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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-10-29more like thismore than 2015-10-29
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Green Investment Bank: Privatisation more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what ability the Government plans to retain to ensure that the Green Investment Bank operates according to its original purposes after that body's privatisation. more like this
tabling member constituency Cardiff West more like this
tabling member printed
Kevin Brennan more like this
uin 14108 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-11-30more like thismore than 2015-11-30
answer text <p>Green investment is what the Green Investment Bank (GIB) does and is where its value lies. It is clear from preliminary feedback that potential investors are interested in GIB precisely because of its unique green specialism and its existing forward business plan and pipeline of green projects. Investors will have sound commercial reasons to maintain GIB’s green focus and continue operating in accordance with its clearly stated green principles and highly transparent and robust green reporting practices.</p><p>As a key part of any sale discussions, potential investors will be asked to confirm their commitment to these values and to set out how they propose to protect them. We envisage this would involve new shareholders agreeing to:</p><ul><li>ensure GIB continues to invest in a way that achieves a positive green impact; and</li><li>maintain GIB’s existing standards for reporting on its green investment performance as well as continue providing for independent assurance of this.</li></ul><p>It is important to understand Government could not impose binding conditions on future owners of GIB to act in a particular way while also securing our key objective of removing state control over GIB so it can be reclassified to the private sector.</p>
answering member constituency Broxtowe more like this
answering member printed Anna Soubry more like this
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answering member
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label Biography information for Anna Soubry remove filter
tabling member
1400
label Biography information for Kevin Brennan remove filter