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100824

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on his Department's plan in Rail Fares and Ticketing published in October 2013 to trial flexible ticketing; when he expects flexible ticketing to be rolled out and available across the whole rail network; what recent representations he has received from train operating companies on such tickets; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	211803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Good progress has been made on introducing flexible ticketing. The Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) rail franchise includes an obligation to introduce carnet-based season tickets on smartcards by 30 September 2015. The Essex Thameside franchise includes a similar obligation to introduce flexible season tickets and carnets. We plan to trial flexible ticketing through a combination of research and analysis, as well as evaluation of data from these flexible ticketing schemes. Conclusions around price, flexibility, the impacts on operator revenue and other ticket prices will be central to any decisions on wider roll-out.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/10/2014 15:51:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93481

registered interest
date	15/10/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential for planning to increase active and sustainable travel to improve the well-being of communities; what steps his Department is taking to make roads safer for people on foot and bikes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Government’s cycling delivery plan, published on 16 October, which can be found online at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cycling-delivery-plan-informal-consultation" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cycling-delivery-plan-informal-consultation</a></p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework asks planners to work to create safe and secure layouts which minimise conflicts between traffic and cyclists or pedestrians, and give priority to pedestrian and cycle movements. It also encourages parking provision for motorcycles.</p><p> </p><p>My Department has this year published planning guidance which:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Seeks to promote walking and cycling, whilst avoiding unfairly penalising drivers;</li><li>Asks that councils’ Local Plans consider how to support walking and cycling facilities, and assess cycle safety;</li><li>Promotes the provision of bike storage space in new developments; and</li><li>Recommends removing street clutter, to make pavements clearer and more spacious for pedestrians.</li></ul> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 22/10/2014 16:11:55 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93171

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the Government's policy is on stranded assets in the fossil fuel sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>There are established processes through which potential risks from stranded assets in the fossil fuels sector are managed.</p><p>As recently as 8 July 2014 the Governor of the Bank of England wrote to the Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee on this issue saying that the Bank monitors risks to financial stability associated with a ‘carbon bubble’ through its regular gathering of information on financial stability risks.</p><p>Furthermore companies are requested, through the Companies Act 2006, to report on their principal risks as part of their annual report &amp; accounts. In the case of listed companies, the company must include, to the extent necessary to understand the business, the main trends and factors likely to affect the future development, performance and position of the company’s business.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/10/2014 16:33:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93176

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Fossil Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the proportion of existing global fossil fuel reserves that can be burned in order to achieve Government's international policy of limiting global temperature rises to below two degrees Celsius; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>In 2013 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that, if we are more likely than not to limit global average temperature rise to 2°C, the remaining permissible carbon emissions are 305 billion tonnes of carbon for the period 2011 to 2100, taking into account both CO<sub>2</sub> and non-CO<sub>2 </sub>forcing factors. Carbon within existing proven reserves of conventional and unconventional coal, oil, and gas were estimated by the IPCC in 2011 to be 1,053 billion tonnes.</p><p>Burning a greater proportion of fossil fuel reserves could be consistent with the 2°C goal if there was significant future global uptake of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies, to markedly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel plants at source. The Government’s CCS programme aims to bring forward this technology at a commercial scale in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 21/10/2014 14:14:54 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93190

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Energy
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 annual report on performance against Greening Government commitments will (a) for each department exclude (i) changes in energy use caused wholly or mainly by changes in the weather and (ii) carbon savings from closure of buildings or offices where they continue to be used either by government or by another occupier for whatever purpose and (b) provide information on the number and proportion of (A) central and (B) local government buildings that meet the requirements for Display Energy certificates; on what date the 2014 annual report will be published; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The Annual Report of Government’s 2013-14 performance against the Greening Government Commitments (GGCs) will be published later this year. The GGC framework applies to the estate and operations of central government departments and their arms’ length bodies in England; local government entities are not in scope. It will report government’s performance as a whole, and for each reporting department, against each of the GGC targets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Energy consumption data reported by departments against the target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2015 is not weather-corrected and carbon savings are not attributed to specific building closures or changes of use or occupants. The annual report will however set out case studies and examples of good practice showing what measures departments have taken to achieve those savings. If changes of use or occupants occurs within the Government estate this will be reflected in the data. However, the data will not reflect the carbon impacts of the use of buildings transferring to use or occupancy outside the Government estate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The report will not include the number and proportion of government buildings that meet the requirements for Display Energy Certificates because the number of certificates is not covered by the Greening Government Commitments reporting standards framework and Departments are therefore not required to report on this aspect.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 21/10/2014 16:52:16 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93196

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make it his policy to adopt and promote the recommendations of the West Africa Commission on Drugs in its report, Not Just in Transit, Drugs, the State and Society in West Africa, published on 12 June 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Drug trafficking in West Africa is a multi-million pound business, which damages the social fabric in both West Africa as a region of transit, and in destination countries such as Europe, the Middle East and North America. Tackling drug trafficking in West Africa will require international co-operation and long-term commitment, using a wide range of policy and law enforcement tools. <br><br>We have noted with interest the conclusions and recommendations of the report by the Kofi Annan Foundation’s West Africa Commission on Drugs, and the report has informed our thinking as we take forward our own activity on this issue. Priority areas for action in the region include bearing down on corruption, strengthening good governance, building regional ability to share information and conduct investigations, improving joint action on borders and cross-border traffic, and building criminal justice capacity. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office will continue to work with the National Crime Agency and the Crown Prosecution Service to strengthen regional capacity in all these areas. <br><br>The UK is also working with G7 and other international partners to better coordinate serious and organised crime-related assistance in West Africa. A new G7+ Assistance Strategy Committee will meet for the first time in November to set collective assistance priorities for the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/10/2014 13:42:18 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93197

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Mali
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterpart on (a) drug and human trafficking and (b) terrorist groups in Mali; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>UK officials are in close and regular contact with their French counterparts on Mali, both bilaterally and in multilateral fora such as the UN and the EU. The UK Special Representative for the Sahel has recently visited Mali and will be meeting a number of EU colleagues in the coming days. We remain committed to working with our partners, including France, to bear down on terrorism and organised crime in Mali and the Sahel. Ultimately, stability in Mali will only be possible if there is a political agreement between the Malian government and the various communities in the country. That is why we support the negotiations taking place in Algiers. <br><br>In the meantime we will work to strengthen the capacity of the UN Mission (MINUSMA) to carry out its important tasks in Mali. We will continue our participation in the EU Training Mission in Mali, and in the new civilian EU Mission whose objective is to strengthen the civilian security forces’ ability to tackle organised crime, including drug and people trafficking. We will also continue to lead the international effort to eradicate the payment of ransoms to kidnappers, which is an important source of funding for terrorist groups.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/10/2014 13:39:51 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93202

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	West Africa
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his most recent assessment is of the relationship between increasing drug trafficking and the funding of terrorism in West Africa; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>West Africa is a significant transit point for Latin American cocaine bound for Europe. Cannabis is trafficked from Morocco through the Sahel. There is some indication that terrorist cells in the Sahel may tax cannabis drug convoys. There is very little evidence to indicate that terrorist groups in West Africa are involved in cocaine trafficking.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 21/10/2014 13:35:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93393

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Pension Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Government provides to pension fund trustees on the consideration of environmental, social and governance factors as part of their fiduciary duties; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator produces free guidance for trustees via the online Trustee Toolkit. The Trustee Toolkit was updated last week, with new material on the extent to which trustees should take account of social, environmental or ethical considerations when taking investment decisions. This new material reflects the outcomes of the Law Commission’s recent review of fiduciary duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 20/10/2014 13:41:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

93042

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Thomas Orchard
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the (a) Attorney General, (b) Crown Prosecution Service, (c) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (d) Health and Safety Executive the reasons for the time taken by the Independent Police Complaints Commission to conclude its further investigation into the death of Thomas Orchard on 3 October 2012; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The investigation is ongoing and it would be inappropriate to comment further.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/10/2014 11:04:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas