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registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of leaving the EU on the UK's ability to meet its climate change targets.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	41478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>As my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, nothing will change overnight – the UK remains a member of the European Union and existing rules apply.</p><p> </p><p>This is the start of a long and complicated process and the Government will need to consider all factors carefully in implementing the decision of the British people.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that we are still committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and clean energy now and in the future</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/07/2016 16:42:24 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

516398

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of UK environmental and climate change legislation derives (1) from EU directives transposed into UK legislation, (2) from EU regulations without need for transposition, and (3) from wholly domestic legislation; and of the legislation that derives from EU directives, what proportion is dependent on the European Communities Act 1972.
tabling member printed	Baroness Young of Old Scone
uin	HL8036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Although specific figures for environment and climate change are not available, the House of Commons library has concluded that across the full range of UK instruments, from 1997 to 2014, an average of 13.2% were EU-related. A copy of the report is attached.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/05/2016 11:34:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name SN07092 - EU obligations UK implementing legislation since 1993.pdf title SN07092 - EU & UK legislation since 1993
tabling member	1755 label Biography information for Baroness Young of Old Scone

511355

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential effect of discontinuing funding for the Climate Local programme on the likely level of local authorities' contributions to delivering the UK's emissions reductions targets.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	33532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department continues to work closely with Local Authorities, LEPs and other local decision makers to support their hard work in reducing local emissions.</p><p> </p><p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues on a variety of subjects but has not specifically discussed Climate Local with my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/04/2016 12:36:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 55806 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

453207

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has to promote a global goal on adaptation to climate change.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	27563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>Adaptation is a core component of the Paris Agreement, adopted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in December last year. The Agreement includes a new long-term goal to strengthen adaptation and resilience and reduce vulnerability to climate change. This goal is aligned with the new Global Goals for sustainable development, particularly Goal 13 on climate action. Alongside this, the Paris Agreement includes commitments for each country to take action to adapt according to national circumstances, to share their adaptation planning and to cooperate to help those developing countries who need help to adapt to climate change.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has been and remains committed to leading calls to increase support for adaptation, and we aim to use 50 per cent of our International Climate Fund (ICF) to support adaptation in developing countries. The UK has already taken significant action to support vulnerable countries to adapt to climate change and cope with climate-related events. For example, we have increased our support for climate risk insurance initiatives, such as the Africa Risk Capacity Initiative and the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative. We are also funding actions that help build communities’ resilience, including through support for climate services and early warning systems which have an important role to play in helping poor and vulnerable communities be better prepared and more resilient to climate-related risks.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/03/2016 15:32:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

445773

registered interest
date	19/01/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the implications of climate change for (1) the climate and geology of West Cumbria, and (2) future nuclear developments in the country.
tabling member printed	Lord Judd
uin	HL5183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The energy National Policy Statements published in 2011 set out the considerations that should be taken into account by developers and the Planning Inspectorate to help ensure proposed new energy infrastructure, including new nuclear power stations, is resilient to climate change. The Nuclear National Policy Statement also explains that the independent nuclear regulators will ensure new nuclear power stations, including the one proposed for Moorside, will be located, constructed, operated and decommissioned with the long-term impacts of climate change in mind.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 27/01/2016 14:09:33 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

443131

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to increase parliamentary engagement in the implementation of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
uin	902840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend, the role of Parliamentarians in helping ensure delivery of nationally determined commitments is very important. We will continue to take every opportunity to encourage other countries, including members of their Parliaments, to take action to deliver on their commitments and consider how they might increase ambition further. I recognise the valuable part that my Rt Hon Friend plays as the Chairman of the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE).</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 07/01/2016 14:45:30 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

437041

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what studies they are undertaking into the slowing of the Gulf Stream and the subsequent impact on climate change and extreme weather patterns in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL4507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Natural Environment Research Council is currently funding two research programmes to detect changes in the Gulf Stream and to investigate how these changes might affect the weather of the North Atlantic (RAPID-AMOC and ODYSEA). DECC co-funds, with Defra, the Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Programme which, amongst many other research activities, uses climate models to understand the observed fluctuations in the Gulf Stream, to predict future changes, and to assess the impact that present and future changes may have upon European weather and climate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/12/2015 14:03:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

391423

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to obtain binding commitments from her international counterparts at forthcoming global talks on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	7922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to securing at the Conference of the Parties (COP) 21 in Paris, an ambitious, legally binding global Agreement on climate change with mitigation commitments from all Parties and a set of rules that ensure transparency and accountability of commitments that will allow the world to track progress.</p><p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, is working closely with her international counterparts to pave the way for an ambitious deal. In June, the Prime Minister joined other G7 leaders in calling for an ambitious climate package to be agreed in Paris. But there remains a lot of work to do. My Ministerial colleagues and I will take every opportunity to press for an agreement that meets these objectives.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 08:40:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

389811

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to section 4.2 of the Summer Budget 2015, what steps she plans to take to ensure that making the most of the UK's oil and gas resources is compatible with the Government pushing for a global climate deal that keeps the goal of limiting global warming to two degrees.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	7057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is seeking a deal in Paris in December that keeps the goal of limiting average global emissions to below 2°C within reach. The UK has led in taking action to reduce its emissions and has reduced them by 30% since 1990. Our carbon budgets are set to deliver emissions reductions that put us on a pathway to deliver our 2°C consistent 2050 target. They take account of the fact that Britain will still need significant oil and gas supplies while we decarbonise our economy and transition to a low carbon economy, as set out in our 2011 Carbon Plan. Projections show that in 2030 oil and gas will remain a vital part of the energy mix, providing around 70 per cent of the UK’s primary energy requirements. It makes sense to make the most of the UK’s oil and gas resource as any oil and gas that we do not produce ourselves has to be imported, resulting in additional transportation costs and emissions, and increasing levels of production will help maintain security of supply as well as boost growth and jobs.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/07/2015 11:05:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

387746

registered interest
date	06/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what their plans are to fight climate change.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Shrewsbury
uin	HL1123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act 2008 introduced a target for the UK to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80%, based on 1990 levels. This followed advice from the Committee on Climate Change who deemed that 80% was a fair share from the UK to an international effort to limit global warming to 2 degrees.</p><p>Our policies are designed to tackle climate change and make the transition to a low carbon economy. This includes:</p><p> </p><p>· Helping consumers and businesses to save money on their energy bills</p><p> </p><p>· Making homes more energy efficient</p><p> </p><p>· Helping consumers to take control of their energy use with smart meters</p><p> </p><p>· Decarbonising the power sector in the most cost effective way</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/07/2015 16:13:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2147 label Biography information for The Earl of Shrewsbury