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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-02-09more like thismore than 2022-02-09
answering body
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Sustainable Development remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he will take to ensure that plans for the UK taxonomy are robust and lead to effective progress towards a more sustainable world. more like this
tabling member constituency Richmond Park more like this
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Sarah Olney more like this
uin 121864 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2022-02-25more like thismore than 2022-02-25
answer text <p>In October 2021, the Government published ‘Greening Finance: A Roadmap to Sustainable Investing’, which set out its approach to economy-wide Sustainability Disclosure Requirements, including reporting against the UK Green Taxonomy. This underlines the Government’s commitment to the taxonomy being science-based, accessible, and built for the UK to support a global transition to net zero. The Government has been working with the Green Technical Advisory Group and the Energy Working Group during the development of draft Technical Screening Criteria to achieve this ambition.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister has stated, the Government intends to consult on the inclusion of nuclear in the draft technical standards for a UK green taxonomy and the development of Technical Screening Criteria is currently ongoing. As set out in the Roadmap, the Government expects to consult on draft Technical Screening Criteria in coming months, ahead of legislating by the end of the year.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham more like this
answering member printed Greg Hands more like this
grouped question UIN 121863 more like this
question first answered
less than 2022-02-25T13:59:54.08Zmore like thismore than 2022-02-25T13:59:54.08Z
answering member
1526
label Biography information for Greg Hands more like this
tabling member
4591
label Biography information for Sarah Olney more like this