It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr. Brady. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) on securing the debate and on his extremely well-informed and considered opening speech. As hon. Members will have gathered, he has long campaigned on the...

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Mr. Brady. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) on securing the debate and on his extremely well-informed and considered opening speech. As hon. Members will have gathered, he has long campaigned on the...

We agree that we certainly need an appropriate framework so that we can deal with the matter in an appropriate way. I am sure the hon. Gentleman would agree that where serious accidents or fatalities have occurred, there is the question of whether the legal framework has been broken. I...

We agree that we certainly need an appropriate framework so that we can deal with the matter in an appropriate way. I am sure the hon. Gentleman would agree that where serious accidents or fatalities have occurred, there is the question of whether the legal framework has been broken. I...

I certainly share the hon. Gentleman's approach in so far as it is factual and evidence-based, as I am sure he would want it to be. We certainly feel that the issue should be addressed, alongside other issues that pose a threat to health and safety. As with every other...

I certainly share the hon. Gentleman's approach in so far as it is factual and evidence-based, as I am sure he would want it to be. We certainly feel that the issue should be addressed, alongside other issues that pose a threat to health and safety. As with every other...

I will not be tempted by the Minister, who is going much wider than the subject of the debate. I have to say that his contribution is not in keeping with the rest of the debate, as he has referred to something much more general. If he wants to put...

I will not be tempted by the Minister, who is going much wider than the subject of the debate. I have to say that his contribution is not in keeping with the rest of the debate, as he has referred to something much more general. If he wants to put...

I might be wrong, but I think we are still waiting for a response to the initiative the then Secretary of State took last February. Perhaps the Minister will have something to tell us about that in a few minutes. I appreciate that the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington...

I might be wrong, but I think we are still waiting for a response to the initiative the then Secretary of State took last February. Perhaps the Minister will have something to tell us about that in a few minutes. I appreciate that the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington...

Wednesday adjournment debate on House Condition Survey - energy reports.

Wednesday adjournment debate on House Condition Survey - energy reports.

From what sources he draws his evidence of global temperature changes; and on whom he relies for the evaluation of this information.

From what sources he draws his evidence of global temperature changes; and on whom he relies for the evaluation of this information.

What assessment he has made of likely sea level rises in East Anglia in (a) 2020 and (b) 2050 as a result of temperature increases. - Inc figs and ref to A Review of the Potential Effects of Climate change on the UK.

What assessment he has made of likely sea level rises in East Anglia in (a) 2020 and (b) 2050 as a result of temperature increases. - Inc figs and ref to A Review of the Potential Effects of Climate change on the UK.

What is his Department's current estimate of the increase in global average temperatures over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years; and what were the estimates by his Department in each of the past five years. - Inc figures.

What is his Department's current estimate of the increase in global average temperatures over the next (a) five and (b) 10 years; and what were the estimates by his Department in each of the past five years. - Inc figures.