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date	11/06/2019
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	Cars: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on bringing forward the 2040 deadline to end the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	263084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials regularly engage with their counterparts in other departments on clean growth matters including ultra low and zero emission vehicle policy. We set out in our Road to Zero strategy published last year our mission to put the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vehicles, and for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Prime Minister’s announcement on legislating for net zero, we will build on the strong frameworks of the Clean Growth Strategy and Industrial Strategy to deliver on that target in all sectors of the economy, including transport. The Government is committed to supporting the transition to zero emission vehicles, which can cut carbon, reduce air pollution, and help us grow the economy as part of our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/06/2019 13:25:36 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 123452 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1131302

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide a list of all publicly-owned testing centres for innovation.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	263172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>We want the UK to be the world’s most innovative economy and through the Industrial Strategy we have an ambition to raise total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027, and 3% in the longer term.</p><p>There is no single definition or list of government supported testing centres for innovation. However, the government supports innovation through a number of mechanisms including:</p><ul><li>Public Sector Research Establishments are research and development institutes. An example is the National Physical Laboratory, developing and maintaining national measurement standards.</li><li>The Catapult Network which helps to bridge the gap between business, academia, research and Government.</li><li>Advanced Propulsion Centre facilitates funding to UK-based R&amp;D projects developing low-carbon emission powertrain technologies.</li><li>The Aerospace Technology Institute identifies global opportunities for UK organisations in research and technology.</li><li>The Knowledge Transfer Network provides innovation networking for businesses.</li></ul> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/06/2019 14:10:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 123453 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1131381

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the names and locations of the land and buildings owned by his Department are (a) sitting empty and (b) in the process of being sold or disposed of; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	263030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>In response to your request to publish the name and location of the land and buildings owned by BEIS that are (a) sitting empty and (b) in the process of being sold or disposed of:</p><p>(a) there is no land and there are no buildings sitting empty; and</p><p>(b) the former site of the BBSRC Roslin Institute in Roslin, Midlothian, is sold and under a conditional contract with a housing developer. Two dwellings off-site are currently subject to a lease with the University of Edinburgh until July 2019. One of these houses is under offer and the other will be sold later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 18/06/2019 16:25:53 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas