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date	09/07/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of imposing taxes on polluting goods to tackle climate change.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	275212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has legislated to amend its long-term greenhouse gas emissions target to reach net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has a number of policies in place to tax polluting goods in order to tackle climate change. These include the Carbon Price Support rate, a tax on fossil fuels used in power generation, and the Climate Change Levy, a tax on businesses’ consumption of gas, electricity and solid fuels.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/07/2019 11:03:10 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1125036

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of freezing fuel duty since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	251386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The consumption of fuel is highly price inelastic. Therefore, fuel duty freezes only have a marginal impact on the amount of fuel purchased, and therefore limited impact on emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Households spend a significant amount of their total spending on transport fuels, and fuel costs are a major factor in helping the competitiveness of British businesses. Duty on fuel remains at 57.95ppl. The government is also taking action to reduce emissions and improve air quality through Vehicle Excise Duty and the Company Car Tax system.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/05/2019 14:31:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1077134

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Biotechnology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the BioIndustry Association report entitled Confident capital: backing U.K. biotech, published on 1 January 2019; and what steps he is taking to help ensure that 2019 is a successful year for the U.K. biotechnology sector.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	225533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>We welcome the BioIndustry Association report, which the Government launched at the BioIndustry Association’s event, Strategic Technologies in Life Sciences: The Future is Now, attended by myself on 24 January 2018. The Government is proactively supporting the UK’s strong life sciences sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published two Life Sciences Sector Deals, which are supported by the Government’s commitment to delivering the biggest increase in R&amp;D investment for 40 years. Since Autumn 2016, Government has committed an additional £7 billion in R&amp;D by 2021-22, demonstrating clear progress towards the Government’s ambition to raise investment in R&amp;D in the economy to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2017 the Government also announced a 10-year action plan to unlock over £20bn to finance growth in innovative firms, including life science companies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 05/03/2019 16:06:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner