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1733363

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Building Regulations Act 2010 to introduce mandatory reporting on embodied carbon emissions for projects (a) with a gross internal area of 1000m2 or more and (b) that create more than 10 dwellings to help meet the UK's climate change commitments.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	8459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Reducing embodied carbon emissions from the built environment is a key part of meeting the country’s net zero targets. These emissions predominantly come from the supply chains leading to new buildings, and there is work across government to decarbonise those supply chains. The Building Regulations are one of several mechanisms that could be used to encourage reporting of embodied carbon in construction, and my department is currently considering the role they might play.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 18/10/2024 10:23:57 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1732366

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Landfill: Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to extend support for landfill gas to energy operators beyond 2027.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	7833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>Government is aware that support under the Renewables Obligation Scheme, including some that landfill gas generators hold, concludes from 2027 onwards. We are speaking with a variety of generators to understand the impact that the conclusion of support will have on their future operations. This will inform considerations about whether further support is required.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 16/10/2024 12:23:19 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1732367

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Oil and Natural Gas: Production
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take legislative steps to ban the routine (a) flaring and (b) venting of oil and gas by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	7834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>The UK has committed to the World Bank’s ‘Zero Routine Flaring by 2030’ Initiative, and has additionally committed to end routine venting by 2030. In the North Sea Transition Deal the UK industry committed to accelerate compliance ahead of 2030.</p><p> </p><p>With support from Government, industry is on track to meet these ambitious targets.</p><p>According to the North Sea Transition Authority, flaring reduced by 49% between 2018 and 2023, and methane emissions fell by more than 50% in the same period.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 16/10/2024 14:32:15 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1731952

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the paragraph 52 of the Second Special Report of the Environmental Audit Committee of Session 2019 on Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life: Government Response to the Committee’s Twentieth Report of Session 2017-19, HC160, published on 30 October 2019, what recent progress his Department has made on developing revised regulations to replace the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations 1988; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the consultation conducted by the Office for Product Safety and Standards entitled, Smarter Regulation: Fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture on proposals for a new approach to the fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture, which closed on 24 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	7518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Following the formation of the Government in July, the Department for Business and Trade is considering next steps for this important issue, including reviewing the evidence gathered from the 2023 consultation, <em>Smarter Regulation: Fire safety of domestic upholstered furniture</em>. The recommendations of the Environmental Audit Committee following the inquiry <em>Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Life </em>formed part of the evidence base informing the consultation proposals. The Government will engage with consumer organisations, businesses, and other interested groups and provide updates in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 14/10/2024 09:54:15 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1731961

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Plastics: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will include in the forthcoming Budget proposals relating to the plastic packaging tax - chemical recycling and adoption of a mass balance approach consultation, published on 18 July 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	7519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The government has confirmed its intent to publish a response to this consultation by the end of the year. Further details of the government’s response will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ealing North answering member printed James Murray question first answered 15/10/2024 13:18:50 answering member 4797 label Biography information for James Murray
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1731964

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2024
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Plastics: Packaging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with His Majesty's Treasury on the Government's response to the consultation on Plastic Packaging Tax - chemical recycling and adoption of a mass balance approach, published on 18 July 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	7520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>Yes. Officials in Defra work closely with HM Treasury colleagues. We are aware that the Treasury has committed to publishing a response to the consultation before the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Coventry East answering member printed Mary Creagh question first answered 15/10/2024 16:08:45 answering member 1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1730552

	registered interest
	date	04/10/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Sizewell C Power Station: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much and what proportion of the funding that his Department has allocated to the proposed new nuclear plant at Sizewell C has been allocated for (a) land clearance, (b) other site preparation, (c) essential forgings and (d) other components for reactors.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	6413
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>Specific details of the project’s spending plans are commercially sensitive – and budget allocations for different elements of work are set by the company, Sizewell C Limited. As majority shareholders in the project, government has previously committed to invest £2.5 billion in the project’s development and recently strengthened this with a further subsidy scheme of up to £5.5 billion to provide certainty and ensure the project has access to the necessary financial support to remain on schedule.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 14/10/2024 13:34:39 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1729572

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Consumers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Net Zero, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of flexible energy systems on consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	5820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>The transition to a smarter energy system can bring benefits for many consumers. This was a key factor in a call for evidence carried out earlier this year on the future of default tariffs in a more flexible market <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcalls-for-evidence%2Fdefault-energy-tariffs-for-households-call-for-evidence&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C72be98b5a5d440fd227808dce9fa04eb%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638642507265489262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jxgxQDObU%2BFs0RB5oV8%2BCajdDQUteLE%2FfYtFMUV5k4Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/calls-for-evidence/default-energy-tariffs-for-households-call-for-evidence</a></p><p> </p><p>DESNZ and Ofgem will continue to work closely to ensure that consumers can benefit from a more flexible energy system whilst being protected from unfair or inefficient pricing.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 11/10/2024 13:46:49 answering member 5099
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1728879

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	National Energy System Operator
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the National Energy System Operator (NESO) integrates demand side flexibility into its market design.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	5350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2024 answer text <p>NESO's role is set out in legislation and licences and is regulated by Ofgem. It has a statutory duty to have regard to the Strategy and Policy Statement, which was issued earlier this year and sets out the government’s intention for NESO to consider ‘opportunities to shift and manage demand through smart solutions, such as electricity or hydrogen storage, demand side response and low carbon generation.’</p><p> </p><p>Demand side flexibility has a key role to play in delivering clean power by 2030 and making Britain a clean energy superpower. Such opportunities will include the potential to further integrate demand side response through changes to the design and operation of the markets that NESO operates.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 11/10/2024 13:21:25 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1728421

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Great British Nuclear: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his Answer of 2 September 2024 to Question 2122 on Great British Nuclear: Recruitment, if he will list (a) the organisations from which personnel have been seconded to Great British Nuclear and (b) the number of personnel recruited from each.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	5089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>GBN has grown rapidly as an organisation to deliver on its mission and now has over 100 personnel working for it, including those seconded from a range of organisations. Permanent recruitment for the Executive Team is actively underway and this will be followed by recruitment for the rest of the organisation.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 18/09/2024 16:36:16 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse