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93759

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on Northern Ireland of the operation of the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Airports across the UK play an important role in securing connectivity for local populations and contribute to local, regional and national economies. The aviation sector’s economic output to the whole UK economy in 2011 was approximately £18 billion, and it employs around 220,000 workers directly and supports many more indirectly. The Government has not made an assessment of the potential effects on Northern Ireland of the operation of the Regional Air Connectivity Fund. Airports in Northern Ireland will be able to apply for support from the Fund if they meet the qualifying criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 22/10/2014 15:44:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93863

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: South East
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 relationship between additional airport capacity in the South East and the economies of other regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department last updated its forecasts of aviation growth for UK airports, to 2050, in January 2013. The analysis can be downloaded from: www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-aviation-forecasts-2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The independent Airports Commission was established in September 2012 to consider the need to deliver additional airport capacity, and the impacts of doing so. The Airports Commission has published a discussion paper, “Aviation connectivity and the economy”, and included the potential use of regional capacity in its Interim Report. These documents can be downloaded www.gov.uk/government/organisations/airports-commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/10/2014 14:46:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93543

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Bees: Beetles
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 steps the Government has taken to prevent the spread of the beehive beetle through produce imported from Italy.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Defra’s Pest Risk Analysis for the small hive beetle, including an assessment of its potential impact, has been published and can be found at <a href="http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945" target="_blank">www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Exports of bees are banned from an area of 100 km around the outbreak and the Italian authorities are taking steps to eradicate the beetle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a precaution, in addition to inspecting recent exports of bees to England and Wales, Defra has alerted and provided advisory leaflets on the small hive beetle to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, the Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate, and trade associations representing importers of plant produce. We have asked them to remain vigilant and report any suspected findings to the National Bee Unit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 210632 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:44:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93545

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Bees: Beetles
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 effect of the beehive beetle on the honey bee population in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Defra’s Pest Risk Analysis for the small hive beetle, including an assessment of its potential impact, has been published and can be found at <a href="http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945" target="_blank">www.nationalbeeunit.com/downloadDocument.cfm?id=945</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Exports of bees are banned from an area of 100 km around the outbreak and the Italian authorities are taking steps to eradicate the beetle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a precaution, in addition to inspecting recent exports of bees to England and Wales, Defra has alerted and provided advisory leaflets on the small hive beetle to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, the Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate, and trade associations representing importers of plant produce. We have asked them to remain vigilant and report any suspected findings to the National Bee Unit.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson grouped question UIN 210631 question first answered 20/10/2014 16:44:46 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93546

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
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	Bees: Beetles
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 discussions she has had with the Irish government to prevent the spread of the beehive beetle.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>The outbreak of the small hive beetle has been discussed in European Union meetings by Member State officials including those representing the UK and Irish Governments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 22/10/2014 16:11:59 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

93613

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Sudan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any additional restrictions have been recently placed on the granting of visitors' visas for applicants from the Sudan.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	210630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>There have been no such restrictions placed on applicants from the Sudan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 16:33:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

66097

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the National Health Service.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	204141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no intention of opening up National Health Service services to further competition through the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and this is not a focus of the negotiations. Our focus for health is to enable our world-class pharmaceutical and medical devices sectors to benefit from improved access to the United States market, increasing growth and employment in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has already undertaken long-standing agreements on trade, including in health services, since the 1995 General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATs). The UK's objective in Fair Trade Agreement negotiations, including TTIP, is to maintain commitments in health services that are broadly in line with our existing obligations under GATS. These agreements have not impacted on our ability to provide public services to date and we do not consider that TTIP will change this. As is the case now, to work or operate here any overseas healthcare professionals or companies would have to comply with UK standards and regulations, in just the same way as UK healthcare providers do.</p><p> </p><p>We have made clear to the European (EU) Commission, who is negotiating the TTIP on behalf of member states, that it must always be for member states to decide for themselves whether or not to open up public services to competition, and this is the approach that the EU Commission is taking. The TTIP should not reduce the ability of member states to make future decisions about whether and to what extent to involve the private sector in the provision of public services.</p><p> </p><p>If investment provisions are included in the TTIP, they will strike an appropriate balance between protection for UK investors abroad, and ensuring that the Government is not prevented from acting in the public interest in areas such as public health and the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to an NHS that is always there for everyone who needs it, funded from general taxation, free at the point of use. The TTIP could not change this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/07/2014 12:34:09 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

64715

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Electricity: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will develop a strategy on electricity storage across the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	202972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>A DECC report ‘Electricity System: Assessment of Future Challenges', published August 2012, concluded that: “increasingly, technologies that can be used to help balance the supply and demand of electricity (demand side response (DSR), electricity storage and interconnection) and smarter networks are likely to be required to help match the supply and demand of electricity efficiently and cost-effectively under the changing generation and demand profiles”. The extent of deployment of storage will depend on the composition of future electricity systems – both supply and demand – as well as the cost and availability of storage and the other balancing technologies.</p><p>The Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group (LCICG), which includes the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the other major public-sector backed organisations that invest in low carbon technology innovation, published a Strategic Framework in February 2014, which prioritises future innovation needs in 11 key technology areas – including electricity storage. While the Strategic Framework highlights the uncertainty about the exact role for storage in the future energy system and the role of different storage technologies, it has identified strategic priorities for continued and future UK innovation investment in electricity storage. DECC, working with the other LCICG members, will use the Strategic Framework to help develop and co-ordinate future spending plans for innovation in storage and other low carbon technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 08/07/2014 12:43:43 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

64716

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Wind Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been paid in constraint payments to wind reproducers in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	202973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Constraint payments relating to England, Scotland and Wales are made by National Grid through competitive market arrangements in order to help ensure the secure operation of the electricity system. National Grid has advised that details of most individual constraint payments to wind farms are published at <a title="blocked::http://www.elexon.co.uk/" href="http://www.elexon.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.elexon.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://www.bmreports.com/" target="_blank">www.bmreports.com</a>, and aggregated data on payments to wind farms is published in its <em>Monthly Balancing Services Summary</em>, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www2.nationalgrid.com/UK/Industry-information/Electricity-transmission-operational-data/Report-explorer/Services-Reports/" target="_blank">www2.nationalgrid.com/UK/Industry-information/Electricity-transmission-operational-data/Report-explorer/Services-Reports/</a>.</p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Northern Ireland has advised that constraint payments are a commercial matter between the Single Electricity Market Operator (SEMO) and the generator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/07/2014 12:49:24 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

64717

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
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	Electricity: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of effective electricity storage capacity on energy costs.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	202974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>DECC has identified energy storage as one of the possible balancing mechanisms – alongside other mechanisms, including demand-side response and interconnectors. Different mechanisms are expected to be needed to meet different balancing needs in the transmission and distribution networks, depending on the characteristics they offer, such as their peak power; duration of storage; and response times. The extent of deployment and effect of storage on energy costs will depend on the composition of future electricity systems – both supply and demand – as well as the cost and availability of storage and the other balancing technologies.<br> <br> Research carried out for the Carbon Trust by Professor Goran Strbac and a team at Imperial College and published in June 2012 in a report titled ‘Role and Value of Energy Storage Systems in the UK Low Carbon Energy Future', concluded that: “energy storage can bring benefits to several sectors in the electricity industry, including generation, transmission and distribution, while providing services to support real-time balancing of demand and supply, network congestion management and reduce the need for investment in system reinforcement”. The Imperial College report estimated that in a “2050 high renewables scenario, application of energy storage technologies could potentially generate total system savings of £10bn/year”.</p><p>The Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group, which includes the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the other major public-sector investors in low carbon technology innovation, published a Strategic Framework in February 2014 which concluded that successful innovation in electricity storage technologies could save the UK energy system about £4.6billion in total by 2050.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 08/07/2014 12:43:08 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson