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1109572

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date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Natural Gas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to announce (1) measurable targets, and (2) deadlines, for their clean growth measures announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement; by how much they intend to increase the proportion of green gas in the National Grid; and when they estimate that target will be reached.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Salisbury
uin	HL15041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government are committed to accelerating the decarbonisation of our gas supplies by increasing the proportion of green gas in the grid. In order to meet our climate targets, we need to reduce our dependence on burning natural gas to heat our homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult later this year on the appropriate mechanism to deliver the commitment to increase the proportion of green gas in the grid. This consultation will inform subsequent decisions about the design of the future mechanism, its implementation, timetable and targets.</p><p> </p><p>The Future Homes Standard, announced in the Spring Statement, will be implemented through an uplift to the Building Regulations, subject to consultation in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/04/2019 13:11:59 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4350 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Salisbury

1109573

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between the clean growth measures announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement and the recommendations in the report by the Committee on Climate Change UK housing: fit for the future?, published on 21 February, in particular that Committee’s proposal to ban gas boilers and cookers from 2025.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Salisbury
uin	HL15042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Future Homes Standard builds on the Industrial Strategy Clean Growth buildings mission to at least halve the energy use of new build property by 2030 and halve the cost of renovating existing buildings to a similar standard as new buildings, while increasing quality and safety. The Future Homes Standard will require all new build homes to have low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency, and will be introduced by 2025.</p><p>The Committee on Climate Change are a body that provides independent advice to Government on building a low-carbon economy and climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their recommendation about new connections to the gas grid is one of several made in the CCC report. The Government is reviewing the CCC’s recommendations.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/04/2019 13:12:35 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4350 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Salisbury

1109576

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Coal: Cumbria
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the environmental impact of the new Woodhouse Colliery, in particular on their target set out in the Paris Agreement to limit climate temperature rises to below two degrees centigrade.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Salisbury
uin	HL15045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The UK is committed to delivering the ambition of the Paris Agreement. The Climate Change Act committed the UK to reducing emissions by at least 80% compared to 1990 levels and we are phasing out the use of unabated coal for electricity generation by 2025. In response to the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C, we have asked the Climate Change Committee to advise on whether further action is needed.</p><p> </p><p>Cumbria County Council took the decision to grant planning permission for the Woodhouse Colliery, subject to the completion of a section 106 planning obligation. It was the Council’s responsibility to consider this application in its role as minerals planning authority, and the Council would have considered all relevant material considerations, including environmental impacts, before reaching their decision.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/04/2019 13:12:56 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4350 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Salisbury

1109580

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by the Office for National Statistics, Manufacturing Sector Performance, UK: 2008–2018, published on 2 April, that there may be a decline in growth in the UK manufacturing sector as a result of post-Brexit tariffs.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL15049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The report <em>Manufacturing Sector Performance, UK: 2008–2018</em>, published by the Office for National Statistics on the 2nd April, details how the manufacturing sector has grown since the recession, and does not cover potential tariffs, or the UK exiting the European Union.</p><p>Both the UK and the EU share a strong commercial interest in preserving integrated supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that the manufacturing sector remains a vital contributor to the economy of the UK, driving innovation, exports, job creation, and productivity growth. The sector supports 2.7 million jobs, generates 49% of the UK total exports of goods and services, and accounts for 66% of all business expenditure on UK R&amp;D. Through our modern Industrial Strategy and Made Smarter – our key national industrial digitalisation programme – we are building an economy fit for the future. In the process, we are exploiting the wealth of opportunities from next generation technologies that foster competitive business environments, allowing for UK manufacturing to flourish. As the 9th largest global manufacturing economy, we are – and will continue to be – a major manufacturing nation.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 11/04/2019 15:44:17 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick