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1171235

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the legal implications of Clause 37 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	900234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>I cannot comment on Cabinet discussions, or on whether or not I have given legal advice.</p><p> </p><p>What I can say is that the Government remains fully committed to the principle of family reunion and supporting the most vulnerable children. Clause 37 of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill does not represent a change of government policy in that regard. It simply removes the statutory requirement to negotiate.</p> answering member constituency Torridge and West Devon answering member printed Mr Geoffrey Cox question first answered 16/01/2020 15:47:34 answering member 1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1123517

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	Fracking: Planning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure the (a) interests and (b) safety of local communities is fully considered in decisions on planning for shale gas fracking; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
	uin	248718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to ensuring that local communities are fully involved in planning decisions that affect them. Planning applications for shale development proposals require consultation with local communities, ensuring that planning concerns about potential impacts raised by local people are taken into account in the determination of such applications.</p><p>The Government takes the safety of the public and environmental protection very seriously and are confident we have a robust regulatory framework in place. We have been clear that shale gas exploration development must be safe and environmentally sound. The UK has world-class regulation to ensure that shale gas exploration can happen safely, respecting local communities and safeguarding the environment. National planning policy makes clear that in considering planning applications, mineral planning authorities should ensure that there are no unacceptable adverse impacts on the natural and historic environment or on human health.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/05/2019 13:02:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

101376

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Oil: Refineries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many former refineries have been converted to import and distribution terminals.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	212181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Of the peak 22 refineries operating in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1974, seven are still operating as refineries and seven are now principally operating as oil import and distribution terminals.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/11/2014 16:00:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58301

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of information for carers on affordable energy.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199155
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>DECC Ministers and officials meet energy company representatives on a regular basis to discuss market issues.</p><p>It is important that all consumers, including carers, have access to information to help them make informed decisions about their energy use. That is why Ofgem introduced a new simpler tariff framework consisting of a tariff information label and tariff comparison rate to make it easier for consumers to compare tariffs across the market. In April Ofgem launched the ‘Be An Energy Shopper' campaign to empower consumers to shop around for a better deal for their energy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199156 question first answered 12/06/2014 14:05:21 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

58302

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Carers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with energy companies on the affordability of energy tariffs for carers.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>DECC Ministers and officials meet energy company representatives on a regular basis to discuss market issues.</p><p>It is important that all consumers, including carers, have access to information to help them make informed decisions about their energy use. That is why Ofgem introduced a new simpler tariff framework consisting of a tariff information label and tariff comparison rate to make it easier for consumers to compare tariffs across the market. In April Ofgem launched the ‘Be An Energy Shopper' campaign to empower consumers to shop around for a better deal for their energy.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 199155 question first answered 12/06/2014 14:05:21 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

60640

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Profits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average profit made by energy companies on the energy bills of households in each constituency in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	199575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Data on the average profit made by energy companies at the level of households in each constituency is not available.</p><p>The average pre-tax profit made per household consumer in 2012 was £53 or 4.3%. (Source: “Making the Profits of the six largest energy suppliers clear” factsheet, Ofgem). Ofgem also estimates pre-tax margins over the next 12 months using current data in their Supply Market Indicator. Their latest estimate of pre-tax margins for May 2014-April 2015 was £96 or 7% (Source: Understanding energy bills, Ofgem).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 16/06/2014 13:22:05 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64314

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the duration in days that airports in the south east of England would be able to run at full aviation fuel demand capacity in the event of an emergency on the scale of the Buncefield explosion in 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK supplies of aviation fuels are resilient to most hazards and additional protections have been put in place since the incident at Buncefield in 2005. Any impact upon supplies would depend entirely on the nature of any incident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 202805 question first answered 02/07/2014 15:39:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64315

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Oil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to monitor the amount of available capacity in the UKOP, GPSS and MLP UK pipeline systems.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Both the UKOP and MLP pipeline systems are privately owned and operated. Currently there are no statutory provisions that require private pipeline owners and operators to make available commercial information on spare capacity.</p><p>The GPSS is a government owned pipeline and DECC is able to obtain information regarding available capacity on request.</p><p>Following the recent cross- government review of the role of both the UK refining and import sectors in UK, and in recognition of pipe-line access being cited as an issue by some stakeholders, the new independently chaired Midstream Oil Government and Industry Task Force will take forward further work on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:40:09 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64316

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Oil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department has taken to ensure equality of access to the UKOP, GPSS and MLP UK pipeline systems.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Both the UKOP and MLP pipeline systems are privately owned and operated and commercial decisions on access are taken by the companies concerned. The Pipelines Act 1962 contains provisions for owners/operators to offer third party access and for any spare capacity to be made available to anyone who wishes to apply for it.</p><p>The GPSS is a government owned pipeline operated by the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA), a public corporation sponsored by the Ministry of Defence. The OPA lets commercial contracts on a similar basis to operators of private pipelines provided these are consistent with Defence requirements. Access to the GPSS may require the agreement of private companies which control ingress points, egress points or other pipelines connected to the network.</p><p>Following the recent cross- government review of the role of both the UK refining and import sectors in UK, and in recognition of pipeline access being cited as an issue by some stakeholders, the new independently chaired Midstream Oil Government and Industry Task Force will take forward further work on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:42:20 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64317

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what strategic level his Department has agreed with industry for the amount of motor gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel products required to meet the compulsory stock oligations.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
	tabling member printed	John Robertson
	uin	202803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>EU Member States are required under EU Directive 2009/119/EC to hold oil stocks at the higher of 90 days of average net daily imports or 61 days of average daily inland consumption in order to mitigate a substantial supply disruption. At present, the UK is obligated at 61 days of average daily inland consumption. The UK meets this obligation by directing substantial suppliers of oil products to the UK market to hold stocks.</p><p>In order to meet the requirements of EU Directive, the UK requires that at least one-third of this obligation is held by industry in the form of gas/diesel oil, motor gasoline and Kerosene-type jet fuel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/07/2014 16:24:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson