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1641402

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions
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 he has made an estimate of the potential CO2 emissions resulting from the licenses awarded from the 29th to the 32nd UK offshore licensing rounds.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	187392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The scope 1 and scope 2 emissions from UK oil and gas extraction, including from recent licensing rounds, are accounted for in our legally-binding carbon budgets. Scope 3 emissions from oil and gas are accounted for in the country in which they are used, in line with guidance from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.</p><p> </p><p>Projected future emissions from all licensing rounds are incorporated into the offshore sector’s North Sea Transition Deal commitments. These commitments are consistent with the UK meeting carbon budgets. Additionally, the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint assesses whether new licensing is compatible with the UK’s climate targets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/06/2023 12:32:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641403

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Offshore Industry: Carbon Emissions
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 he has made an assessment of the potential CO2 emissions resulting from the blocks of part-blocks offered at the 33rd UK offshore licensing round.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	187393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The scope 1 and scope 2 emissions from UK oil and gas extraction, including from recent licensing rounds, are accounted for in our legally-binding carbon budgets. Scope 3 emissions from oil and gas are accounted for in the country in which they are used, in line with guidance from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.</p><p> </p><p>Projected future emissions from all licensing rounds are incorporated into the offshore sector’s North Sea Transition Deal commitments. These commitments are consistent with the UK meeting carbon budgets. Additionally, the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint assesses whether new licensing is compatible with the UK’s climate targets.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/06/2023 12:30:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1628827

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of repeat offences for exposure in each year since 2015, broken down by sentence type.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	185798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Numbers of people were convicted of repeat offences of exposure in each year since 2015, broken down by sentence type, are available in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Information on numbers of people previously convicted of exposure who were later convicted of a violent sexual crime in each year since 2015 is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 185799 question first answered 25/05/2023 15:35:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-05-25 PQ 185798 final table.xlsx title Number of offenders convicted for repeat exposure
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1628828

registered interest
date	18/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people previously convicted for exposure were later convicted for a violent sexual crime in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	185799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>Numbers of people were convicted of repeat offences of exposure in each year since 2015, broken down by sentence type, are available in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Information on numbers of people previously convicted of exposure who were later convicted of a violent sexual crime in each year since 2015 is not available centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 185798 question first answered 25/05/2023 15:35:48 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-05-25 PQ 185798 final table.xlsx title Number of offenders convicted for repeat exposure
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1626788

registered interest
date	10/05/2023
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	Deposit Return Schemes: Glass
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including glass in the Deposit Return Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	184463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>UK Government, Welsh Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland consulted in 2019 and 2021 on the detail of introducing a DRS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In January 2023 we published the government response to the 2021 consultation, setting out policy decisions and next steps for introducing the scheme (link <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fintroduction-of-a-deposit-return-scheme-in-england-wales-and-northern-ireland&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C422c69672d1543a3da9208db5210bd30%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C638194004100292964%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0ktMeEtg2IZfiQgLDdyI1e%2FoGB%2BqQtdWq9nAE2AOue8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>).</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the government response, glass bottles will not be captured by DRS in England and Northern Ireland as the respective governments believe the addition of glass will add additional complexity and challenges to delivery of DRS in particular to the hospitality and retail sectors, as well as additional consumer inconvenience. Given concerns raised on managing glass in a DRS, delivery of the scheme will focus on plastic bottles and aluminium/steel cans in England and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst not in-scope of the DRS in England and Northern Ireland, glass drinks bottles will be covered by the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme in both nations, which will place targets on producers in relation to glass recycling. The proposed recycling target for glass packaging under EPR is 83% by 2030. Producers will also be responsible for the costs of managing glass packaging in household waste and disposed in street bins provided by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 17/05/2023 08:36:53 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1625865

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Elections: Proportional Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, If he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing a system of proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	904865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government strongly believes that it would be a profound mistake to abandon the British system of voting and move to a system more favoured on the European continent of so-called ‘proportional representation’. The Government was elected on a manifesto which included a commitment to continue to support the use of the First Past the Post voting system which “allows voters to kick out politicians who don’t deliver, both locally and nationally”.</p><p>The Government believes the First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing MPs and provides for direct local accountability. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and their electors in a manner that other voting systems do not</p><p><br>There was a significant vote in favour of retaining First Past the Post for Parliamentary elections at 2011 Referendum while the proposal to introduce an Alternative Vote was rejected by a significant majority (67.9%) of voters. This Government strongly believes in respecting the results of referendums.</p><p>Experience of countries across the world with so-called proportional representation (PR) voting systems show that those with that voting system risk fragmented political parties, not grounded in local accountability. PR systems can create Governments which are less stable and more fragile, where inter-party ‘back room’ deals determine policy, and where minority and arguably fringe political parties can hold the balance of power. PR can also mean that political parties’ central establishments are strengthened versus local political parties.</p><p>First Past the Post is part of the voting system of the world’s oldest, biggest and greatest democracies including in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 11/05/2023 16:44:03 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1624172

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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	Food: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the quantity of single use plastics used in food packaging in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	182918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Defra does not hold the data to calculate the quantity of single use plastics used in food packaging in each of the last five years in England. The Waste and Resources Action Programme has however reported in the Plastics Market Situation Report 2021, that 948,000 tonnes of plastic packaging for grocery products was placed on the UK market in 2017 and 987,000 tonnes in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/05/2023 08:20:08 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1623359

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road users have been (a) stopped and (b) investigated for (i) breaking the legal noise limits and (ii) using illegal modified exhausts in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	182386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold all the information requested.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on fixed penalty notices issued and other outcomes for motoring offences, including noise offences.</p><p>These data are available as part of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022" target="_blank">Police Powers and Procedures: Other Pace</a>’ bulletin.</p><p>This information can be found in table FPN_03 of the motoring offences <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118166/fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021.ods" target="_blank">data tables</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/05/2023 11:46:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1611804

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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, whether the National Adaptation Programme will be updated to include new government funding commitments for investment in adaptation over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	181348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) will be published in summer 2023 and will update on the Government’s planned actions to address risks and opportunities set out in the third Climate Change Risk Assessment. Adaptation is ‘mainstreamed’ across Government, which means that all Government spending should account for the risks posed by the impacts of climate change.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 13:29:45 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1611806

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
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: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will take steps through the national adaptation programme to increase the level of (a) guidance and (b) support for private sector organisations on the use of nature-based solutions to climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	181350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) will set out the whole of the Government’s planned actions to address the risks and opportunities set out in the third Climate Change Risk Assessment and will include nature-based solutions as part of the response to a range of risks. Separately, the Government is taking a range of actions to support the uptake of nature-based solutions across the public and private sector through the Green Infrastructure Framework. This sets out clear national standards providing a consistent way to assess the need for, design and delivery of good green infrastructure which supports adaptation to the effects of climate change.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 13:26:03 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse