Examination of Witnesses (Questions 318-319)
Ms Magda Stoczkiewicz, Ms Esther Bollendorff and
Ms Frauke Thies
5 JUNE 2008
Chairman: Good morning. Before you introduce
yourselves, as a matter of courtesy I will ask my colleagues to
introduce themselves and explain whether they are independent
peers or belong to a political party and what their particular
responsibilities are.
Lord Powell of Bayswater:
Charles Powell. I am an Independent member of the House of Lords.
I come from a combined diplomatic and business background.
Lord Paul: Swaraj Paul, I am a Labour
member of the House of Lords and I come from an industrial background.
Lord James of Blackheath: David James
with the Conservatives. Once upon a time I used to be in oil exploration
at sea.
Lord Mitchell: Parry Mitchell, a Labour
peer. I have an IT business background.
Lord Walpole: Robin Walpole, Independent.
I am basically agricultural and that side of things. You may well
ask what I am doing here, but I am more interested in ecological
problems and that sort of thing.
Lord Bradshaw: Bill Bradshaw, transport
background. Liberal Democrat.
Q318 Chairman: I am Roger Freeman,
a Conservative peer, former minister and Chairman of EU Sub-Committee
B which deals with the internal market. Our report is focused
on renewable energy. Perhaps you would be kind enough to introduce
yourselves.
Ms Stoczkiewicz: Thank you very much
for inviting us . My name is Magda Stoczkiewicz. I have just started
as Director in Friends of the Earth Europe, which is the European
office of the Friends of the Earth Federation. You may know the
UK group is a member group.
Ms Bollendorff: My name is Esther Bollendorff.
I work on the climate and energy campaign in Friends of the Earth
Europe.
Ms Thies: My name is Frauke Thies. I
work for the European office of Greenpeace in Brussels and specialise
in energy.
Q319 Chairman: Would you like to
say something to begin or for us to go straight into questions,
it is entirely up to you?
Ms Stoczkiewicz: Maybe just a couple
of words. Both organisations work on issues related to climate
and energy. For both organisations these are very important aspects.
We see renewables as a big part of the solution to climate change
and responding to the energy sector in Europe. I come from a new
Member State, Poland. I also look at the issues related to the
new Member States' energy potentials, so if we get to that area
I can step in.
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