Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1241253

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Namibia: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce an air bridge to Namibia; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	100271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Namibia is not currently on the list of countries exempt from self-isolation requirements. The Government takes a range of factors into account when deciding which countries to add or remove from the Travel Corridor list. These include an estimate of the proportion of the population that is currently infectious in each country, virus incidence rates, trends and rates of change, transmission status and international epidemic intelligence, information on a country’s testing capacity, testing regime and test positivity rate, an assessment of the quality of the data available, the effectiveness of measures being deployed by a country and the volume of travel between the UK and that country. ​The Government keeps the list of travel corridors under constant review. We will make further exemptions when we are sure that we can do so safely and responsibly.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/10/2020 13:58:56 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1241349

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on maritime decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	100473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has frequent discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in relation to maritime decarbonisation and climate change matters.</p><p> </p><p>DfT and BEIS officials meet regularly to discuss the decarbonisation of both the domestic and international maritime sectors, and in relation to wider decarbonisation issues including the maritime aspects of offshore renewable energy, the role of advanced fuels including hydrogen in the UK economy, and the resulting opportunities for green growth.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/10/2020 14:36:10 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1241352

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the economic effect of investing in maritime decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	100474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>In 2015, the Department published the Maritime Growth Study, which considered all aspects of the maritime sector and identified where action could be taken to generate growth<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Following the publication of Maritime 2050 in 2019, which builds on the findings of the Maritime Growth Study, the Department published the Clean Maritime Plan, which identified the potential for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission shipping<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the Plan, the Department published an assessment of the value of potential economic opportunities from low and zero emission shipping. This review provided a framework for assessing the scale of the opportunity generated by emission reduction technologies, including a mapping of the relevant supply chain, an assessment of the global uptake of these technologies, the economic footprint of the UK firms in the supply chain and the UK’s share of global export of these technologies<sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-growth-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/maritime-growth-study</a></p><p><sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815664/clean-maritime-plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815664/clean-maritime-plan.pdf</a></p><p><sup><sup>[3]</sup></sup> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815666/economic-opportunities-low-zero-emission-shipping.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/815666/economic-opportunities-low-zero-emission-shipping.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/10/2020 14:41:27 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1241354

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs that could be created as a result of investment in maritime decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	100475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, the Department published the Clean Maritime Plan, which noted the potential for clean economic growth in the UK as a result of the transition to zero emission shipping.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the Plan, the Department published an assessment of the potential economic opportunities from low and zero emission shipping. While this does not estimate the number of potential new jobs that could be created through the decarbonisation of the maritime sector, it identifies a large potential global market for the elements of alternative maritime fuel production technologies in which the UK has a particular competitive advantage (for example, upfront design), which could result in economic benefits to the UK of around £360–£510 million per year by the middle of the century.</p><p> </p><p>Maritime UK has published its views that investment in maritime decarbonisation could in future create more than 15 thousand jobs as well as tens of thousands of jobs when considering the wider supply chain. Industry research estimates that in 2017 the UK maritime sector as a whole directly supported more than 220 thousand jobs for UK employees.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/10/2020 14:48:11 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1241420

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to increase the restriction on aircraft crew carrying liquids through security at airports to less than two litres.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	100500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Aviation security remains a priority for the Government. There are currently no plans to lift or increase the levels of liquid currently permitted to be carried by aircraft crew through security. We do however regularly assess our security measures to ensure they are proportionate and effective, including taking advice from the Civil Aviation Authority.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 100501 question first answered 16/10/2020 13:36:35 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1241421

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the liquid restriction for aircraft crew carrying liquids through security at airports.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	100501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>Aviation security remains a priority for the Government. There are currently no plans to lift or increase the levels of liquid currently permitted to be carried by aircraft crew through security. We do however regularly assess our security measures to ensure they are proportionate and effective, including taking advice from the Civil Aviation Authority.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 100500 question first answered 16/10/2020 13:36:35 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1240942

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department is making available to the maritime industry to support the decarbonisation of that industry.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	99560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>To date the Department for Transport has funded a £1.5m competition for innovation in clean maritime and provided £193,897 in grant support through the Department’s Transport Technology Research Innovation Grant Programme to early stage research projects related to clean maritime.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/10/2020 13:59:47 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1240943

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic effect of providing Government funding to support the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	99561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>My Department has undertaken extensive research, in consultation with the shipping sector and other Government Departments, on the economic opportunities for the UK from the design, development and commercialisation of those technologies that are expected to be critical to achieving zero emission shipping by 2050. This research had been published in support of the Clean Maritime Plan on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/10/2020 14:02:41 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1240944

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor the Exchequer on the provision of Government funding for the maritime industry to support the decarbonisation of that industry.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	99562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>My Department has undertaken extensive research considering the level of investment required for the UK’s domestic maritime sector to achieve net zero by 2050. This research comprises a range of scenarios assessing different policy options, including both costs and benefits, and has been published in support of the Clean Maritime Plan on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/10/2020 13:38:29 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1240959

registered interest
date	06/10/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to the maritime sector to help support growth in the production of offshore wind energy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	99656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2020 answer text <p>Ahead of our economy-wide net zero target, Government has commissioned and published extensive work considering the options for decarbonising the maritime sector, including the role of public funding. This research suggests that maritime decarbonisation could result in economic benefits to the UK of up to £510 million per year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the potential merits of allocating funding to the maritime sector for the purpose of supporting the growth in the production of offshore wind energy.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 14/10/2020 12:55:26 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown