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804346

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Chechnya: LGBT People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department provides development assistance to human rights organisations helping LGBT people in Chechnya; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	118601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>​Officials from across Whitehall and in Russia continue to work closely with non-governmental organisations who are supporting the victims fleeing persecution in Chechnya. We continue to make our concerns clear to the Russian Government at a senior level; most recently I raised this with First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov in Moscow on 8 December. This is all in keeping with the UK's longstanding support for LGBT rights in Russia.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 14/12/2017 17:16:16 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802222

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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	Coal Fired Power Stations
	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 rule out co-firing and conversion as an abatement option in the coal phaseout.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	117909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We are leading the world by ending unabated coal generation in Great Britain by 2025. The Department consulted on proposals on ending unabated coal generation last year and we will soon be publishing our detailed government response.</p><p>The positive example we are setting to the world will yield significant benefits and help put the world on track to meet the ambition agreed at Paris in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/12/2017 17:07:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802084

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Self-assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department undertook a consultation on the use of the Post Office to pay self assessment tax bills ahead of the decision to remove that service on 15 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	117771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The facility to pay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) at the Post Office in its current format is being withdrawn by the service provider Santander. HMRC are not the only users of this service and had no influence on this decision or the timing of the withdrawal.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/12/2017 16:22:41 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802242

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that all homes meet efficiency band C by 2035?
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	117929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy, published recently, sets out Government’s aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. In the Clean Growth Strategy, published in October this year, we set out a number of policies and proposals that will help us make progress against this aspiration, including:</p><p> </p><p>1. Investing around £3.6 billion to upgrade around a million homes through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). In addition, we will extend support for home energy efficiency beyond the current commitment to fund ECO to 2022 and out to 2028 with funding at least at current ECO levels.</p><p> </p><p>2. Developing a long term trajectory to improve the energy performance standards of privately rented homes, with the aim of upgrading as many as possible to EPC Band C by 2030 where practical, cost-effective and affordable</p><p> </p><p>3. Consulting on equivalent standards for social housing over this period</p><p> </p><p>4. Following the outcome of the independent review of Building Regulations and fire safety, and subject to its conclusions, we will consult on strengthening energy performance standards for new and existing homes under Building Regulations, including futureproofing new homes for low carbon heating systems,</p><p> </p><p>5. Seeking evidence on building a market for energy efficiency, including additional measures to improve energy performance of owner occupied homes through a Call for Evidence published alongside the Clean Growth Strategy. This Call for Evidence is currently open and closes on 9 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/12/2017 11:30:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802083

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Self-assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid their self-assessment tax demand at a branch of the Post Office in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	117770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are not able to identify the exact number of people who paid their self assessment tax demand at a branch of the post office in the last 12 months. Individuals can make payments to HMRC multiple times a year, and sometimes do so using different payment methods.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/12/2017 14:46:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel