Tim Yeo Quotations

The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue.

For the first time perhaps since Margaret Thatcher, we will have at the head of the Conservative Party someone who is genuinely an equal match for Tony Blair.

People have got to get used to making low carbon choices. If they have a direct incentive to do so they will think about it. Many times a day you have a choice between a low carbon option and a high carbon option, whether it is at home or at work.

He has brought a new dynamic to the leadership contest and will put pressure on some candidates who perhaps are struggling for support.

I was offered it on occasion and enjoyed it. I think it can have a much pleasanter experience than having too much to drink.

In view of the compelling case for urgent action to reduce carbon emissions, we are concerned there may be a degree of institutional inertia within the Treasury in the face of the scientific evidence on climate change.

I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.

Onshore wind turbines are visually a very considerable intrusion on any landscape.

It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums