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	registered interest
	date	21/02/2024
	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	Offshore Industry: Biodiversity
	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 recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill on the global biodiversity framework.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	15055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK is committed to implementing the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss and contains a target to protect at least 30% of the world’s land and ocean by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a comprehensive legal framework of environmental protection measures for offshore oil and gas activities. Section 12 of the Impact Assessment published alongside the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill sets out how the environmental principles of the Environment Act have been considered in the development of this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/02/2024 12:17:00 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1690034

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	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	Offshore Industry: Marine Environment
	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 recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government's target of protecting 30% of UK waters for nature by 2030 on her Department's criteria for oil and gas development permissions.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	14555
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>A comprehensive framework of environmental protection measures has been developed in the UK to minimise the impact of offshore oil and gas activities and this is embodied in the relevant legislation. Development proposals for oil and gas are a matter for the relevant regulators - the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED). As part of the regulatory process, OPRED considers the Environmental Impact Assessment for development proposals to ensure that the impact on the environment, including marine protected areas and relevant targets is taken into account.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/02/2024 07:31:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1680932

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2024
	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	Great British Insulation Scheme
	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 she is taking to encourage companies to offer under floor insulation installation under the Great British Insulation Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	8732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government sets the overall target and scheme rules, including which measures are eligible for the delivery of the Great British Insulation Scheme but does not direct which insulation measures are installed; that is left to the obligated energy suppliers and their installers to determine.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 16/01/2024 11:55:11 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield