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732087

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have held any meetings with representatives of Cuadrilla in 2017; and if so, which minister or ministers met with those representatives, when those meetings took place, what was discussed, and whether any assurances were given to that company.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>All Government Ministers meet regularly with industry leaders, including those from the energy industry. A register of meetings is published on a quarterly basis as part of Departments’ transparency data.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 30/06/2017 12:09:37 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1367775

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2021
	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	Air Pollution and Carbon Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional powers local authorities may require to meet (1) the net zero target by 2050, and (2) World Health Organisation guidelines on safe levels of air pollution.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL3949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities have a combination of powers in housing, planning, transport, and environmental permitting which allow them to take action to achieve net zero and to improve air quality.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Net Zero Strategy, published on 19 October, the Government set out its commitments to enable local areas to make progress towards net zero. The strategy includes the creation of a new Local Net Zero Forum to improve collaboration net zero policies by convening national and local government senior officials.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving air quality, including through reducing a diversity of pollutants that harm both human health and the environment. The Environment Act made improvements on the Local Air Quality Management framework to enable local authorities to take more effective, co-ordinated actions to improve air quality. It will also deliver improvements to public health by ensuring local authorities have more effective powers to tackle emissions from domestic burning.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/11/2021 17:50:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1123749

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 Budgets
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's ability to meet its fourth and fifth carbon budgets, which run from 2022 to 2032; and what plans they have to meet or otherwise amend those budgets.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL15387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The UK carbon budgets set in legislation are among the most stringent in the world, with the fifth carbon budget requiring a 57% cut in emissions by 2028-2032 from a 1990 baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out our plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through to 2032, showing one possible pathway for meeting the fifth carbon budget through domestic action.</p><p> </p><p>Projections show that we are on track to deliver over 90% of our required performance against 1990 levels for the fourth and fifth carbon budgets, even before many of the policies and proposals in the Clean Growth Strategy are taken into account.</p><p> </p><p>Our progress in delivering on the ambitious policies and proposals set out in the Clean Growth Strategy– across housing, business, transport, the natural environment and green finance - is set out in detail in the Government Response to the Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Progress Report to Parliament. This includes an assessment of progress against key actions and milestones.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/05/2019 14:38:34 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1236800

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that waste incineration contracts do not hinder the delivery of the target to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL8375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>We have already made significant progress towards meeting our net zero target. Between 1990 and 2018, our economy has grown by 75% while emissions have decreased by 43% - faster than any other G7 nation. Since 2000, we have decarbonised our economy faster than any other G20 country. We met our first and second carbon budgets that were established under the Climate Change Act 2008, and we are on track to overachieve on the third. Our forthcoming sector strategies, and wider plans to deliver a green economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, will contain further proposals to put us on track to meeting carbon budgets 4 and 5.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, waste management accounted for 4.6 per cent (20.7 MtCO2e) of total UK GHG emissions, showing significant achievement of a 69% decrease in emissions between 1990 and 2018. The government is seeking to make the UK a world leader in using resources efficiently and reducing the amount of waste we create as a society. Our Resources and Waste Strategy (2018) sets a clear longer-term policy direction in line with our 25 Year Environment Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The detailed terms of waste incineration contracts are a matter for the contracting parties.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 05/10/2020 16:23:40 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

670044

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	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	Carbon Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the contribution of cities and local government will be examined in the forthcoming emissions reduction plan.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is looking ahead to the emissions reduction plan, which will set out how we will decarbonise across the UK through the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>The benefits of local energy projects include increased economic growth, carbon reduction, improved public health and welfare, and cost reduction. Support for local energy aligns with and complements other work across Government, including devolution and the provision of flexibility and decision making powers to local areas.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are already actively engaging with Local Enterprise Partnerships, Local Authorities, the community energy sector and other local partners to support delivery of local energy projects which contribute to the achievement of national objectives.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 12:08:16 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

