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1231785

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK's hydrogen strategy; and what steps he is taking to formalise cross-departmental working on the Government's hydrogen strategy.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	86215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the development of hydrogen as a decarbonised energy carrier for the UK and we are currently developing our strategic approach to hydrogen. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is Chair of the Climate Action Implementation Cabinet Committee (CAI) which covers topics including hydrogen. BEIS officials and I also continue to work across government departments, including an on-going review of governance arrangements, to ensure we work effectively to develop new policy to help bring forward the technologies and supply chain we will need to grow the UK hydrogen economy.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/09/2020 14:03:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1231790

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Hydrogen Advisory Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish future meeting dates of the Hydrogen Advisory Council.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	86219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The inaugural meeting of the Hydrogen Advisory Council (HAC) was on 20 July 2020. It is expected to meet quarterly for at least the next two years with the next meeting scheduled on 14 October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/09/2020 14:05:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1231791

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Heating: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to increase the number of trials that are testing the safety of using hydrogen for domestic heat.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	86220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>Hydrogen is one potential option for decarbonising heating, alongside other solutions, including heat pumps and heat networks. The Government is therefore supporting a range of research, development and testing projects involving hydrogen to help determine the feasibility of using low carbon hydrogen as an alternative to the use of natural gas for heating in homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working closely with industry and other stakeholders to identify further testing and trials needed to provide evidence on issues including safety, feasibility, costs and benefits and the overall consumer experience.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/09/2020 14:07:29 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1231933

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will publish the Government’s response to the consultation on the Fuel Poverty for England Strategy, which closed on 16 September 2019.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	86079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>We intend to publish the Government response to the consultation on updating the Fuel Poverty Strategy for England shortly.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/09/2020 14:10:25 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1231988

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	Carbon Emissions: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291441 on Carbon Emissions: British Overseas Territories and with reference to the UK's hosting of the UN Climate Summit in 2021, which UK Overseas Territories have now requested to participate in the Paris Agreement; and what procedures will be used for carbon emissions accounting and reporting for those territories.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	86011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department continues to consult with UK Overseas Territories on whether they would like to have UK ratification of the Paris Agreement extended to them. For any that so choose, the extension process would ensure that UK Overseas Territories are able to contribute to UK Paris Agreement reporting to the UNFCCC as set out by the guidelines contained in the Enhanced Transparency Framework of the Paris Rulebook, agreed at COP24, Katowice.</p><p> </p><p>UK Overseas Territories that have previously had UK ratification of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) extended to them, including those who have had UK ratification of the Kyoto Protocol extended to them, are already included in the UK’s annual GHG inventory submission to the UNFCCC, National Inventory Report and Common Reporting Format tables. These publications are made available on the UNFCCC website and the National Atmospheric and Emissions Inventory website.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/09/2020 14:58:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1232006

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to publish the advice his Department is receiving from the Committee on Climate Change on the Government’s planned Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	86012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>We expect the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to include advice on the Nationally Determined Contribution when they publish advice on the Sixth Carbon Budget in December. The CCC will make this publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/09/2020 12:47:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1231541

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Future UK Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Regime Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the terms of reference for the review of policy on the future UK offshore oil and gas licensing regime.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	84958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>On 3 September, the Government announced that it would conduct a review of policy on the future UK offshore oil and gas licensing regime. Details of that announcement can be seen on gov.uk at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-review-into-future-offshore-oil-and-gas-licensing-regime" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-launches-review-into-future-offshore-oil-and-gas-licensing-regime</a>. Terms of reference and emerging findings from this review will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 13:02:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1231542

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Future UK Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Regime Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Oil and Gas Authority's mandate to Maximise Economic Recovery of oil and gas will be within scope of the review of policy on the future UK offshore oil and gas licensing regime.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	84959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA) mandate to maximise economic recovery of oil and gas (MER UK) is not within scope for this review. This review will look at policy on the future UK offshore oil and gas licensing regime as part of the wider aim of achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The review will consider whether regulators have the right powers and processes in place to effect any changes to our future licensing regime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 12:26:22 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1231619

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the UK's hydrogen strategy; and what steps he is taking to formalise cross-departmental working on the Government's hydrogen strategy.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	85085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the development of hydrogen as a decarbonised energy carrier for the UK and we are currently developing our strategic approach to hydrogen. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is Chair of the Climate Action Implementation Cabinet Committee (CAI) which covers topics including hydrogen. BEIS officials and I also continue to work across government departments, including an on-going review of governance arrangements, to ensure we work effectively to develop new policy to help bring forward the technologies and supply chain we will need to grow the UK hydrogen economy.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 16:21:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1231620

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Hydrogen Advisory Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the dates on which the Hydrogen Advisory Council is planned to meet.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	85086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The inaugural meeting of the Hydrogen Advisory Council (HAC) was on 20 July 2020. It is expected to meet quarterly for at least the next two years with the next meeting scheduled on 14 October 2020.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 12:35:34 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts