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1579574

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date	23/01/2023
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	Rolls Royce: Nuclear Reactors
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 effectiveness of the Rolls Royce small modular reactor; and whether he has plans to use them for energy generation.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	129721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government has awarded up to £210m to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The Rolls-Royce SMR entered the Generic Design Assessment process in April becoming the first SMR to begin UK nuclear regulation.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government intends to initiate a selection process in 2023 for the next nuclear projects, including SMRs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:04:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1524330

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Local Government: Energy Bill Relief 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, whether (a) district councils and (b) other local authorities will be eligible for the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	66880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>District councils and other local authorities on eligible contracts will be covered by the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. This scheme will provide a price reduction to ensure all businesses and other non-domestic energy users are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/11/2022 17:28:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1524340

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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 Bill Relief 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, whether the level of support provided by the energy bill relief scheme will be kept under review by his Department during the initial six month period of that scheme; and whether the Government plans to continue support (a) beyond the initial six month period and (b) until energy price volatility has decreased.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	66881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced its intention to introduce an Energy Bill Relief Scheme, for six months, from 1 October 2022. Alongside that announcement, the Government committed to carrying out a review of the operation of the scheme in order to inform decisions on future support after March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The review will focus on identifying the non-domestic customers most at risk and how the Government will continue assisting them with energy costs from April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish finding of the review by January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/11/2022 17:28:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1439773

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Digital Markets Unit
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 discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on providing the Digital Markets Unit with the relevant statutory footing it needs to give it powers to enforce the new pro-competition regime for digital markets.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	137970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Officials in the Department are working closely with DCMS on this policy issue. The departments published a joint consultation on the policy design in August last year, will be publishing a joint response to that consultation in the coming weeks, and are working together to deliver the necessary legislation when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/03/2022 07:27:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1403460

registered interest
date	17/01/2022
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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, if he will conduct a review into the operation of the coal miners' pension scheme and the transfer of surpluses from the pension fund to HM Treasury.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	105346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The BEIS Select Committee carried out an inquiry into the Mineworkers Pension Scheme last year. The Government was unable to accept the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee’s report and continues to believe that the existing arrangements work well for all parties. Following the publication of the report, the former Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change, the Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan, met the MPS Trustees on 21 June to discuss the report and options for the way forward. She asked the Trustees to consider whether they would be willing to include the Government Guarantee in any future discussions around surplus sharing and the Investment Reserve. The Government awaits their response.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/01/2022 17:20:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1399372

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 there are to manipulate the covid-19 vaccine to sensitise it to the omicron and other variants; and when he estimates such vaccines might become available.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	96760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>Recent analysis supports our understanding that the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, which are currently being deployed in the UK, appear to work well against the current dominant variants of COVID-19 after a booster-dose. Continuing to administer these vaccines at scale remains essential in our path out of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to assess our existing vaccine portfolio against current variants, working closely with vaccine manufacturers and the UK Health Security Agency to understand the efficacy of our current vaccine portfolio against new variants.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 12/01/2022 09:49:01 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant