Ministers' speeches
Speeches by Defra's Ministers between May 2006 and June 2007 are indexed as follows:
Speeches by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Speeches by the Minister of State (Lords)
The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker
- Wednesday 2 April 2008
Speech at the Agra Europe Conference, London
- Monday 14 May 2007
Speech at the Association of Labour Providers AGM, London
- Tuesday 24 April 2007
Speech at the Women's Institute/National Farmers' Union Great Milk Debate, London
- Wednesday 18 April 2007
Speech at 50th anniversary lunch of British Institute of Agricultural Consultants, House of Lords, London
- Tuesday 28 November 2006
Speech at the
Westminster Diet and Health Forum, London
- Tuesday 31 October 2006
Speech to English Food and Farming Partnerships AGM, Stationers' Hall, London
- Tuesday 19 September 2006
Speech
at the Dairy UK conference
- Tuesday 18 July 2006
Speech
at the NFU/RSPB conference "Celebrations and Challenges: a new
future for farming" at the Royal Geographical Society, London
- Wednesday 31 May 2006
Speech
at the UK Financing of Eco-innovation and Environmental Technologies
event, DTI Conference Centre - "Sustainable consumption and production
and the financing of eco-innovation"
Speeches by the Minister for the Environment, Phil Woolas MP
- 28 February 2008
Speech at the Ecobuild Conference, London
- 27 February 2008
Speech on the future of carbon trading, London
- 22 February 2008
Speech to the United Nations Environment Programme in Monaco
- 15 November 2007
Speech to the Midwestern Governors Association's Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Summit: Towards a green industrial revolution, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- 8 November 2007
Speech to the EIC’s Annual Conference, London
Speech to the Timber Trade Journal Wood Futures Conference, London
- 5 November 2007
Speach on the Protection of Forests in Europe, Warsaw, Poland
- 30 October 2007
Speech to the Association of Drainage Authorities Annual Conference, Peterborough
- 20 September 2007
Speech to the Renewable Energy Association Conference, Said Business School, Oxford
- 18 September 2007
Speech at the National Energy Action Conference, University of Chester
Speeches by the Minister for Climate Change, Biodiversity and Waste, Joan Ruddock MP
- 5 March 2008
Speech to the Women’s Institute 90@90 Conference, London
- 27 February 2008
Speech to the National Household Hazardous Waste Forum, Crawley
- 26 February 2008
Speech to Three Regions Climate Change Group Project Launch, London
- 04 February 2008
Speech to the North West Waste Conference, Manchester
- 24 January 2008
Speech to the Waste Management Finance Forum, London
- 19 December 2007
Speech to the TUC Green Union Commitment Breakfast, London
- 10 December 2007
Speech to the launch of the Climate Change Taskforce Report, London
- 6 December 2007
Speech to the Environment Agency's East End Regeneration Reception, London
- 23 November 2007
Speech to the 'Delivering Low Carbon Cities' at the Birmingham NEC
- 8 November 2007
Speech to the ‘Sustainable cities, delivering success’ Core Cities Summit, Nottingham
- 7 November 2007
Speech at the Local Government Association Environmental Enforcement Conference, London
- 31 October 2007
Speech to the IGD 'Packaging Reduction & Optimisation' Conference, London
- 29 October 2007
Speech to the EU Adaptation Green Paper Conference, London
- 16 October 2007
Speech on food waste and anaerobic digestion to the ESA (Environmental Services Association) Conference, London
- 10 October 2007
Speech to the Rite Group International Conference and Exhibition, London
- 9 October 2007
Speech at the Carbon Disclosure Project Fifth Annual Forum, London
- 4 October 2007
Speech at the Local Government Association Environmental Leadership Conference, London
- 3 October 2007
Speech on carbon capture and storage to the Zero Emissions Platform Second General Assembly meeting, Paris
- 5 September 2007
Speech at Chatham House, Starting on the road to sustainable clothing event - "sustainable clothing", London
Speeches by the Minister for Marine, Landscape & Rural Affairs and Minister for the South East - Jonathan Shaw MP
- 29 April 2008
Speech at the Quiet Conference, London
- 13 March 2008
Speech at the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund Promotional Event, London
- 4 March 2008
Speech at the ENCAMS Cleaner, Safer, Greener Conference, Manchester
- 13 February 2008
Speech at the Responsibility and Cost Sharing Regional Workshop, Exeter
- 31 January 2008
Speech at the SE National Housing Federation annual conference
- 5 December 2007
Speech at the ACRE 21st Century Village Reception
- 16 October 2007
Speech at the Buck, Berks and Oxon Fresh Start Academy launch, Aylesbury
- 5 September 2007
Speech to the LGA Rural Conference on “Helping and empowering rural communities to tackle climate change”, Torquay
- 4 September 2007
Speech to Anaerobic Digestion Stakeholder Workshop, Exeter University
All speeches since 5 May 2006 listed by date
(See also Speeches
made between 9 June 2001 and 5 May 2006
- 8 May 2008
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the launch of the Waste & Resources Action Programme's (WRAP) The Food We Waste report, London
- 29 April 2008
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP to the Institute for Public Policy Research
conference on climate change and forced migration
- 29 April 2008
Speech by Jonathan Shaw MP at the Quiet Conference, London
- 24 April 2008
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP at the Environmental Industries Commission - "Climate Change Bill – Implications for Business", London
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP to the Institute of Development Studies, "Climate Change - poverty's new ally", Sussex University
- 2 April 2008
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP at the Lord Mayor's Lecture - "Bring Climate Change Home", London
- 2 April 2008
Speech by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker at the Agra Europe Conference, London
- 13 March 2008
Speech by Jonathan Shaw MP at the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund Promotional Event, Hyde Park, London
- 5 March 2008
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the Women’s Institute 90@90 Conference, London
- 4 March 2008
Speech by Jonathan Shaw MP at the ENCAMS Cleaner, Safer, Greener Conference, Manchester
- 28 February 2008
Speech by Phil Woolas MP at the Ecobuild Conference, London
- 27 February 2008
Speech by Phil Woolas MP on the future of carbon trading, London
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the National Household Hazardous Waste Forum, Crawley,
- 26 February 2008
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to Three Regions Climate Change Group Project Launch, London
- 22 February 2008
Speech by Phil Woolas MP to the United Nations Environment Programme in Monaco
- 18 February 2008
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP to the National Farmers' Union Centenary Conference, London
- 13 February 2008
Speech by Jonathan Shaw MP at the Responsibility and Cost Sharing Regional Workshop, Exeter
- 4 February 2008
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the North West Waste Conference, Manchester
- 31 January 2008
Speech by Jonathan Shaw MP at the SE National Housing Federation annual conference
- 24 January 2008
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the Waste Management Finance Forum, London
- 3 January 2008
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn to the Oxford Farming Conference 2008, Oxford
- 19 December 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the TUC Green Union Commitment Breakfast, London
- 13 December 2007
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP to the Thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 10 December 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the launch of the Climate Change Taskforce Report, London
- 6 December 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the Environment Agency's East End Regeneration Reception, London
- 5 December 2007
Speech by Jonathan Shaw at the ACRE 21st Century Village Reception
- 23 November 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the 'Delivering Low Carbon Cities' at the Birmingham NEC
- 19 November 2007
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP at the
Farming for the Future Conference, London
- 15 November 2007
Speech by Phil Woolas MP to the Midwestern Governors Association's Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Summit: Towards a green industrial revolution, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- 8 November 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP to the ‘Sustainable cities, delivering success’ Core Cities Summit, Nottingham
Speech by Phil Woolas MP to the EIC’s Annual Conference, London
Speech by Phil Woolas MP to the Timber Trade Journal Wood Futures Conference, London
- 7 November 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock MP at the Local Government Association Environmental Enforcement Conference, London
- 1 November 2007
Speech
by Hilary Benn to the Landscape Institute Conference on Climate Change
- 31 October 2007
Speech by by Joan Ruddock MP to the IGD 'Packaging Reduction & Optimisation' Conference, London
- 30 October 2007
Speech by Phil Woolas to the Association of Drainage Authorities Annual Conference, Peterborough
- 29 October 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock to the EU Adaptation Green Paper Conference, London
- 25 October 2007
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
at the EU Emissions Trading Scheme discussion event, London
- 16 October 2007
Speech by Jonathan Shaw MP at the Buck, Berks and Oxon Fresh Start Academy launch, Aylesbury
- 10 October 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock to the Rite Group International Conference and Exhibition, London
- 9 October 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock at the Carbon Disclosure Project Fifth Annual Forum, London
- 4 October 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock at the Local Government Association Environmental Leadership Conference, London
- 3 October 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock on carbon capture and storage to the Zero Emissions Platform Second General Assembly meeting, Paris
- 24 September 2007
Speech by Hilary Benn at the UK Mission to the United Nations
- 20 September 2007
Speech by Phil Woolas to the Renewable Energy Association Conference, Said Business School, Oxford
- 18 September 2007
Speech by Phil Woolas at the National Energy Action Conference, University of Chester
- 5 September 2007
Speech by Joan Ruddock at Chatham House, Starting on the road to sustainable clothing event - "sustainable clothing", London
- 5 July 2007
Speech by Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP to the Local Government Association
- Monday 25 June 2007
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP for the Institute of Economic Affairs Annual Water
Conference
- Thursday 14 June 2007
Speech
by Barry Gardiner MP for the Commission for Rural Communities Conference,
"One Year On", on "The wider rural agenda"
- Thursday 7 June 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP to the United Nations, New York, "Climate
change and development: Promoting low carbon growth"
- Wednesday 6 June 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP to the Pew Centre, Washington, DC, "Greening
the American Dream"
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at the EnergyWatch event on the Energy White Paper,
London
- Thursday 24 May 2007
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at Charles University on "The challenge
of climate change, or a new industrial revolution?", Prague,
Czech Republic
- Tuesday 22 May 2007
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at the Wellbeing Conference, Convent Garden
- Monday 21 May 2007
Speech by Rt Hon David Milibadn MP at the ‘zeitgeist’ Google conference "We can: politics for the Facebook generation", London
- Wednesday 16 May 2007
Speech by Ian Pearson MP at the ‘Water for Living – How much is enough?’ conference, Institute of Civil Engineers, London
- Tuesday 15 May 2007
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at the ABI Flood Resilience Workshop, Gresham Street,
London
- Monday 14 May 2007
Speech by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker to the Association of Labour Providers AGM, Abbey Centre, London, Monday 14 May 2007
- Thursday 10 May 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP to the Centenary Conference of the Country
Landowners Association, "Economy,
Environment, Community: The Next Decades", London
- Tuesday 8 May 2007
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at the Cathedrals and Climate Change Conference, Lambeth
Place, London
- Thursday 26 April 2007
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at the Institute of Public Policy Research, Climate
Change and Water Seminar, London
- Thursday 26 April 2007
Speech by
Rt Hon David Miliband MP at
Climate Change Conference, "Humanity and Nature: a new balance",
The Vatican, Rome
- Tuesday 24 April 2007
Speech
by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker at the Women's Institute/National Farmers' Union Great
Milk Debate, London
- Wednesday 18 April 2007
Speech
by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker at 50th anniversary lunch of British Institute of Agricultural
Consultants, House of Lords, London
- Monday 16 April 2007
Speach
by Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment,
at the Expo C02 Public and Private Strategies 2008-2012 Conference,
Barcelona, Spain
- Tuesday 27 March 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP at WWF One Planet Living Summit "One-Planet
Security", London
- Friday 16 March 2007
Speech by Barry Gardiner at Local
Government Association Rural Commission meeting, London
- Thursday 15 March 2007
Speech by Ben Bradshaw to the Wave
and Tidal Conference of the British Wind Energy Association
- Thursday 15 March 2007
Keynote
speech by Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and
Environment, at the UK Climate Impacts Programme User Forum, Oxford
- Thursday 15 March 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP at the launch of the Marine Bill White
Paper
- Friday 9 March 2007
Celebrating the 80th anniversary
of the founding of the Campaign for Protection of Rural England, "A
Land Fit for the Future"
- Tuesday 6 March 2007
Mr
Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment,
at the Environment Agency's Water Efficiency Awards 2007 at the Energy
Clinic, London
- Monday 5 March 2007
Rt
Hon David Miliband MP: The Dr S T Lee Lecture on Public Policy at the
University of Cambridge, "The transition economy: a future beyond
oil?"
