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40871

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what penalties can be applied to charities that break charitable law by publishing party political advertisements or making misleading claims; and whether they have plans to introduce further penalties for such breaches of charitable law.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL5721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Charity Commission guidance makes clear that charities must never engage in any party political activity, and that it is for charity trustees to ensure that their charity does not engage in any party political activity. </p><p> </p><p>Where a charity's trustees fail to do this it is for the Charity Commission for England and Wales to investigate and take proportionate action. Depending on the circumstances, the Charity Commission's response could range from seeking assurances from the trustees, through to removing and replacing the charity's trustees.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Wallace of Saltaire question first answered 17/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1816 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Saltaire
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

1130599

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to lay a fully-costed impact assessment before both Houses of Parliament before making any adjustment to the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL16143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) detailed and analytically rigorous report has shown that this goal is now feasible, deliverable, and can be met within the same cost envelope (an annual resource cost equivalent to 1-2% of GDP in 2050) as was estimated for the 80% target when it was set in 2008. As the CCC identify, there are a wide range of benefits which could partly or fully offset these costs.</p><p>While the transition to a net zero economy undoubtedly requires new investment, it also opens up opportunities for the UK to build on its areas of strength, including in offshore wind manufacture, provision of green finance, and development of electric vehicles.</p><p>Policies to support delivery of a net zero target will be subject to impact assessments in the usual way.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 17/06/2019 12:32:47 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622444

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Climate Change Convention
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to draw up their own Intended Nationally Determined Contribution as an independent signatory to the Paris Agreement or remain a party to the Joint EU commitment to reduce emissions by 40 per cent below 1990 levels.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL2765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s commitment to tackling global climate change is firm. Until we leave, the UK will remain a full member of the EU, with all of the rights and obligations this entails.</p><p>The UK is a Party to the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change individually as well as through the EU. Once the UK has deposited its instrument of ratification it will be bound by all the obligations of the Agreement under international law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:57:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622445

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the capital cost of new-build offshore wind farms is rising or falling; and what impact that has had on cost estimates for the level of subsidy provided through the Levy Control Framework.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL2766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s last published levelised cost report shows offshore wind costs have fallen.</p><p>Support costs are determined by a combination of the Government’s view of generation costs and by competitive allocation. We expect both of these to further drive down support costs for future projects.</p><p>At Budget 2016, we announced that the reserve prices for offshore wind will fall from £105/MWh for projects commissioning in 2021, to £85/MWh for projects commissioning in 2026.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:19:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622446

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the price paid per megawatt hour for (1) onshore wind, and (2) offshore wind, is higher in the UK or Germany; and how important the relative wind conditions are in determining those prices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL2767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to directly compare support costs between the UK and Germany, as the design of the electricity markets and support schemes are different.</p><p>In the UK, support to large-scale renewable electricity generators is provided by the CFD Allocation Framework and has been awarded competitively through auctions.</p><p>The reserve price for each technology, known as the administrative strike price, is modelled on the basis of the Government’s best view of electricity generation costs.</p><p>These costs are calculated on the basis of capital costs, operating costs and the Government’s estimate of the expected volume of electricity produced.</p><p>For wind generators, expected generation is determined by both wind speeds and the amount of time turbines are expected to be unavailable due to maintenance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:18:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622447

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the additional greenhouse gas emissions reductions required to be made by remaining EU member states if the UK is no longer bound by a future Effort Sharing Decision in order to meet their collective 2030 target of a 40 per cent reduction of 1990 levels.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL2768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s commitment to tackling global climate change is firm. Until we leave, the UK will remain a full member of the EU, with all of the rights and obligations this entails.</p><p>We are at the start of what will be a long process of considering options and implications very carefully. However, as long as we are a full Member of the European Union, we will continue to participate in negotiations on EU2030 climate legislation, including the Effort Share Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:53:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

626809

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	Economic and Social Research Council
	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 Economic and Social Research Council's process for verifying applications for grants of public funds, in the light of their £9 million grant to the Centre for Climate Change Economics.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL2887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is aware of allegations made against the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and the public responses issued by the CCCEP and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).</p><p> </p><p>BEIS takes its responsibilities to protect public funds very seriously. BEIS has received assurances from ESRC that appropriate oversight arrangements are in place.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 14/11/2016 15:27:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

626810

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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: Consumption
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much energy was consumed by the UK during the period 24 to 31 October; and what percentage of that energy was sourced from wind generation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL2888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>UK electricity statistics for October 2016 are not yet available. They will be published on 22 December at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>. The most recent data to August 2016 is available via that link. Electricity statistics held by BEIS cover monthly consumption and cannot be disaggregated at a daily or weekly level.</p><p> </p><p>However, operationally metered electricity generation for Great Britain (1) is published by the National Grid. For the period 24 to 31 October (8 days), 6.6 TWh was generated or imported, of which 0.3 TWh was generated from wind (5.0 percent) (2). Operationally metered wind electricity generation covers 65 percent of total GB wind capacity.</p><p> </p><p>Source: National Grid</p><p> </p><p>(1) Excludes Northern Ireland, which is not covered by the National Grid.</p><p>(2) The source of imported electricity generation is not recorded in these data.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 08/11/2016 16:40:17 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

626811

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	Wind Power: Subsidies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they estimate was their public subsidy contribution to UK wind farms during the period from 24 to 31 October.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL2889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>UK wind farms are currently supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO) or Feed-in Tariff (FiT) schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Data for support given to plants accredited under the RO scheme for October 2016 will be available in January 2017 from Ofgem. See link here: <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for support given to plants accredited under the FiT scheme for October 2016 will be published in Ofgem’s forthcoming annual report. The report does not break spend down by technology or month. The current report for 2014/15 can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/03/fit_annual_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/03/fit_annual_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/11/2016 13:28:06 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL2889.pdf title Annual Report 2014-15
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

646606

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	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	Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 26 June 2013 (WA139) and the briefing paper by the Chief Scientist of the Met Office <i>Statistical Models and the Global Temperature Record</i>, cited in the Written Answer, in the light of the use of such models in textbooks, as well as in over a hundred research papers, why they consider integrated models for the global temperature series to be inappropriate; and why the linear trend model that is studied in the briefing paper is not also considered to be inappropriate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
	uin	HL3624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>As detailed in the briefing paper <em>Statistical Models and the Global Temperature Record</em> by the Chief Scientist of the Met Office, neither integrated nor linear models incorporate knowledge of physical processes that affect global temperature change. Therefore, for a full picture of the science behind our changing climate, we do not rely solely upon statistical tests to assess changes in climate, but also use our physical understanding of how the climate system works embedded in our physical climate simulations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/12/2016 12:52:44 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue