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1691651

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph II. (A.) 28 (d) of the First global stocktake agreed at COP28 on 13 December 2023, what steps her Department is taking to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	15554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK has over-achieved against the first, second, and third carbon budgets. The transitions set out in the Net Zero Strategy and the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan keep us on track to meet Carbon Budgets 4, 5 and 6, our 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution, and net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to use Contracts for Difference to grow renewables’ share of electricity generation which has already moved from less than 7% in 2010 to more than 40% today. Use of coal in electricity generation will be ceased by the end of this year - having been nearly 40% in 2012.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 06/03/2024 17:32:42 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1685660

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is her policy to advocate for the phase-out of fossil fuels at COP29.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	11905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>At COP28 the Government championed the need to phase out unabated fossil fuels, and the Global Stocktake set a clear direction, with countries agreeing to transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems to achieve net zero in keeping with the science. However, there is still a considerable way to go, and we will continue to push for further ambition in 2024 and to persuade other countries to join the UK on a Net Zero pathway.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2024 07:09:14 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1677723

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the statement of Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance entitled Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance COP28 call to action, published on 11 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	6885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK pushed strongly for a commitment to phase out unabated fossil fuels at COP28, playing a central role in achieving an outcome that, for the first time ever, calls for a global transition away from fossil fuels.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is not a member of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance. However, UK domestic policy on oil and gas is fully consistent with the COP28 agreement. Even with new licences, UK oil and gas production is projected to decline at 7% per year, faster than the global average rate of decline needed for a 1.5 degree pathway, according to the UN.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/12/2023 07:32:34 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1665767

registered interest
date	18/10/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UK's progress on the 2050 targets for oil and gas usage; and whether that progress meets the recommendation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to reduce oil and gas usage by 4% a year.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	203339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government’s domestic and international net zero targets are consistent with the Paris Agreement ambition to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees. The Government’s aim is to accelerate the reduction in oil and gas use and the Government has made progress in this area, including through the expansion of renewables which will reduce gas used for power generation. However, as the Climate Change Committee’s own analysis shows, the UK will still need oil and gas as it makes the transition to net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/10/2023 10:19:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1658576

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to increase domestic oil and gas production.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	198237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports new licensing rounds in the North Sea to slow the decline in production from what is a mature basin while supporting industry to reduce production emissions. As reaffirmed in the Powering Up Britain Energy Security Plan, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) launched the 33rd oil and gas exploration licensing round in October last year and is expected to award the first licences from this round later this year. The Government and the NSTA have announced a joint commitment to undertake future licensing rounds, subject to a climate compatibility test.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/09/2023 13:44:15 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1538814

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 October to Question 53356 on Fossil Fuels, what data was the basis for his calculation that production emissions from oil and gas will be compatible with carbon budgets under the 2008 Climate Act; and if he will place a copy of that data in the House of Commons Library.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	77366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The Net Zero Strategy sets out the UK’s planned emissions pathway with carbon budget targets under the 2008 Climate Change Act. The data set is publicly available.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Zero Strategy pathway considers both emissions from unabated oil and gas consumption and emissions associated with domestic production of oil and gas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/11/2022 13:40:50 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1507400

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
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	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer given on 10 March 2021 to Question 161735, on Fossil Fuels, what recent assessment he has made of the compatibility of extracting and burning (a) the remaining estimated 3,906 million tonnes of UK coal resources, including prospects, and (b) the remaining estimated 10 to 20 billion barrels or more of recoverable oil equivalent resources in the UK continental shelf, with meeting targets in (i) the sixth carbon budget and (ii) the Glasgow Climate Pact.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	53356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Any use of unabated fossil fuels in the UK will be compatible with carbon budgets under the 2008 Climate Act.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/10/2022 14:42:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1463234

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has taken any steps since the publication in 2020 of the Doubling Back and Doubling Down G20 scorecard on fossil fuel funding to improve the UK’s (a) very poor rating for progress in ending support for fossil fuels, (b) opaque rating for transparency and (c) overall ranking as joint last of OECD nations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The UK does not give any subsidies to fossil fuels, and follows the approach of the International Energy Agency, which defines fossil fuel subsidies as measures that reduce the effective price of fossil fuels below world market prices.</p><p> </p><p>The International Energy Agency has a long-standing track record in systematically measuring fossil-fuel subsidies using a commonly applied methodology. This definition was originally developed with the European Commission and G20 EU Member States to respond to the G20 commitment to phase out such subsidies.</p><p> </p><p>The government takes its environmental responsibilities seriously, and recently published the Net Zero Strategy on how the UK will deliver on its commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Pricing carbon (including through tax) is one of the most efficient tools for promoting decarbonisation and already plays a key role in helping the UK achieve net zero emissions. There are also a number of taxes, including the Climate Change Levy and Vehicle Excise Duty, that are designed to encourage businesses and consumers to make greener choices.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>The government keeps all taxes under review, and any changes are made in the round at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/05/2022 13:03:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1457465

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the level of final support provided by UK banks for new oil and gas projects.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	153711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Bank’s decisions on commercial lending are matters for them.</p><p>The British Energy Security Strategy, published on 7 April 2022, sets out the importance of oil and gas to energy security and the transition to net zero. Nearly all major UK banks are signatories to the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and are committed to transition their lending to align with Net Zero.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 153712 question first answered 25/04/2022 07:59:59 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1452708

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
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	Fossil Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether their policies of (1) fracking, (2) reducing fuel duty, and (3) coal extraction, are compliant with their commitments at the COP26 conference.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL7151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2022 answer text <p>The COP26 Summit and the Glasgow Climate Pact demonstrated global agreement to accelerate action on climate change with over 90% of the world’s economy covered by net zero targets.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically, the Government has achieved a lot on its road to net zero already. Since 1990 the UK has almost halved its greenhouse gas emissions. Between 1990 and 2019, the economy has grown by 78% and emissions have been cut by 44%, decarbonising faster than any other G7 country.</p><p> </p><p>The Net Zero Strategy provides a policy framework that paves the way to meet the UK’s legislated Carbon Budgets and Nationally Determined Contribution, cutting emissions by at least 68% by 2030 on 1990 levels, and reaching net zero by 2050.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/04/2022 16:56:50 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham