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1503297

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the independent review of the research, development and innovation landscape.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	44969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the impact of the medical cannabis industry on the economy or employment levels. The Department annually publishes data on the impact on the economy and employment of the wider Life Sciences sector in the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbioscience-and-health-technology-database-annual-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRobert.Reid%40officeforlifesciences.gov.uk%7C52a0f4af72164a3b141608da90ba3996%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637981426767702174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xG98g%2B1%2BBzW72DAM8Cpp8i%2FEn2ic5G1qf2ZbOzZsXXU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Bioscience and health technology sector statistics</a>, and this includes analysis of the bio-pharmaceuticals sector of which the medical cannabis industry is an important part.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In leading his independent Review of the Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape, Sir Paul Nurse has gathered input from members of the Review’s Scoping Group and Sounding Board, alongside hundreds of organisations in the UK’s RDI landscape. Work is underway to consider and finalise the Review’s recommendations, which will consider input from those group members, ahead of the Review’s publication in the coming months.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/09/2022 09:25:52 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 12:34:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 20886 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1503298

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the (a) Scoping Group and (b) Sounding Board to the review of the research, development and innovation landscape will approve the recommendations of the Review.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	44970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the impact of the medical cannabis industry on the economy or employment levels. The Department annually publishes data on the impact on the economy and employment of the wider Life Sciences sector in the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbioscience-and-health-technology-database-annual-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRobert.Reid%40officeforlifesciences.gov.uk%7C52a0f4af72164a3b141608da90ba3996%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637981426767702174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xG98g%2B1%2BBzW72DAM8Cpp8i%2FEn2ic5G1qf2ZbOzZsXXU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Bioscience and health technology sector statistics</a>, and this includes analysis of the bio-pharmaceuticals sector of which the medical cannabis industry is an important part.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In leading his independent Review of the Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape, Sir Paul Nurse has gathered input from members of the Review’s Scoping Group and Sounding Board, alongside hundreds of organisations in the UK’s RDI landscape. Work is underway to consider and finalise the Review’s recommendations, which will consider input from those group members, ahead of the Review’s publication in the coming months.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/09/2022 09:25:52 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 12:34:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 20889 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1503345

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is taking steps to help support the UK steel industry to decarbonise; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
	uin	45011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Net Zero Strategy, published on 19 October 2021, reaffirms the Government’s commitment to work with the steel industry on decarbonisation and to consider the implications of the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee: to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS continues to work with companies, who are developing their own decarbonisation strategies, to understand the trajectories of their plans and to support them as they make commercial decisions on the optimum route for their sites.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:29:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17570 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1503407

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	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 his Department has had with (a) EDF and (b) the Low Carbon Contracts Company about an extension of EDF's deadline for generating electricity from reactor one at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant while continuing to access the full 35 year contractual period of the Contract for Difference.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	45096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government, the Low Carbon Contract Company (LCCC) and EDF maintain regular contact on the Hinkley Point C Contract for Difference (CfD).</p><p>In their role as counterparty to the CfD, the LCCC have recognised that COVID-19 is capable of being a Force Majeure event and discussions on this are ongoing.</p><p>HPC is a private, developer-led project and any cost overruns during construction are borne by the developer.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:29:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17571 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1503888

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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: Energy
	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 steps his Department plans to take to support small and medium sized businesses with rising energy costs.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	45490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The recently announced Energy Bill Relief Scheme (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fgovernment-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cd30ad7609f9a43d3361208daa162de47%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999743240632270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jPI93Dj91u9ANnkNiLZ0mTofTgGXKZhSamJuCs4pfu8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses</a>) ensures that all businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. A review of the scheme, to be published in three months, will identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers and how the government will continue assisting them with energy costs after the initial six months.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also providing a 50% business rates relief for businesses across the UK and reducing employer national insurance. This is in addition to the billions in grants and loans offered throughout the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 15:09:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17573 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1503890

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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 Charter Treaty
	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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that the UK's membership of the Energy Charter Treaty does not affect progress towards environmental targets.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	uin	45543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>On 24 June 2022, Contracting Parties came to an agreement in principle on the amendments to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty. The modernised Energy Charter Treaty recognises the urgent need to address climate change and align with the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. It promotes an accelerated energy transition and reduces the risk of successful challenge to UK net zero policies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/10/2022 16:45:14 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17574 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1504031

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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 Emissions
	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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the UK meets its net zero targets during the period of its membership of the Energy Charter Treaty.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	45887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>On 24 June 2022, Contracting Parties came to an agreement in principle on the amendments to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty. The modernised Energy Charter Treaty recognises the urgent need to address climate change and align with the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. It promotes an accelerated energy transition and reduces the risk of successful challenge to UK net zero policies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/09/2022 10:06:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17581 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1504045

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Electricity: Price Caps
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national pricing structure for the supply of electricity.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	uin	45606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The British wholesale electricity market currently has a national pricing structure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering reforms to wholesale electricity pricing under the Review of Electricity Markets Arrangement (REMA). The recently published REMA consultation sets out the Government’s initial considerations on zonal and nodal pricing, which are two potential alternatives to national pricing under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:28:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17577 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

1504208

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Housing: Stockport
	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 assessment his Department has made of the impact of capacity issues at the national grid on housebuilding in Stockport.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
	uin	46191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is aware of lengthy connection timelines currently being offered in parts of the country, particularly where transmission network upgrades are required to accommodate distribution network connections, such as housing developments. Network companies are working with Ofgem to release capacity including through improved modelling of network impacts of new connections and streamlining of connection procedures.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:27:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17585 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1504355

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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: Meters
	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 take steps to ensure that energy companies are not sending consumers false information in relation to smart meters.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	45703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are required to abide by the Standards of Conduct outlined in their licence conditions, which set expectations regarding their behaviour, information provision and customer service processes. As part of this, when communicating with their customers, energy suppliers must provide information that is complete, accurate and not misleading.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are regulated against their licence obligations by Ofgem, which has a range of enforcement tools at its disposal.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:30:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17788 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe