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1010177

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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
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 implications for his policies on (a) green energy subsidies and (b) taxes on fossil fuel emissions of the findings of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special report, Global warming of 1.5 degrees, published in October 2018.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	192821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Just one week after the publication of the IPCC’s Special Report on global warming of 1.5 degrees, we commissioned the advice of the independent Committee on Climate Change on the implications of the Paris Agreement on our long-term target. As part of this, we have requested that they provide advice on our policies to support our transition to a low carbon economy. We look forward to receiving their advice in Spring 2019, and will consider their recommendations carefully.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/11/2018 16:28:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1010184

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Innovate UK: Northern Ireland
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 technology and innovation projects have been supported by Innovate UK in Northern Ireland in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	192774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Innovate UK have supported a range of pioneering technology and innovation projects across Northern Ireland over the last two years, covering areas such as digital health technology and neurotechnology.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/11/2018 08:48:03 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1010196

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Offshore Industry: Climate Change
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 15 November 2018 to Question 186941 on Offshore Industry: Oil, and with reference to the October 2018 IPCC report recommendations on the reduction in emissions required by 2030, what his Department's definition is of the time frame medium term.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	192706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>We need to ensure we have a balanced energy mix, so we have a reliable, clean and affordable energy system as we continue to move to a low carbon economy. There will be an ongoing role for some fossil fuels during this transition.</p><p> </p><p>While there is a wide range of possible pathways to meet our emission reduction targets, we expect some fossil fuels to play an important ongoing role in the coming decades when combined with Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/11/2018 16:29:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1010197

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Climate Change
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 15 November 2018 to Question 189542, on Carbon Budgets: Climate Change, and with reference to the Committee on Climate Change’s assessment of the cost-effectiveness of the UK’s decarbonisation pathway, whether it is mandatory that the committee includes an assessment of the costs incurred by continued high carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	192707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>We have asked the Committee on Climate Change to consider the costs and benefits associated with the range of possible scenarios they recommend and to provide a comparison with the costs and benefits of meeting our current long-term target. When assessing costs, consideration will be given to the impacts, both positive and negative, of innovation and global deployment of technologies. The assessment of benefits will take into account costs avoided.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/11/2018 16:28:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1010282

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much (a) PM2.5, (b) ammonia, (c) nitrogen oxides, (d) sulphur dioxide, (e) benzene, (f) formaldhyde, (g) acrolein and (h) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is emitted annually by sources supported financially by the (i) domestic and (ii) non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	192738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Government recognises the scale of the challenge on national air quality. That’s why DEFRA will be publishing a Clean Air Strategy in 2018. The Government’s long-term strategy is to see households move away from polluting fuels towards cleaner technologies.</p><p> </p><p>Technologies supported by the Renewable Heat Incentive must meet strict air quality rules. Biomass boilers are likely to replace oil boilers, reducing pollutants overall as a result. Work is ongoing to assess the air quality impact of the RHI scheme, and this will feed into future policymaking.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/11/2018 16:28:06 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

1010284

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Air Pollution
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of the use of biomass boilers supported financially by the (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic renewable heat incentive on (i) air quality and (ii) levels of (A) particulate emissions, (B) morbidity and (C) mortality.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	192739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Biomass Boilers supported under the RHI scheme must meet strict air quality and feedstock sustainability rules. The air quality requirements ensure applicants for both RHI schemes with a biomass boiler (including CHP) will need to have emissions levels no higher than 30 grams per gigajoule (g/GJ) net heat input for particulate matter (PM) and 150g/GJ for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), which are the two main pollutants. Currently no data is available on levels of morbidity and mortality.</p><p>We are currently consulting on making new biomass installations in urban areas ineligible for the RHI. The consultation also contains an assessment of the impacts of this policy change. For more information please visit: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewable-heat-incentive-biomass-combustion-in-urban-areas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewable-heat-incentive-biomass-combustion-in-urban-areas</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 192740 question first answered 22/11/2018 16:29:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

1010285

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Air Pollution
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of the use of biomass boilers supported financially by the (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic renewable heat incentive on (i) air quality and (ii) levels of (A) morbidity and (B) mortality in (1) urban and (2) rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	192740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Biomass Boilers supported under the RHI scheme must meet strict air quality and feedstock sustainability rules. The air quality requirements ensure applicants for both RHI schemes with a biomass boiler (including CHP) will need to have emissions levels no higher than 30 grams per gigajoule (g/GJ) net heat input for particulate matter (PM) and 150g/GJ for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), which are the two main pollutants. Currently no data is available on levels of morbidity and mortality.</p><p>We are currently consulting on making new biomass installations in urban areas ineligible for the RHI. The consultation also contains an assessment of the impacts of this policy change. For more information please visit: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewable-heat-incentive-biomass-combustion-in-urban-areas" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/renewable-heat-incentive-biomass-combustion-in-urban-areas</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 192739 question first answered 22/11/2018 16:29:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

1010333

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Offshore Industry: Oil
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 19 November to Question 191275 on Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions, if he will assess the (a) compatibility of the Oil and Gas Authority's remit to maximise the economic recovery of petroleum from the UK continental shelf with the UK’s decarbonisation commitments as a signatory to the Paris agreement and (b) potential merits of changing that remit to support the winding down of the petroleum industry over the next 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	192716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>Maximising Economic Recovery (MER UK) contributes to the UK’s diverse energy mix, which is necessary as this country moves towards a low carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>Projections in like with CC advice show that oil and gas will remain an important component of the UK’s energy mix until 2035 and beyond. It is important that the OGA continues with the objective of MER UK to help fulfil ongoing UK energy demand needs.</p><p> </p><p>The UK remains committed to the Paris Agreement and we are leading the world in our response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s special report on global warming of 1.5°C– commissioning the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) for their advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets, just one week after its publication. As part of this, we have requested that they provide evidence on how reductions in line with the CCC’s recommendations might be delivered in key sectors of the economy and we will consider their advice carefully when it is received.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/11/2018 16:27:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

1010382

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Consultation
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 the timetable is for the Government’s response to its consultations on (a) Employment status (b) Increasing transparency in the labour market (c) Agency workers and (d) Enforcement of employment rights.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	192927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has received over 400 detailed responses to the four consultations. We are very grateful to everyone who took the time to respond. Their insights have been invaluable in informing our policy development. We will be publishing our response to these consultations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/11/2018 12:49:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1010399

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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 Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
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 he is taking steps to ensure that generating stations which qualify for Feed-in-Tariffs continue to receive equipment breakdown support after the closure of the scheme in April 2019.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	192937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on the Feed-In Tariffs scheme, which closed on 13 September, requested evidence on likely replacement rates and any efficiency gains, in order to better understand the budgetary impact of any proposals to allow generators to replace any element of their plant and retain their current tariff, before we decide whether to consult further on this issue. We will publish a government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/11/2018 16:28:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith