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516389

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings (1) the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and (2) other ministers, have had with (a) the Civil Nuclear Police Authority, (b) the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and (c) the Civil Nuclear Police Federation, to discuss the occupational retirement age for Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL8027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy has met with the Chair of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) and the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) on two occasions since taking office where the pension age of officers was discussed. In October 2015 and March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has recently written to the Civil Nuclear Police Federation about meeting representatives of that organisation to discuss issues including the age at which CNC officers receive their pension.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change have worked closely with officials at the CNPA and CNC at all levels, up to and including the Chief Constable, on the issue of the pension age of CNC officers since May 2014. The Department has received frequent and substantial advice on all aspects of this issue. This includes, but is not limited to, the impact of fitness standards on CNC officers and how those standards affect deployability of officers, and the costs of administering a pension scheme with a lower effective pension age.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has received two letters from the Civil Nuclear Police Federation outlining their legal case for a lower pension age. Officials have met with the Civil Nuclear Police Federation to discuss the pension age of CNC officers on two occasions in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL8028 HL8029 question first answered 11/05/2016 11:37:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

516390

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultation has taken place between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and (1) the Civil Nuclear Police Authority, (2) the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, and (3) the Civil Nuclear Police Federation, in relation to the occupational retirement age of Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL8028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy has met with the Chair of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) and the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) on two occasions since taking office where the pension age of officers was discussed. In October 2015 and March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has recently written to the Civil Nuclear Police Federation about meeting representatives of that organisation to discuss issues including the age at which CNC officers receive their pension.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change have worked closely with officials at the CNPA and CNC at all levels, up to and including the Chief Constable, on the issue of the pension age of CNC officers since May 2014. The Department has received frequent and substantial advice on all aspects of this issue. This includes, but is not limited to, the impact of fitness standards on CNC officers and how those standards affect deployability of officers, and the costs of administering a pension scheme with a lower effective pension age.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has received two letters from the Civil Nuclear Police Federation outlining their legal case for a lower pension age. Officials have met with the Civil Nuclear Police Federation to discuss the pension age of CNC officers on two occasions in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL8027 HL8029 question first answered 11/05/2016 11:37:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

516391

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations and advice they have received from (1) the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, (2) the Civil Nuclear Police Authority, and (3) the Civil Nuclear Police Federation, regarding the normal retirement age of 60 for Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL8029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy has met with the Chair of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) and the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) on two occasions since taking office where the pension age of officers was discussed. In October 2015 and March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has recently written to the Civil Nuclear Police Federation about meeting representatives of that organisation to discuss issues including the age at which CNC officers receive their pension.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change have worked closely with officials at the CNPA and CNC at all levels, up to and including the Chief Constable, on the issue of the pension age of CNC officers since May 2014. The Department has received frequent and substantial advice on all aspects of this issue. This includes, but is not limited to, the impact of fitness standards on CNC officers and how those standards affect deployability of officers, and the costs of administering a pension scheme with a lower effective pension age.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has received two letters from the Civil Nuclear Police Federation outlining their legal case for a lower pension age. Officials have met with the Civil Nuclear Police Federation to discuss the pension age of CNC officers on two occasions in 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL8027 HL8028 question first answered 11/05/2016 11:37:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

518404

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	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 Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy on the building of a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point C of the finding of the UN Economic and Social Council in the Report of the Implementation Committee on its thirty-fifth session, page 21, that the UK is in non-compliance with its obligations to examine the potential adverse transboundary impacts of an accident at any new nuclear plant constructed in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	36948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Compliance with international obligations is something we take very seriously. The proposed recommendations published by the Implementation Committee are still subject to adoption by the Meeting of the Parties to the Espoo Convention at their next meeting which is due to take place in June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that we have met the relevant international requirements in relation to Hinkley Point C, however we will consider the Implementation Committee’s report in advance of the meeting.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/05/2016 11:04:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

518529

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance she plans to provide for the development of tidal stream power technology.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	905007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>That the UK has deployed the world’s first commercial scale tidal stream turbine MCT SeaGen, a 1.2MW project.</p><p>The world’s first multi-turbine tidal stream array, MeyGen 1A, received £10m in DECC innovation funding and will be deployed in the UK this year.</p><p>We are looking at what more we can do to support these developing technologies.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/05/2016 11:22:10 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

518570

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she plans to take to improve the effectiveness of the energy supply market for businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	904996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>We want to see even more competition to keep energy costs down for businesses.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority has already published some suggestions such as requiring suppliers to publish tariffs online and making switching easier for businesses on auto-rollover contracts.</p><p>We are looking forward to the CMA’s final report and are committed to implementing their recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/05/2016 11:21:46 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

518212

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Nuclear Power Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress has been made on the techno-economic assessment of small modular reactors which was due to conclude at the end of March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	36838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The techno-economic assessment of small modular reactors is due to conclude shortly. Once the assessment is complete officials will consider the key findings as part of on-going SMR policy development</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/05/2016 10:55:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

516398

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of UK environmental and climate change legislation derives (1) from EU directives transposed into UK legislation, (2) from EU regulations without need for transposition, and (3) from wholly domestic legislation; and of the legislation that derives from EU directives, what proportion is dependent on the European Communities Act 1972.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Young of Old Scone
	uin	HL8036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Although specific figures for environment and climate change are not available, the House of Commons library has concluded that across the full range of UK instruments, from 1997 to 2014, an average of 13.2% were EU-related. A copy of the report is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/05/2016 11:34:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name SN07092 - EU obligations UK implementing legislation since 1993.pdf title SN07092 - EU & UK legislation since 1993
	tabling member	1755 label Biography information for Baroness Young of Old Scone

518569

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2016
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	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 Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to renegotiate with EDF the strike price for Hinkley Point C power station.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	905010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Hinkley Point C is a good deal for consumers – it will provide reliable energy at an affordable cost, powering nearly six million homes for around 60 years and creating more than 25,000 jobs.</p><p>Today nuclear provides around 16% of our electricity but these ageing plants won’t go on forever. Therefore the Government is committed to our policy of building new nuclear in the interest of energy security, decarbonisation and keeping costs down for the consumer.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/05/2016 11:21:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell