reference
669 c33WA; HL 880
House
House of Lords

What assessment they have made of the deep ocean temperature at which methylhydrates on the ocean floor would evaporate [HL 791].

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 January 2005
Reference
HL 791; 668 c166WA
House
House of Lords

What assessment they have made of the claim made by Dr Peter Cox on the BBC's Horizon programme on 15 January that a rise in average global temperature of two degrees could precipitate the melting of the Greenland ice cap and a rise in sea level of seven to eight...

Asked by
Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 January 2005
Reference
HL 790; 668 c165-6WA
House
House of Lords

Whether the import of goods, including food, enables the transfer of a part of the United Kingdom's national consumption of goods and services producing carbon dioxide to the economies of other countries; and what effect the import of goods, including food, by the United Kingdom had on emissions of carbon...

Asked by
Lord Dixon-Smith (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 November 2004
Reference
HL 4729; 666 c121WA
House
House of Lords

What proportion of United Kingdom imported goods, including food, come from countries not subject to emissions targets under the Kyoto protocol. [HL 4695]. - Including figures.

Asked by
Lord Dixon-Smith (Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 November 2004
Reference
HL 4695; 666 c121WA
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
8 November 2004
Reference
666 c610
House
House of Lords
Answered by
Lord Whitty (Labour)
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
8 November 2004
Reference
666 c610
House
House of Lords