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1520859

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what provision they are making for carbon capture and storage within the UK’s exclusive economic zone; and when those facilities will be available.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL2462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the 10 Point Plan, Government ambition is to establish four CCS clusters by 2030 at the latest. As later set out in the Net Zero Strategy, Government’s aim is to use CCUS technology to capture and store 20-30 MtCO2 per year by 2030.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/10/2022 13:09:49 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1520895

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Energy Bill Relief Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to extend the Energy Bill Relief Scheme beyond 31 March 2023 if prices have not returned to 2021 levels; and if so, how much notice of the extension will be given.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced its intention to introduce an Energy Bill Relief Scheme, for six months, from 1 October 2022. The announcement committed to carrying out a review of the operation of the scheme in order to inform decisions on future support after March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The findings of the review will be published by January 2023.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/10/2022 13:09:33 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1520896

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Nuclear Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand the share of energy produced by nuclear in the next year.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has been in constructive negotiations on the Sizewell C project since January 2021 and aims to take a final investment decision in 2023, subject to all relevant approvals.</p><p> </p><p>The British Energy Security Strategy announced the Government’s ambition of reaching up to 24GW of nuclear power by 2050. The Strategy also announced the Great British Nuclear (GBN) vehicle, which will be tasked with helping projects through every stage of the development process and developing a resilient pipeline of new build projects. This will be launched later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/10/2022 13:09:17 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1520897

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Green Deal Scheme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to open up the Green Deal to businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Green Deal framework, introduced in 2013, remains in place to enable loans to pay for energy efficiency improvements in the domestic sector and to service existing Green Deal loans and any private finance providers wishing to enter the market. The scheme therefore is already open to business as participants, although the level of activity under the scheme is very low.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, support is available to help businesses to reduce their carbon and energy bills through the Climate Change Agreements Scheme, which provides reduced Climate Change Levy rates worth £255 million a year for eligible businesses in return for meeting energy efficiency targets and grants via the £289 million Industrial Energy Transformation Fund. The Government has also announced support to help businesses, charities and public sector organisations with energy costs this winter through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/10/2022 13:08:32 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

1520141

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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: Storage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 20 September (HL2203), what plans they have to increase the UK’s gas storage capacity.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL2384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Gas storage is considered among other options in strengthening the UK’s energy security.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:14:23 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1520160

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Drax Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what knowledge they had, if any, of renewable energy company Drax purchasing licences to cut down trees from primary forests in Canada to make wood pellets for its power station in Yorkshire, as alleged in the BBC's Panorama investigation, which aired on 3 October.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL2421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The regulator Ofgem is responsible for auditing the sustainability of biomass used by biomass electricity generators which receive support under the Renewables Obligation and has a process in place for this. As is routine, Ofgem is establishing whether the biomass sustainability criteria have been met by the generator. These criteria ensure that only sustainable biomass is used to produce renewable electricity. Sustainability information is publicly available on Ofgem’s website.</p><p> </p><p>To receive support generators must follow sustainable management practices that require the maintenance and replanting of the forest, demonstration that deforestation is not occurring where they source material from, and that biodiversity, soil and water are protected, among other requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:15:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1520162

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for stakeholders to be consulted on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill before the Bill is passed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL2423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Since the commencement of Bill development, the Government has conducted an extensive programme of informal consultations with senior constitutional and retained EU law legal experts, think tanks, business representative organisations and the judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with a range of stakeholders across the whole of the UK to ensure the best possible outcome when reforming retained EU law.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:15:39 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1520170

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Fuels: Price Caps
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the price cap to fuels such as (1) Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), (2) Liquid Natural Gas (LNG), (3) heating oil, and (4) solid fuels such as coal.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL2436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce a price cap on alternative fuels.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:15:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1520181

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the devolved administrations on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill; and whether they will consult formally with the devolved administrations as the bill progresses through Parliament.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL2448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to proactively engaging with devolved administrations at official and Ministerial level on the reviews into retained EU law.</p><p> </p><p>To date, there have been regular official level discussions with the devolved administrations and we will continue to engage in areas of interest as the Bill progresses through Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:16:29 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1520184

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Small Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support small businesses experiencing consumer growth slowdowns.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>On 20 July, my Rt. Hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced an extension for the Recovery Loan Scheme. The Recovery Loan Scheme helps smaller businesses access loans and other kinds of finance up to £2 million per business group so they can grow and invest. The finance can be used for any legitimate business purpose, including growth and investment or working capital. Furthermore, the Energy Bill Relief Scheme will provide a price reduction to ensure that all eligible businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/10/2022 16:17:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick