Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 01 Feb 2013 Antarctic Bill
"My Lords, this discovery of a great warming and how it happened was the joint effort of many universities and the British Antarctic Survey...." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, I speak in the gap to welcome this Bill. I have been working at the University College London Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling with the BAS for the past 14 years. I would like to emphasise two aspects. As the Antarctic environment is changing, it becomes more …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, I welcome this report and the discussion with esteemed colleagues. Outside colleagues are also quite impressed with this. I am sorry that I did not give evidence. I was asked whether I did not hear about it—I am not asleep all the time—but I wonder whether all Members …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"The Minister has talked a lot about evidence and performance but there are people in Whitehall who say: “What has data got to do with policy?”. Data and information are very important. We receive very little information from government. They want to give us a good form but does not …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Sugar and the other speakers for their remarks about how government procurement needs to improve fast, first, to make government services more effective and, secondly, in order for the Government to support and stimulate UK industry, commerce, technology and medicine. It is …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they can enhance the United Kingdom’s role in United Nations specialised agencies through clarifying objectives and better communications...." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, in this short debate we are looking at the work of the UK with other nations of the world through the specialised agencies of the United Nations in order to deal with the most serious issues facing peoples and countries today and in the future. I declare a …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"Could there not be a commitment to be more IT? We are in an IT world and I would like to be able to read more stuff from the Foreign Office on my BlackBerry. How about that?..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech
"My Lords, I am grateful to be able to speak in the gap. This is a most important debate, led off by the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews. I was head of the Met Office, an example of a large public sector operation, which relied hugely on community involvement. In fact, …..." Lord Hunt of Chesterton - View Speech