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1000278

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	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, how much funding the Government plans to allocate to research to help Commonwealth countries prevent plastic waste from entering the oceans.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>In April, the Government set out its intention to work with other Commonwealth countries to develop a Marine Plastics Research and Innovation Framework and announced up to £25 million as part of the UK’s contribution. In addition, the Government announced several other Commonwealth programmes, totalling up to £41.4 million, that support capacity building, including research activities, to prevent plastic entering the world’s oceans and rivers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1000313

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Fireworks: Packaging
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 plans he has to introduce graphic warnings on fireworks packaging.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	187354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government promotes the safe and responsible use of fireworks by consumers and there is strict legislation in place which regulates their supply and use. The Government is currently working with a range of stakeholders to raise consumer awareness on firework safety.</p><p> </p><p>Under current UK legislation, there are clear requirements on manufacturers to categorise and label fireworks according to their explosive content, safety distances, noise level, or similar. The label must include instructions on safety distances and means of ignition and safety messages.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to amend legislation on firework packaging.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:22 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

1000314

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Fireworks: Children
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 ensure young children are protected from firework-related injuries.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	187355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government promotes the safe and responsible use of fireworks by consumers and there is strict legislation in place which regulates their supply and use.</p><p> </p><p>There are age restrictions in place which prevent the sale of fireworks to those under the age of 16 or 18 dependent on the classification of firework. The law also prohibits those under 18 possessing any category F2 or F3 fireworks in a public place subject to very limited exceptions.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently working with industry, retailers, charities and others such as the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and Netmums to promote the safe and responsible use of fireworks and to raise consumer awareness on firework safety.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

999563

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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	North Sea 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, whether (a) the Oil and Gas Authority and (b) his Department carried out an assessment on the potential effect on the climate of the development of the Alligin oil field before granting permission for that field to be developed.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	186941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the UK’s economy are taken into account when assessing our performance against the Carbon Budgets- this includes emissions from offshore oil production sites on the UK sector of the continental shelf.</p><p> </p><p>As we continue to move to a low carbon economy we need to ensure we have a balanced energy mix so we have a reliable, clean and affordable energy system. This means that in the medium term there will be a role for some fossil fuels.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/11/2018 16:39:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

999739

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
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: Civil Society
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 his Department is taking to incorporate (a) big society and (b) civic society considerations into its policy formulation process.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	186969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 8<sup>th</sup> November to Question 186968:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-01/186968/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-11-01/186968/</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/11/2018 17:29:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

999271

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Fracking
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 research the Government has (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned on fracking and subsidence in former coal mining areas.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	186390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year the independent Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) commissioned a report from the British Geological Survey (BGS) to review the depth and location of historic coal mines in the East Midlands, which is a prospective area for shale gas development.</p><p>The OGA has commissioned a further report from the BGS which will include a review of historical seismicity which will be published in due course</p><p>These reports will inform the OGA’s consideration of any future applications for hydraulic fracturing operations in historic coal mining areas.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh