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655757

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date	09/12/2016
answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
answering dept id	204
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
hansard heading	House of Lords: Emergencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker how many evacuation procedures have been carried out in the Palace of Westminster and other parts of the Lords estate in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL3999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>The table below shows the evacuations from Lords parts of the Parliamentary Estate in the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Evacuations due to false alarms</p></td><td><p>Evacuation drills</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 6; Victoria Tower 1</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 5; Victoria Tower 1</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 1; Fielden House 3; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1; Victoria Tower 2</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 3; Fielden House 3</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 1; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 (Jan – Nov)</p></td><td><p>Millbank House 8; Fielden House 10; 6/7 Old Palace Yard 1</p></td><td><p>Palace of Westminster 2; Millbank House 1; Fielden House 1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 21/12/2016 12:42:07 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

657804

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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 Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
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 plans the Government has to provide contingency funding for the continuation of compensation for the indirect costs of the renewables obligation and small scale feed-in-tariffs for steel and other energy intensive industries beyond April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	57339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>We are engaging with the European Commission about our state aid pre-notification to move from compensation to exemption for the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation (RO) and small-scale Feed-in Tariffs (FiT).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2016 10:28:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

658038

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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 Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
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 he is taking to (a) progress the Government's application to the European Commission to exempt and (b) bring forward legislative proposals related to the exemption of energy intensive industries from the indirect costs of the renewables obligation and small scale feed-in-tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	57340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>We are in discussions with the European Commission about our state aid pre-notification to move from compensation to exemption for the indirect cost of the Renewables Obligation (RO) and small-scale Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2016 10:26:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

657955

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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	Developing Countries: Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the November 2016 remarks of Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, on the role of faster deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in forming an integral part of a strengthened global climate response, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of delivering aid to support the deployment of CCS in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	57461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>In 2012, the Government committed £60 million from its International Climate Fund (ICF), which forms part of the aid budget, to support the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology in emerging economies.</p><p>This International CCS Capacity Building Programme continues to work with, and in, emerging economies to develop the technical and institutional knowledge necessary to enable the deployment of CCS technologies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2016 10:36:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

658628

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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	Hinckley 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 assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's polices on Hinckley Point C of power outages at EDF nuclear reactors in France; and if he will amend the loan guarantees for the construction of Hinckley Point C to make them contingent on the start of power generation at the European Pressurised Reactor at Flamanville by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	57600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The power outages in France do not involve the EPR reactor type to be built at Hinkley Point. There are strong commercial incentives in the Contract for Difference for EDF to build and commission the Hinkley Point C power plant on time. In respect of the loan guarantee, EDF has confirmed to the Secretary of State that it will not be taking up the guarantee.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2016 10:52:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 27453 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

658636

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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: iNHouse Communications
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 his Department has had communications with iNHouse Communications Ltd in connection with any current commercial tender process.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	57663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not had any communications with iNHouse Communications Ltd in connection with any current commercial tender process.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/12/2016 13:12:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

658708

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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	Drugs: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report by Deloitte concerning the level of return from research and development among the biggest drug companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL4126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>We are aware of the trend in the decline in research and development returns reported by Deloitte in its report “Measuring the return from pharmaceutical innovation 2016”. This is part of an established trend.</p><p>Working with industry through the Life Sciences Strategy we want to make sure the UK is the best place in the world to develop and launch new medicines.</p><p>Government is already taking action in key areas that will benefit the life sciences sector, such as the recent announcement of an extra £2bn a year for R&amp;D by the end of this Parliament including a new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. We are also providing £100m of funding to extend and enhance the Biomedical Catalyst, supporting innovative life science companies to translate cutting-edge medical technologies into commercial success.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2016 12:45:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

654286

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	Radioactive Waste
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they still intend to take steps to ensure that any site proposed by them for a national nuclear waste repository will be dependent on the approval and consent of all the relevant local, county and regional authorities.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL3951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a consent based approach for siting a geological disposal facility, which will involve working with communities that are willing to participate in the siting process. In the 2014 Geological Disposal White Paper Government recognised that local representative bodies – including all levels of local government – will need to have a voice in this process.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a Geological Disposal Facility and associated boreholes have been brought within the definition of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects under the Planning Act 2008. The development consent process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects places specific requirements on the developer to consult local communities, local authorities, statutory bodies, and other interested parties before any application for development consent is made.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/12/2016 12:38:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

658641

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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, with reference to the finding of the Competition Markets Authority in its report of 24 June 2016, Energy market investigation, that 90 per cent of domestic energy customers were not sure whether they had or had never switched energy supplier, what assessment his Department has made of whether the roll-out of smart meters will create greater engagement with consumers in the energy market.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	57767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>By monitoring the near-real time and historical data on the In Home Display, consumers should increasingly be able to choose the right tariff for their needs, and will no longer leave consumers to make switching decisions on the basis of estimated bills. The rollout will also enable consumers quickly to share their data with energy services companies and switching sites, via the now-live Data and Communications Company infrastructure.</p><p>These benefits have been recognised by the Competition and Markets Authority, with some of their remedies being time-limited to fill the gap between now and the completion of the smart meter roll-out.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2016 11:37:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

659701

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
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 Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
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 he is taking to (a) expedite the Government's application to the European Commission to exempt energy-intensive industries from the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation and small-scale feed-in tariffs and (b) ensure legislation is in place ahead of the next financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	57771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>We are in discussions with the European Commission about our state aid pre-notification to move from compensation to exemption for the indirect cost of the Renewables Obligation (RO) and small-scale Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) and have developed draft legislation in preparation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2016 10:55:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 28026 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey