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753618

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Overseas Companies
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 the Government takes to ensure that British businesses abroad uphold (a) international law on free, prior and informed consent, (b) the International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and (c) the rights of land and environmental activists operational in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	5939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights implements the United Nations’ voluntary Guiding Principles and sets out expectations of businesses to respect human rights wherever they operate. As part of this, businesses are encouraged to adopt appropriate due diligence policies to identify, prevent and mitigate human rights risks and to consult people who may be affected at all stages of project design and implementation, in ways which ensure their participation and take into account language or other potential barriers, and to pay particular attention to indigenous peoples. The Government’s Overseas Business Risk service helps with this by providing geopolitical and economic analysis on overseas markets to exporters, including information on potential human rights risks.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/07/2017 08:55:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

753627

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
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 he plans to re-introduce the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	5660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of the need to provide industry with clarity on the Renewable Heat Incentive reforms, and will do so as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/07/2017 08:56:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

753643

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Energy: Prices
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 progress has been made on commissioning an independent review into the cost of energy for households and businesses.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	5786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We are already taking steps to reduce the cost of energy for households and businesses and will outline our plans for the review shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/07/2017 10:29:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

752857

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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	Energy: Swansea East
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 estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of constituents in Swansea East constituency will be covered by the Government's proposals to safeguard customers on the poorest value tariff.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	5161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken any estimate of the number, or proportion of customers in individual constituencies, who would be protected by proposals to safeguard customers on the poorest value tariffs. Ofgem is considering options to protect vulnerable consumers and has yet to announce a formal proposal. Alongside this Ofgem has announced a package of measures to help consumers move away from poor value tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/07/2017 13:45:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

752006

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to support the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon Project.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the recommendations of the Hendry Review on tidal lagoons and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 26/07/2017 13:17:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

751484

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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: Seas and Oceans
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 proportion of the UK's offshore wind sector is owned by UK investors and companies.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	4643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold specific information on UK ownership given the breadth of the sector and related supply chain. There has been significant overseas investment into offshore wind in the UK. Bloomberg New Energy Finance reported that in 2016 the UK led Europe for the third successive year, with investment of $25.9bn, up 2% year on year percentage increase in investment in the UK in clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/07/2017 09:13:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 5078 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

749553

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Energy: Price Caps
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 assessment his Department has made of the merits of a relative price cap for domestic energy consumers.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	3449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has written to Ofgem asking the regulator to advise him on the action it intends to take to safeguard customers on the poorest value tariffs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/07/2017 09:16:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint