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1657724

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date	04/09/2023
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	Electricity: Prices
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 her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to lower electricity running costs.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	197471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>We are reducing the cost of electricity by boosting our diverse sources of homegrown energy, such as renewables.</p><p> </p><p>We are also reducing our dependency on imported gas and have set out our long-term ambition on new nuclear power.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 07/09/2023 10:52:50 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657726

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
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 her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using green home support measures to address fuel poverty in off-grid homes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	197473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The £2.5bn Home Upgrade Grant (HUG) delivers support to households in fuel poverty living off gas grid in England. Eligible measures are tailored to individual homes ensuring the most appropriate energy efficiency measures are installed. Phase 2 of HUG awarded £630 million to local authorities and delivery began in April 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) also targets low income households, including those in rural areas and in England is intended to complement HUG.</p><p> </p><p>As homes in rural and off gas areas are likely to be more expensive to upgrade, an incentivised uplift for Scotland and Wales was introduced under the latest phase of ECO.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 11/09/2023 06:52:04 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657727

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
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	Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
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 her Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing cost caps for off-grid homes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	197474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has previously carefully considered the introduction of a price cap for off grid fuel customers, however the Department’s analysis indicates that a cap would not be in the long-term interests of consumers. The markets for alternative fuels – including heating oil, coal, Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), and biomass – benefit from a large range of suppliers in an open market. The off-grid fuel market does not share the same characteristics as the Gas and Electricity market which is regulated and capped by Ofgem.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 07/09/2023 10:52:20 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1656549

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Bahrain: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to page 47 of the 2022 Human Rights and Democracy Report published in July 2023, for what reason his Department removed Bahrain from the list of human rights priority countries.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The decision to remove Bahrain from the Human Rights Priority Country list reflects consistent and systemic progress in a range of human rights areas over a number of years, some of which have been directly supported by the UK. The UK remains committed to supporting reforms in Bahrain and to encouraging the government to meet its human rights commitments.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/09/2023 14:26:10 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1656616

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Waste Disposal
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 introducing mandatory food waste reporting in the context of helping the UK to meet its target to halve food waste by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is fully committed to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 target, which seeks to halve global food waste at consumer and retail levels by 2030. We support the Courtauld Commitment 2030 which works for a more sustainable supply chain tackling food waste, reducing GHG emissions and water use. The new phase of commitments, Courtauld 2030, includes an updated target of a 50% per capita reduction in food waste by 2030 against the UK’s 2007 baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted on options to improve reporting of food waste volumes by large businesses in England. As set out in our published response to the consultation, the Government has decided to enhance the voluntary approach to food waste reporting. Around a third of large food businesses already provide evidence to WRAP on their food waste and we propose to increase this number.</p><p> </p><p>A regulatory approach has greater total costs to businesses and the public sector than the voluntary approach and is not considered suitable at this time, when any additional costs may be passed on to consumers.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 196933 question first answered 11/09/2023 12:29:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1656617

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Waste Disposal
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 estimate of the potential financial savings for every £1 invested by businesses in food waste reduction.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Research has shown that for every £1 invested by businesses on food waste reduction, half saw a 14-fold or greater return on investment. We support retailers and food businesses to take action on food waste. We fund the Courtauld 2030 Commitment, a voluntary agreement with industry managed by WRAP. Action through Courtauld includes working with businesses to measure and reduce food waste through the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, helping them to take targeted action in their own operations and supply chains.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://wrap.org.uk/resources/business-case-reducing-food-loss-and-waste" target="_blank">The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste | WRAP</a></p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 11/09/2023 13:07:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1656911

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Lung Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to reduce respiratory health inequalities.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to tackling health inequalities and earlier intervention to detect and treat respiratory disease. NHS England has set out Core20PLUS5, a national approach to reduce healthcare inequalities at both national and system level. The approach defines a target population (the ‘Core20PLUS’) and identifies ‘5’ focus clinical areas requiring accelerated improvement.</p><p>The approach will include a focus on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease driving up uptake of COVID-19, flu and pneumonia vaccines to reduce exacerbations of the disease and to reduce emergency hospital admissions due to those exacerbations, as well as smoking cessation given the strong social gradient in smoking rates that contributes to inequalities in respiratory disease and other major causes of death.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/09/2023 15:15:02 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657307

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Waste
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 assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's net-zero policies of not introducing new legislation on food waste.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>Through powers in the Environment Act 2021, we will introduce separate food waste collections from all households and businesses. This policy is key in our Net Zero ambitions through helping us achieve the near elimination of biodegradable municipal waste to landfill from 2028.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to publish the government response to our 2021 consultation on Consistency in recycling as soon as possible. Alongside regulations we will publish a final impact assessment which will outline the net-zero benefits of the policy.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of food waste prevention, the Net Zero Strategy re-iterates the government’s commitment to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 target, to halve global food waste per capita by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/09/2023 17:46:29 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657308

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Retail Trade
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 it her policy to encourage unsold food in the retail space to be redirected to (a) food banks and (b) food security organisations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2023 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The safe and speedy redistribution of surplus food is a Government priority. The Food and Drink Waste Hierarchy includes the expectation that all businesses prioritise surplus redistribution before disposal. Government works closely with businesses through our delivery partner the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to overcome any barriers to this requirement. This includes the development of guidance and best practice through a sector wide working group, and support for the Target Measure Act (TMA) approach to understanding and acting on food waste in supply chains, including the redistribution of any surplus should it arise.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2018, Defra funding of nearly £13m has supported both large and small redistribution organisations across the country to make sure more surplus food gets to charities.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 08/09/2023 17:30:23 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1657310

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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: Waste
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 introducing legislation to set food waste targets within the food supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	196933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is fully committed to meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 target, which seeks to halve global food waste at consumer and retail levels by 2030. We support the Courtauld Commitment 2030 which works for a more sustainable supply chain tackling food waste, reducing GHG emissions and water use. The new phase of commitments, Courtauld 2030, includes an updated target of a 50% per capita reduction in food waste by 2030 against the UK’s 2007 baseline.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted on options to improve reporting of food waste volumes by large businesses in England. As set out in our published response to the consultation, the Government has decided to enhance the voluntary approach to food waste reporting. Around a third of large food businesses already provide evidence to WRAP on their food waste and we propose to increase this number.</p><p> </p><p>A regulatory approach has greater total costs to businesses and the public sector than the voluntary approach and is not considered suitable at this time, when any additional costs may be passed on to consumers.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 196402 question first answered 11/09/2023 12:29:03 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day