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1609900

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date	14/04/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Internet: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the regulation of (a) optional and (b) essential website cookies.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>We are taking steps in the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (DPDI Bill) to reform the provisions in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PEC Regulations) which set the rules on the use of cookies (and similar technologies).</p><p>The current legislation prohibits organisations from placing cookies on a person’s computer, or other connected device without consent, unless they are essential for the provision of a requested service (for example, to remember what is in their online basket).</p><p>In practice, this means that web users may experience multiple cookie ‘pop-up’ notices on every website they visit which can negatively affect their browsing experience. That is why</p><p>the Bill will remove the need to seek consent for the placement of some types of cookies that pose low privacy risks, such as those used to count the number of visitors to a web page. As a result of these changes, web users will know that if they continue to see cookie pop up banners, it is because their personal data may be used for more intrusive purposes, such as profiling for advertising purposes.</p><p>The Bill will also allow the Secretary of State to update the list of cookies that do not require consent through the use of regulations. This could be useful if other non-intrusive uses of cookies are identified or, when people become more confident about using different technology, such as browser and device settings, to set their online preferences.</p><p>The DPDI Bill was published on 8 March 2023 and can be found <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0265/220265.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 20/04/2023 16:05:01 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609902

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring quantitative assessments under the adaptation reporting power in the Climate Change Act 2008.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government consultation on proposals for the fourth round of climate adaptation reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power closed 5th April. It included consideration of guidance to support reporting organisations and whether to make reporting voluntary or mandatory. A summary of consultation responses will be available on gov.uk shortly. Consultation feedback will inform the final strategy, to be published alongside the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) this year.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/04/2023 07:41:45 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609994

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Energy Company Obligation
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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of increasing the amount that can be claimed through the ECO4 scheme to match that of the Great British Insulation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Amounts are not claimed through either scheme as they are not grant schemes. Instead, they obligate energy suppliers to deliver energy efficiency measures to meet a legislative target based on annual bills savings. The ECO4 scheme is worth £4 billion over four years while the Great British Insulation Scheme is worth £1billion over three years.</p><p> </p><p>ECO4 delivers to those on the lowest incomes and the most vulnerable. To complement this, the GB Insulation Scheme will deliver to a wider group of households, who would otherwise be ineligible for support under existing government energy efficiency schemes, as well as the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/04/2023 15:21:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609995

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Energy Company Obligation
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 his Department has made of the potential impact of inflation on the effectiveness of the ECO4 scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The modelling used to set ECO4 targets was based on estimated costs in 2021 prices, with an allowance for general inflation over time. Officials are working with analysts and stakeholders to determine current installation costs and if the assumptions being used for the scheme require review.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/04/2023 15:21:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609997

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Energy Company Obligation
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 merits of extending the ECO4 scheme to 2028.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>ECO4 is the current iteration of the Energy Company Obligation scheme which began in April 2022 and is scheduled to run until March 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Last autumn, the Government announced a new national ambition to reduce the UK’s final energy consumption from buildings and industry by 15% by 2030 against 2021 levels. The Government has also announced £6 billion of additional funding for energy efficiency from 2025-2028.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will implement the most suitable domestic energy efficiency policies to meet our net zero and fuel poverty commitments.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/04/2023 15:21:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1610356

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Land: Sales
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 of the potential merits of proscribing uplift clauses in new land sale agreements.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>We are introducing new transparency measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill so that we can better understand interests in land.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/04/2023 08:38:13 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1610474

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the introduction of modulated fees for Extended Producer Responsibility has been put back until 2025.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>The Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) summary of consultation responses and Government response published in March 2022 states that modulated fees will be introduced from 2025. As producer fees rates are set based on the tonnages of packaging they supplied in the previous year, introducing fee modulation in the first year of pEPR implementation would not have been technically feasible and would not have left enough time for producers to make more sustainable decisions when designing or purchasing packaging. The introduction of modulated fees in 2025 will ensure that producers and the Scheme Administrator are fully prepared for the introduction of this measure.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 04/05/2023 14:27:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1610475

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Packaging: Recycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason closed loop recycling systems are not being recognised until 2025 for those manufacturers who have already put in place sustainable processes; and for what reason closed loop recycling incentives will not include meal trays.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Under Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR), producers who collect and recycle consumer packaging waste at their own cost, where it is not commonly collected by local authorities for recycling, will be able to reduce their obligation to pay fees to cover the costs of managing household packaging from 2024. This is intended to support our transition to higher recycling rates as we invest in improved collection, sorting and recycling systems for hard to recycle packaging, or transition to using packaging that is already widely recyclable. Packaging that is already commonly collected from households will not be eligible for this offset as this would reduce the efficiency of household collections and increase the risk of fraud, except where it is part of an established re-use system where the same item of packaging is collected, cleaned and re-used multiple times before being recycled. This will provide an added incentive for producers to move to systems of re-useable packaging.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/04/2023 15:44:49 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1610580

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability
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 the Government has made of the adequacy for people with disabilities who require extra property space of the property size guidelines used to administer the Warm Homes Discount.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government expanded the Warm Home Discount scheme to support more low-income and vulnerable households. The Government published impact assessments when consulting and publishing the Government’s response.</p><p>To be eligible for a rebate under Core Group 2, a household must be in receipt of a qualifying means-tested benefit and living in a property which we have estimated to have relatively high heating costs. Broadly speaking, larger properties, as well as older and more detached properties, have higher heating costs and therefore are more likely to be eligible for a rebate.</p><p>These changes do not apply in Scotland, where customers apply for a Broader Group rebate through their energy suppliers, who can set their own eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/04/2023 15:28:26 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1608337

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether international students with Tier 4 visas who wish to switch to a dependant's visa based on their spouse's Tier 2 skilled worker visa are permitted to (a) continue their studies, (b) maintain their student status and (c) retain their studentship, including that under Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	175617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>Skilled Worker dependants can study, subject to the ATAS requirement, and guidance on applying as a Skilled Worker dependant is here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-partner-and-children" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-partner-and-children</a></p><p> </p><p>A migrant cannot hold permission as a student and as a dependant at the same time. They will need to decide which type of permission is more suitable for them.</p><p> </p><p>A migrant’s visa status will not affect their status as a student with regard to financial sponsorship and bursaries. The continued eligibility for those depends on the terms and conditions of the specific schemes and is a matter for the student and scholarship/bursary provider to discuss between them.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 175619 question first answered 17/04/2023 17:04:25 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse