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804422

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the voluntary application process set out in paragraph 4 of the document Technical Note: Citizens' Rights - Administrative Procedures in the UK published on 7 November 2017, what the proposed timescale is for the roll-out of the new process; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	118483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has established three stakeholder groups on EU Exit Immigration issues. There are two user groups comprising representatives of EU citizens from community, advice and support networks, and consular representatives from the EU27 and EFTA nations. There is also a cross-sectoral employers’ representative group. This engagement is supporting the development of the operational process and system design for the new EU Exit Settlement Scheme.</p><p>We intend to launch the Scheme during the second half of 2018.</p><p>To date the Home Office has received additional funding from HM Treasury of £60m over this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 118481 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

804423

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 3 of the document, Technical Note: Citizens' Rights - Administrative Procedures in the UK, published on 7 November 2017, (a) how many user groups have been set up, (b) who the user groups report to, (c) what the timescale is to complete the implementation systems, (d) how much has been spent to date on the project and (e) what the total budget is for the project; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	118481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has established three stakeholder groups on EU Exit Immigration issues. There are two user groups comprising representatives of EU citizens from community, advice and support networks, and consular representatives from the EU27 and EFTA nations. There is also a cross-sectoral employers’ representative group. This engagement is supporting the development of the operational process and system design for the new EU Exit Settlement Scheme.</p><p>We intend to launch the Scheme during the second half of 2018.</p><p>To date the Home Office has received additional funding from HM Treasury of £60m over this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 118483 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:27:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

804506

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
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	Climate Change
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 the timetable is for his Department to begin the process of negotiating new climate change commitments with the UN; and how the devolved administrations will be engaged in those discussions.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	118708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) individually as well as through the EU and we are bound by all the obligations of the Paris Agreement under international law. This includes the requirement to prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is firmly committed to the Paris Agreement and to our emissions reduction and climate finance efforts under it. We have demonstrated our commitment domestically – we were the first country to introduce legally binding emissions reduction targets through the Climate Change Act, and we have recently published our highly praised Clean Growth Strategy, which is ambitious and robust in setting out how we will decarbonise the UK economy through the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>Leaving the EU will not affect our statutory commitments under our own domestic Climate Change Act and indeed our domestic binding emissions reduction targets are more ambitious than those set by EU legislation. Our Clean Growth Strategy includes the commitment that our future approach to tackling climate change is at least as ambitious as the current schemes we have in place.</p><p> </p><p>The Devolved Administrations were consulted in the formulation of many of the policies in the Clean Growth Strategy and in the development of EU legislation. We will continue to work with the Devolved Administrations as we develop and implement the policies and proposals that we have set out.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/12/2017 12:00:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

801020

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing the use of E10 fuel into the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	117579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership’s report “Successfully Deploying E10 Petrol” published in September 2017 assessed the benefits and challenges of introducing E10 in the UK. A joint Department for Transport and Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership working group with ethanol producers, fuel suppliers, and motoring organisations is considering the report’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/12/2017 15:33:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

800587

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that water, sanitation and hygene services are integrated into its gender and women’s empowerment programmes and its strategic vision for women and girls.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	117208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>DFID recognises that girls and women may be particularly disadvantaged when adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities are not available. That is why we promote through our policies and programmes a holistic approach which integrates WASH with other development services such as education and health. For example, our Girls’ Education Challenge programme includes activities to improve access to water and sanitation. As part of our upcoming renewed Strategic Vision for Gender Equality, we will intensify action to promote gender equality in water and sanitation programmes. This will help to ensure that girls’ and women’s rights to access water, sanitation and hygiene facilities are realised and that they benefit from security and privacy, for example to meet their menstrual hygiene needs.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 07/12/2017 17:36:31 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795698

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Wind Power: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to announce voluntary Contracts for Difference auctions for on shore wind in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>Onshore wind is an established (Group 1) technology for the purposes of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. No decisions have been taken on running an allocation round for these technologies but if one was run, onshore wind projects in Scotland would be eligible to apply.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is seeking state aid approval to classify remote island wind as a separate technology in Group 2 of the CfD scheme. This could include some onshore wind projects proposed for the remote islands of Scotland, including in Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. The Clean Growth Strategy announced that we would provide up to £557m in total of annual funding for Group 2 technologies.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 01/12/2017 13:30:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795699

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage: Scotland
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 assessment his Department has made of the steps needed to develop a carbon capture and storage cluster in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, published on 12 October 2017, commits Government to working with ongoing initiatives in Teesside, Merseyside, South Wales and Grangemouth to test the potential for development of carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) industrial decarbonisation clusters.</p><p> </p><p>The Department met with Scottish Government, The Crown Estate Scotland, Pale Blue Dot Energy Ltd, Scottish Carbon Capture &amp; Storage and Summit Power on 15 November 2017 to discuss CCUS in Scotland and these discussions continue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/12/2017 11:24:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795703

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
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 contract awarded in February 2017 to Pale Blue Dot to review business models for carbon dioxide transport and storage, whether this work has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department commissioned Pale Blue Dot Energy Ltd to undertake a study ‘CO<sub>2</sub> transport and storage: Review of business models (Phase 1)’. This work has now been completed and the report will be published on gov.uk in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/12/2017 16:16:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

795841

registered interest
date	28/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.46, page 52 of the Autumn Budget 2017, whether his Department will fund discounted rail travel for people aged between 26 and 30.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	116175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>As announced at Budget, the government will work with industry to extend the benefits of discounted rail travel through the introduction of a new railcard for ages 26-30. Further details will be announced in agreement with the industry and will be implemented from Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 01/12/2017 13:15:49 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

794317

registered interest
date	23/11/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many meetings he has had with the hon. Member for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock to discuss a VAT exemption for police and fires services in Scotland; and when those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	115290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Government ministers regularly meet with Members of Parliament to discuss policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 115292 115293 115294 115295 question first answered 28/11/2017 14:12:48 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown