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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

513642

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated for (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 to help the UK prepare for the effects of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	34472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>Adaptation is embedded as an integral part of policy making across Defra and all levels of Government and within a broad range of programmes and activities that directly or indirectly support and build the UK’s resilience to climate change. The first National Adaptation Programme sets out more than 370 actions to help the UK better prepare for climate change and we continue to deliver on these actions. In Defra we are taking action across the breadth of the department’s policies, from our £2.3 billion flood defence programme to the Forestry Commission increasing the diversity of its planting stock so that the Public Forest Estate is resilient to the changing climate.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/04/2016 10:40:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

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

510058

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation with local authorities her Department carried out before the decision was taken to discontinue Government funding to the Climate Local programme.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	33307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Climate Local is a Local Government Association initiative which was in part supported by the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Support Service. The Climate Ready Support Service was initiated as a time-limited programme and came to an end in March this year. It is for the Local Government Association and the members of Climate Local to determine its further activities. Adaptation is integrated throughout the work of all Government departments who continue to deliver, alongside local Government and many other organisations, their commitments set out in the National Adaptation Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 33277 33278 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:44:33 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

510060

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department plans to make available to local authorities to take action on climate change after the closure of the Climate Local programme.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	33278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Climate Local is a Local Government Association initiative which was in part supported by the Environment Agency’s Climate Ready Support Service. The Climate Ready Support Service was initiated as a time-limited programme and came to an end in March this year. It is for the Local Government Association and the members of Climate Local to determine its further activities. Adaptation is integrated throughout the work of all Government departments who continue to deliver, alongside local Government and many other organisations, their commitments set out in the National Adaptation Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 33277 33307 question first answered 14/04/2016 15:44:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

480633

registered interest
date	18/03/2016
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to appoint a new envoy on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	31764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling climate change by reducing our emissions at home and pushing for ambitious action globally. The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, my right hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Ms Rudd), played a key role in Paris to secure the first global legally binding climate agreement. The focus now is on implementation. There are no plans to appoint a new envoy on climate change at this time.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 24/03/2016 16:10:26 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

459004

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's Single Departmental Plan: 2015 to 2020, published on 19 February 2016, what her climate change adaptation objectives are for 2015-2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	30565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>We are implementing the UK’s first National Adaptation Programme report (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209866/pb13942-nap-20130701.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209866/pb13942-nap-20130701.pdf</a>) which sets out our objectives on preparing for and addressing the impacts of climate change. As required by the Climate Change Act 2008, we expect to produce a further National Adaptation Programme report around 2018 which will update our objectives for adaptation. It will be informed by the findings of the second UK Climate Change Risk Assessment which we will publish in 2017 and the advice and recommendations of the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/03/2016 17:21:54 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

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