- Thursday 1 March 2007
Mr
Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment,
at the Royal Society event on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report, London
- Tuesday 27 February 2007
Response
to the launch of the Green Alliance strategy "Tests for Environmental
Leadership"
- Tuesday 27 February 2007
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP, Minister of State for Climate Change and Environment,
at the Ecobuild Conference - Designing and Building a Sustainable Future,
London
- Monday 26 February 2007
Speech by Rt Hon David Miliband
MP to the NFU Annual Conference "Farming
for the Future"
- Wednesday 14 February 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP to the GLOBE forum "Let’s make
2007 a landmark year for climate change"
- Wednesday 7 February 2007
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP to the global ministerial environment forum, UNEP
governing council, Nairobi, Kenya
- Wednesday 7 February 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs on "Green Business is Good Business" at
FTSE4Good 5th Anniversary, Canary Wharf, London
- Friday 2 February 2007
Speech by Rt Hon David Miliband
MP on “Tackling climate change together” at
the Joseph Black Chemistry Building, Edinburgh University
- Tuesday 30 January 2007
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP to the ENDS Report Conference on emissions trading.
London
- Monday 22 January 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit
- Wednesday 17 January 2007
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP at the Anglo-French Expert Seminar on Energy Efficiency,
London
- Wednesday 3 January 2007
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State for Environment, Food
and Rural Affairs at the Oxford Farming Conference
- Thursday 30 November 2006
Speech by Mr Ian Pearson MP to the
Sustainable Development Business Summit (Midlands) the NEC, Birmingham
- Tuesday 28 November 2006
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP at the LGA and Energy Saving Trust Conference “Your
council, your climate, your action”, London
-
Tuesday 28 November 2006
Speech
by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker at the
Westminster Diet and Health Forum, London
-
Tuesday 28 November 2006
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP at the SDUK’06 ‘Securing the Future’ conference,
London
-
Thursday 23 November 2006
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP at the Clean Energy Investment Showcase, London
- Thursday 23 November 2006
Speech by Ben Bradshaw to WRAP
Symposium on "Making
the most of life cycle analysis"
- Tuesday 21 November 2006
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP on "Forestry: a sectoral
response to climate change"
at the Forestry Commission and Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) Conference, Sussex
- Thursday 16 November 2006
Speech by Ben Bradshaw to Local
Authority Recycling Advisory Committee Conference
- Wednesday 15 November 2006
Speech
by the Rt Hon David Miliband MP at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties
(COP), Nairobi
- Friday 10 November 2006
Speech
by Mr Ian Pearson MP at the launch of the Gateshead Warm Zone, The
Sage, Gateshead
- Wednesday 8 November 2006
Speech by the Rt Hon David Miliband
MP to the Environmental Industries Commission, London
- Tuesday 7 November 2006
Speech
by the Rt Hon David Miliband MP to the Association of British Insurers,
London
- Tuesday 31 October 2006
Speech
by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker to English Food and Farming Partnerships AGM, Stationers'
Hall, London
- Friday 27 October 2006
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP to closing plenary session of Carbon Expo Asia: Carbon
Market Trade Fair and Conference, Beijing, China
- Thursday 26 October 2006
Speech
by the Rt Hon David Miliband MP to the Lunar Society, Birmingham: "One
planet living: towards a 3D energy revolution"
- Thursday 26 October 2006
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP to the Great Wall Renewable Energy Forum, Beijing,
China
- Thursday 19 October 2006
Speech
by Ben Bradshaw MP at the Norwegian Sustainable Fisheries Conference,
London
- Thursday 19 October 2006
Speech by the Rt Hon David Miliband
MP - Building an Environmental Union, Berlin
- Tuesday 17 October 2006
Speech by Ian Pearson MP at the
Westminster Sustainable Business Forum Seminar, House of Commons, London
- Wednesday 11 October 2006
Speech
by the Rt Hon David Miliband MP at the launch of Natural England, London
- Tuesday 10 October 2006
Speech by Ian Pearson MP at Climate
Change Conference, Lichfield Garrick Theatre
- Thursday 21 September 2006
Speech
by Barry Gardiner MP at Europarc 2006, Oxford
- Monday 9 October 2006
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP at the Wilton Park Conference on The Future
of European Agriculture
- Wednesday 4 October 2006
Speech
by Ian Pearson at the Water UK 7th Annual Leakage Conference at the
Commonwealth Club, London
- Tuesday 3 October 2006
Speech
by Ben Bradshaw to the South West Conference on Maritime Affairs
- Tuesday 19 September 2006
Speech
by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker at the Dairy UK conference
- Wednesday 20 September
Speech
by Barry Gardiner MP on "Business and biodiversity: a UK Government
perspective" at the Earthwatch Corporate Environmental Responsibility
Group, London
- Tuesday 12 September 2006
Speech by Rt Hon David Miliband
MP at Trades Union Congress
Conference, Brighton
- Tuesday 12 September 2006
Speech
by Ian Pearson on Climate Change and Gardening at the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew
- Thursday 7 September 2006
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at the Institute for Public Policy Research "Every
Drop Counts" Incentives for Greater Water Efficiency Event,
Royal Geographical Society, London
- Wednesday 6 September 2006
Speech by Ian Pearson for the Renewable
Energy Association (REA) Bioenergy Conference, Weston-Super-Mare
- Tuesday 5 September 2006
Speech
by Ian Pearson MP at National Energy Action Silver Jubilee conference,
University of Nottingham
- Wednesday 19 July 2006
Speech
by Rt Hon David Miliband MP "The great stink: towards an environmental
contract " at the Audit Commission annual lecture, London
- Tuesday 18 July 2006
Speech
by The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker at the NFU/RSPB conference "Celebrations and Challenges:
a new future for farming" at the Royal Geographical Society,
London
- Thursday 13 July 2006
Speech
by Ben Bradshaw on 'The Deep Oceans' given at the 11th International
Deep Sea Biology Symposium, Southampton
- Wednesday 12 July 2006
Speech
by Ben Bradshaw to the Beacon Council Learning Exchange, London
- Thursday 6 July 2006
Ian
Pearson MP - Speech at the Local Government Association "Greening
Communities" workshop at the BIC, Bournemouth
- Tuesday 4 July 2006
Rt
Hon David Miliband MP - Speech at the Local Government Association
annual conference, Bournemouth - "Power devolved is energy released"
- Monday 3 July 2006
Rt Hon David Miliband MP - Speech
at the Royal Agricultural Show, "One planet farming"
- Wednesday 28 June 2006
Ian
Pearson MP - Speech at the Energy Efficiency Partnership For Homes
Annual Conference, London
- Monday 26 June 2006
Ian
Pearson MP - Speech at the Chatham House Conference on Climate Change
in a Post 2012 World, London
- Wednesday 21 June 2006
Ian Pearson MP - Speech to the fourth
international Energy Efficiency In Domestic Appliances and Lighting
Conference
- Wednesday 14 June 2006
Ian
Pearson MP - Speech to the Institute of Economic Affairs Annual Water
Conference, London
- Monday 12 June 2006
Barry
Gardiner MP - Speech at launch of Commission for Rural Communities
Commission report 'Rural Disadvantage – Priorities for Action',
London
- Thursday 8 June
Barry
Gardiner MP - Speech on "A New Rural Agenda: Moving in from the
Margins" at the IPPR North conference, London
- Wednesday 7 June 2006
Ian
Pearson MP - Speech at the Institute of Environmental Management and
Assessment, Droitwich Spa
- Tuesday 6 June 2006
Rt
Hon David Miliband MP - Speech at the National School of Governance
conference, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London - "Public
services and public goods: lessons for reform"
- Wednesday 31 May 2006
The Rt Hon Jeff Rooker - Speech at the UK Financing of Eco-innovation and Environmental
Technologies event, DTI Conference Centre - "Sustainable consumption
and production and the financing of eco-innovation"
- Tuesday 23 May 2006
Barry
Gardiner MP - Speech at Outdoors For All Conference, QE2 Centre, London
- Wednesday 17 May 2006
The Rt Hon David Miliband MP
- Speech at the Green Alliance, London about the challenge of climate
change
- Tuesday 9 May 2006
Barry
Gardiner MP - Speech at the National Migrant Worker conference at
Congress House, London
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