Elliot Morley Quotes

United Kingdom, Politician
July 6, 1952

Elliot Anthony Morley is a British former Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Glanford and Scunthorpe from 1987 to 1997 and then Scunthorpe from 1997 to 2010. In 2009, he was accused by The Daily Telegraph of continuing to claim parliamentary expenses for a mortgage that had already been repaid. Morley was prosecuted and on 7 April 2011 pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court to two counts of false accounting, involving over £30,000. On 20 May 2011, he was sentenced to 16 months' imprisonment. He was released from prison on 20 September 2011 having served a quarter of his sentence.

We should have an open mind about the kind of levers that we apply and not be afraid to think the unthinkable.

Elliot Morley
- Afraid
- Open Mind
- Levers
Carbon trading engages finance directors. It takes the issue of energy efficiency right to the top of the company.

Elliot Morley
- Energy
- Company
- Directors

Cost-effective, attractive to business partners, environmentally friendly, easy access to a wide range of guidance and support - it makes good business sense to implement and maintain a robust and effective environmental management system.

Elliot Morley
If it isn't properly regulated, if people do make false claims, if we find that the market is undermined, it will be very damaging to consumer confidence in the organic sector generally.

Elliot Morley
We had carried out a similar operation all over Britain too and made large seizures of animal skins and body parts, as well as large quantity of Chinese medicines.

Elliot Morley
I actually think there are other ways of doing it. The most effective one is to include aviation within carbon trading schemes, so there is an absolute limit on the amount of emissions from the aviation sector.

Elliot Morley
- Limit
- Trading
- Aviation
We have also spoken to the Chinese authorities to act strongly against animal trade and they assured that they would take effective action.

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- Action
- Animal
- Trade
In many parts of the country, water is a precious resource which we can no longer simply take for granted.

Elliot Morley
- Country
- Granted
- Resource

Work for the formation of the wildlife crime cell is in progress.

Elliot Morley
- Work
- Progress
- Crime
We have a similar wildlife crime cell in our country and will provide expertise to India as we were the first country to set up such a cell.

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- Country
- Crime
- India
Apart from one or two difficult cases, people have accepted it and got on with it. Industry is very comfortable.

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- Industry
- Cases
- Accepted
The evidence is that people will simply pay the tax and continue to travel and we won't actually stop the growth.

Elliot Morley
- Growth
- Travel
- Evidence
We all have an interest, and a duty to future generations, to ensure that the benefits of mobility that we now take for granted, do not place an intolerable burden on our environment.

Elliot Morley