857889

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide details of all contact they have had with local authorities since the Paris Agreement on climate change, with regard to seeking the assistance of those authorities in achieving the carbon reduction targets the UK has agreed as part of its Nationally Determined Contribution to the Global Target.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL6198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today, and the UK Government is committed to tackling it. The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) continues to engage with Departments on implementing the strategy, including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), which leads government’s relationship with local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both departments, as well as Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities. BEIS has launched a £7m Local Energy Programme which provides support to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities to help them implement energy projects which reduce carbon emissions and benefit their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BEIS have worked with colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attending a cities event in Bristol to building relationships between UK cities and EU cities on sustainability. BEIS Ministers and officials have attended multiple stakeholder events in support of locally led action on the Clean Growth agenda.</p><p> </p><p>MHCLG have ongoing dialogue with Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Authorities on support for low carbon projects via management of European Regional Development Funds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MHCLG are currently consulting on a draft revised National Planning Policy Framework which includes guidance on meeting the challenge of climate change.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 22/03/2018 11:25:44 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1183440

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	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	Climate Change Convention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to hold a roundtable meeting with "Party and non-Party stakeholders on pre-2020 implementation and ambition" ahead of COP26, as agreed at COP25.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL2343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreed at COP25 to hold a roundtable among Parties and non-Party stakeholders on pre-2020 implementation and ambition at COP26, which will take place in Glasgow.</p><p><br> The UK government will be involved in preparations as part of its role as incoming President for COP26.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is also regularly engaging with Party and non-Party stakeholders, led by the COP26 President, the High Level Champion and the COP26 Envoy.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/03/2020 14:55:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

806350

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2017
	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	Climate Change Convention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have with local authorities regarding implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is firmly committed to the Paris Agreement and to our emissions reduction efforts under it. We are really pleased that many local authorities and their Mayors are already taking significant steps to implement the Paris Agreement, with over 30 signed up to international cities agreements like the Global Covenant of Mayors and London playing a leading role in the C40 cities movement. We are working closely with partner organisations like UK100 and APSE Energy to engage at official and political levels of local government.</p><p> </p><p>We announced as part of the Clean Growth Strategy, our Local Energy Programme. This builds on this work and is a joint programme with local authorities, local enterprise partnerships, combined authorities and community groups to understand local aspiration and action on low carbon and on climate change. This programme also announced the creation of a local energy contact group which will provide regular advice and input from these groups on departmental policy.</p><p> </p><p>We chair the national subcommittee for growth on sustainability which includes as members local authorities and oversees the funding through European Regional Development Funding for low carbon.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with Local Authorities on adapting to the impacts of climate change. The Local Adaptation Advisory Panel, which includes local authority representatives from city and county councils, is a forum for discussion on climate change adaptation between central government and local government.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/12/2017 14:00:44 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

670045

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	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	Climate Change and Energy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in implementing their Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Government Association on energy and climate change issues.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>There is an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the Local Government Association (LGA) which previous Ministers agreed in 2013. Following the machinery of Government change last year, officials in Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are continuing to meet with the LGA to identify ways to enhance this and move the MOU forward for the whole of the new department.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 23/01/2017 12:06:05 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1540892

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2022
	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	Climate Change and Environment Protection
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government further to the publication of Zero Hour’s Nature and Climate Declaration on 1 November, what steps are they taking (1) to reduce the full scope of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions reductions in line with limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees Celsius, (2) to halt and reverse biodiversity decline by 2030, and (3) to deliver a more ambitious and integrated environmental protection and decarbonisation plan.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL3278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering net zero emissions by 2050. This is consistent with the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to well below 2°C and pursue efforts towards 1.5°C.</p><p>The Environment Act 2021 commits the Government to halting the decline in species in England by 2030, in addition to setting at least one long term target for biodiversity. The Environment Act’s package of new policies, alongside other measures including the Nature for Climate Fund and new Environmental Land Management schemes, will help the Government to reach its targets and tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 21/11/2022 12:38:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb