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947490

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
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	Lighting: EU Law
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 his Department is making on taking forward with the European Commission the concerns of entertainment venues and lighting designers about the effect of the proposed EU Lighting Regulation 2020 to replace EU1194/2012 on theatre and other entertainment lighting.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	167943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made representations to the European Commission in writing and in person to discuss the concerns of entertainment venues and lighting designers and potential solutions. Following officials’ advice to the industry, I understand that some of their representatives also met with the Commission and submitted an alternative proposal for stage lighting for their consideration.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this is still a proposal at this stage and a final decision on the draft regulation is likely to be made at the end of this year. Until then we will continue to engage with both industry, other Member States and the European Commission to inform the UK position prior to voting on the regulation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2018 15:12:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

931808

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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	Plastics: Commonwealth
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 25 June 2018 to Question 155717 on plastics: marine environment, how much Official Development Assistance funding has been allocated to the Commonwealth Marine Plastics Research and Innovation Framework; and what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that framework benefits people (a) living in poverty affected by mismanaged waste and (b) working in the informal waste management sector in developing countries.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	158184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The exact mix of the UK’s contribution to the Framework will be agreed in the autumn when large research programmes bids, including an Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme, are complete. The Framework will strengthen capacity to prevent plastics from becoming waste and getting into the oceans. Interdisciplinary research and innovation will develop social, economic and environmental solutions to waste management challenges at local, national and Commonwealth scales.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/07/2018 16:40:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

931931

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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	Thorium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to p2 of Small nuclear power: Government response to the Fourth Report of the Energy and Climate Change Committee 2014-15, HC 1105, what further analysis has been undertaken to understand the implications on waste management and disposal of using thorium fuels; and if he will commission a study to confirm the potential benefits of thorium in the longer-term and how any potential barriers to its use might be overcome.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	158186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>No further analysis has been undertaken to understand the implications on waste management and disposal of using thorium fuels. There are currently no plans to commission a study to confirm the potential benefits of thorium in the longer-term and how any potential barriers to its use might be overcome.</p><p> </p><p>The successful bidders for Phase 1 of the Advanced Modular Reactor Feasibility &amp; Development Programme were announced on 28<sup>th</sup> June. It should be noted that none of the eight designs that will be given an opportunity to demonstrate the technical and commercial feasibility of their designs plan to use thorium fuels.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/07/2018 16:24:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

927979

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Plastics: Marine Environment
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 Marine Plastics Research and Innovation Framework will have funding allocated from Official Development Aid.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	155717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK £25m contribution to the Commonwealth Marine Plastics Research and Innovation Framework will come from a number of Official Development Assistance (ODA) and non-ODA sources, including planned government-funded research and innovation activities and new activities from unallocated budgets.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 25/06/2018 14:00:39 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

926620

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Agriculture: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason emissions from agricultural farming in the greenhouse gas national inventory report do not include emissions from (a) feed produced overseas, (b) transportation, (c) cooking, (d) food waste, (e) refrigeration, (f) air conditioning, (g) waste disposal and (h) soils treated with nitrogen fertilisers.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	154635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The UK is an Annex I party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC adopted the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (<a href="https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/" target="_blank">https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/</a>) for Annex I countries in Decision 24/CP.19. The UK is thus required to make use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines in the compilation of the UK’s greenhouse gas inventory. These guidelines define four sectors: Energy, Industrial Processes and Product Use (IPPU), Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) and Waste. The guidelines also define national greenhouse gas inventories as including only emissions which take place within each country’s territorial boundary. This applies to your question as follows:</p><p>a) emissions from feed produced overseas are out of scope of national greenhouse gas inventories</p><p>b) emissions from transportation are included in the Energy sector</p><p>c) emissions from cooking are included in the Energy sector</p><p>d) emissions from food waste are included in the Waste sector</p><p>e) emissions from refrigeration are included in the Energy and IPPU sectors</p><p>f) emissions from air conditioning are included in the Energy and IPPU sectors</p><p>g) emissions from waste disposal are included in the Waste sector</p><p>h) emissions from soils treated with nitrogen fertilisers are included in the AFOLU sector</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/06/2018 14:46:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

900436

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Animal Experiments
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 funding his Department provided for (a) research involving animals and (b) the development of non-animal experimentation methods in each of the last four years; and what the proportion of funding was for research involving animals in that same period for each disease area targeted by the funding.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	142372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and is currently being researched. I will write to the Hon. Member as soon as the information is available and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/05/2018 13:02:54 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

873575

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Anaerobic Digestion
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 his Department plans to update its anaerobic digestion action and strategy plan.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	134689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Anaerobic Digestion (AD) has the potential to support the UK to decarbonise, divert waste from landfill and produce nutrient-rich fertiliser.</p><p>Through the Feed In Tariff, Renewables Obligation and Renewable Heat Incentive, Government has supported the deployment of 0.46 GW of AD. We currently have no plans to update the Anaerobic Digestion Strategy and Action Plan, but we continue to assess the potential benefits of AD through delivery of the Industrial Strategy and Clean Growth Strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2018 13:55:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

847788

registered interest
date	23/02/2018
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	Horizon 2020
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 Treasury underwrite of Horizon 2020 funding awarded before the UK leaves the EU will cover European Research Council grant holders who were working at institutions outside of the UK when they signed their grant but who want to relocate to complete their research at a UK institution.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	129464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The UK is eligible to fully participate in all aspects of the Horizon 2020 programme, including the European Research Council (ERC), while we remain a member of the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Joint Report presented by EU and UK negotiators states that: “following withdrawal from the Union the UK will continue to participate in the Union programmes financed by the MFF 2014-2020 until their closure”. This includes participation in Horizon 2020.</p><p>This means that, subject to the Withdrawal Agreement, ERC grant holders will continue to be eligible to relocate their grants to and from the UK.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government’s underwrite guarantee remains in place in the event that commitments made in the Joint Report are not met. This ensures UK participants who successfully bid for competitive EU funds, including those delivered through the ERC, before the UK’s withdrawal from the EU will receive funding.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 02/03/2018 10:10:49 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

846071

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Rothamsted Research: Bayer
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 information his Department holds on the (a) actual 2017 and (b) budgeted 2018 Rothamsted Research income and expenditure arising from and relating to Rothamsted's strategic framework agreement with Bayer.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	128780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Rothamsted Research is an independent organisation. We do not hold information on Rothamsted’s income and expenditure arising from and relating to their strategic framework agreement with Bayer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/02/2018 15:48:40 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

843558

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Rothamsted Research
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 have been taken by Rothamsted Research to ensure that conflicts of interest arising from its strategic framework agreement with Bayer are managed and that there is no risk to the perception of independence of Rothamsted’s advice to Government.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	127899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Rothamsted Research is an independent organisation and therefore we are unable to comment on specific procedures that the charity may have in place to ensure the independence of advice. Rothamsted Research receives income from many sources. In the case of research grants received from BBSRC, Rothamsted is subject to Research Councils UK’s terms and conditions (<a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/grantstcs/" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/funding/grantstcs/</a>) including adhering to best research practice, data sharing polices and access to research outputs.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/02/2018 14:16:20 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy