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1171538

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date	16/01/2020
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 cross-departmental structures have been put in place to ensure they deliver on their global climate change commitments at the COP26 Summit in 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has set up a COP26 Unit within Cabinet Office. This unit leads on the delivery of the COP26 Summit and it will coordinate across Government departments and devolved administrations to ensure COP26 objectives are met.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The newly established Cabinet Committee on Climate Change will oversee preparations for COP26.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 22/01/2020 17:15:39 question first ministerially corrected 28/01/2020 12:10:18 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank previous answer version 2350 answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1170782

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Manufacturing Industries: North East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support manufacturing in the North East of England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of manufacturing to the North East and to the economy. Through the North East Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deal, we are supporting job growth and economic development with £379.6 million of funding from the Local Growth Fund. This includes £42 million of funding for the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) in Sunderland. Sunderland Council estimates that the IAMP will attract £300 million of private sector investment to help grow local manufacturing sectors.</p><p> </p><p>We are also giving over £600 million to support the High Value Manufacturing Catapult network; their Centre for Process Innovation at Wilton focuses on the commercialisation of innovation, research and development, helping North East manufacturers to develop and adopt cutting edge technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 22/01/2020 17:16:15 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

1170807

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Carers: Leave
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the entitlement to one week’s leave for unpaid carers included in the Queen's Speech December 2019: background briefing notes, published on 19 December 2019, refers to paid or unpaid leave.
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. That is why we are bringing forward an Employment Bill which will represent the largest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s proposal is to introduce a week of unpaid Carer’s Leave. This will be complementary to other employment rights, such as the right to request flexible working, annual leave and the right to time off for family and dependants which help employees balance work with caring responsibilities.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/01/2020 15:52:55 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1170137

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Wind Power: Dorset
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 viability of the Navitus Bay wind farm site.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>It is for developers to come forward with proposals for potential locations of generating stations including offshore windfarms.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change assessed an application for development consent for a wind farm on the Navitus Bay wind farm site in 2015. The Secretary of State issued a decision on 11 September 2015 refusing the grant of development consent for the proposed Navitus Bay offshore wind farm.</p><p> </p><p>The decision was in line with the recommendation of the Planning Inspectorate, which examined a wide range of issues related to the potential benefits and impacts of the project in reaching its conclusion. The Secretary of State’s decision letter sets out her consideration of those issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank grouped question UIN HL285 question first answered 22/01/2020 16:57:59 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1170138

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Wind Power: Dorset
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 the Navitus Bay wind farm site is successfully developed.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>It is for developers to come forward with proposals for potential locations of generating stations including offshore windfarms.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change assessed an application for development consent for a wind farm on the Navitus Bay wind farm site in 2015. The Secretary of State issued a decision on 11 September 2015 refusing the grant of development consent for the proposed Navitus Bay offshore wind farm.</p><p> </p><p>The decision was in line with the recommendation of the Planning Inspectorate, which examined a wide range of issues related to the potential benefits and impacts of the project in reaching its conclusion. The Secretary of State’s decision letter sets out her consideration of those issues.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank grouped question UIN HL284 question first answered 22/01/2020 16:57:59 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1170139

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Wind Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the deployment of (1) offshore, and (2) onshore, wind energy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK is the world’s largest offshore wind market with 9.8GW installed, which is expected to rise to 14GW by 2023 and 19.5GW by 2026. On 23 July 2018, the Government announced the timetable for future Contracts for Difference auctions, which is the main mechanism for deploying new renewable technologies. The auctions have the potential to deliver up to 2GW of new offshore wind every year in the 2020s, which has given long term vision and clarity to the offshore wind sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Offshore Wind Sector Deal, published on 7 March 2019, will build on the UK’s global leadership in offshore wind bringing a strategic approach to deliver increased capacity of offshore wind, while boosting the UK economy, enhancing growth in the regions while continuing to reduce costs.</p><p> </p><p>Onshore wind has also deployed successfully to date in the UK, recently exceeding 14GW of installed operational capacity. Onshore wind continues to fall in cost and has resulted in several merchant onshore wind sites being deployed to date.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/01/2020 15:53:48 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1170160

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Washing Machines
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) had with Whirlpool in advance of the company issuing a product recall of its Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines in December 2019; and whether Whirlpool issued the product recall at the request of the OPSS.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting consumers from unsafe products. Legislation is in place to require that manufacturers only place safe products on the market and take action where they identify a safety issue with products already on the market.</p><p> </p><p>Whirlpool informed OPSS in October 2019 that it was investigating a potential issue with door locks on some models of washing machine. OPSS required the company to provide detailed data on this issue in order to have clarity on the nature and scale of the problem and to identify the appropriate response to protect public safety. Following assessment of the issue, it was agreed that a full recall should be instigated and the recall programme was announced on 17 December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>OPSS is now monitoring the recall closely and will hold the company to account if it does not an effective recall.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 23/01/2020 15:50:49 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1170162

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Consumer Goods: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the departure of the UK from the EU, they will remain a part of the Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products (RAPEX); and, in this context, whether they intend to continue to exchange relevant information with the EU Commission and EU member states.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Whether the UK will remain a part of RAPEX is dependent on the outcome of the negotiations on the future economic partnership between the UK and the EU. It is the Government’s intention to seek deep regulatory cooperation with the EU as part of a new free trade agreement.</p><p>In November, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) launched the Product Safety Database to enable national and local regulators in the UK to share information on product safety notices.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/01/2020 15:54:22 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1170163

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Electrical Goods: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what, if any, consideration is being given to registration of white electrical goods at the point of sale.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is conducting extensive research with 4,000 consumers to understand their attitudes to product registration and trial different approaches. Officials are developing proposals to increase registration, including assessing the merits of mandatory registration for electrical products as part of this work.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/01/2020 15:54:47 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1170164

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Consumer Goods: Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what, if any, recent advice has been given to local authorities on regulating the sale of second hand electrical goods.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Local Authorities are responsible for enforcing a wide range of legislation and ensuring their staff are suitably trained and competent to enforce it. The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) funds the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) to provide learning and development activities to front line officers. The current planned programme of training for 2020 includes regulation of the sale of second hand electrical goods.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 21/01/2020 15:56:01 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town