1 0 10 2 Leader of the House of Lords 2019-07-23T14:16:47.187Z House of Lords 2019-07-15 Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick Ordinary true 92 Bullying and Harassment in the House of Lords Independent Inquiry 2019-07-23T14:48:03.444Z To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Naomi Ellenbogen QC An Independent Inquiry into bullying and harassment in the House of Lords, published on 11 July. 2019-07-15 Tabled 2019-07-16T15:25:04.185Z true HL17179 2019-07-29 1 Leader of the House of Lords 2019-07-23T14:16:47.187Z <p>As the Prime Minister has said before, everyone working in Parliament deserves to be treated with dignity and respect. This inquiry has brought to light behaviour which is unacceptable, and it is incumbent on the House of Lords to take swift action. It is important that the House now carefully considers the concerns raised in this important report, and responds to its recommendations.</p><p>It is primarily for Parliament, rather than Government, to consider how best to respond to Naomi Ellenbogen QC’s recommendations. The House of Lords Commission met on Wednesday 17 July in order to plan its response to the recommendations. Every member of the Commission committed to complete the Valuing Everyone training course, and the leaders of the political groupings committed their front bench to do the same. The Commission agreed the establishment of a Steering Group of staff, members and others to embark on the process of moving forward with Naomi Ellenbogen QC’s recommendations, and the new Conduct Committee will examine those which relate to the Code of Conduct.</p> HL17179 House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17179 2 false 57 2017/19 Lord Taylor of Warwick 2019-07-15T21:19:26.733Z Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL) Ordinary To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, following action taken by Her Majesty's Government to convert some communal toilets in visitor and office facilities from single-sex to gender-neutral, what plans he has, if any, to reassign some or all of the toilets on the Principal Floor of the House of Lords to gender-neutral use. House of Lords: Sanitation 2 1 2019-07-24T12:04:35.877Z <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>In total, there are three gender-neutral toilets located on the Principal Floor of the House of Lords; two on the West Front Corridor and one by the Salisbury Room. Currently there are no plans to increase the number of gender-neutral toilets on the Principal Floor.</p> Lord Lucas The Senior Deputy Speaker HL17167 true Biography information for Lord Lucas 2017/19 204 2019-07-15 HL17167 1 2019-07-15T21:19:11.813Z 57 2019-07-29 true 2019-07-24T12:04:35.877Z 2019-07-15T21:26:24.539Z House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17167 2019-07-15 Tabled false 2019-07-24T12:36:01.765Z Tabled 1 2019-07-23T13:41:24.357Z 1 House of Commons 57 false 2019-07-17 Biography information for Steve Double true Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2019-07-15T18:44:35.000Z 277211 2019-07-23T13:41:24.357Z <p>I have committed to publishing a Heat Policy Roadmap in 2020 which will set out the programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions in the first part of the 2020s over the future of low-carbon heating. BEIS officials will be working closely with stakeholders, and will be considering the impacts of different technologies on different segments of the market as they develop its content.</p> House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277211 277211 2019-07-23T14:13:02.064Z 1 true 2019-07-15 Ordinary 2019-07-15 Heating: Rural Areas St Austell and Newquay 201 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the heat strategy on the (a) upfront costs of installing new technologies and (b) the costs of energy efficiency upgrades for rural (i) homeowners, (ii) landlords and (iii) businesses. 2017/19 2019-07-15T19:00:05.667Z Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Steve Double St Austell and Newquay true 2019-07-15 2019-07-15T18:44:39.667Z 277212 1 To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government’s heat strategy will include proposals to remove the fuel cost element of the Energy Performance Certificate for rural (i) homeowners and (ii) landlords living off the gas grid. 2019-07-23T13:42:16.457Z <p>I have committed to publishing a Heat Policy Roadmap in 2020 which will set out the programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions in the first part of the 2020s over the future of low-carbon heating. BEIS officials will be working closely with stakeholders as they develop its content.</p><p>Following a commitment in the Clean Growth Strategy, we launched a Call for Evidence on Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), which closed in October 2018 with 229 responses which we are currently analysing. In the Call for Evidence we asked for views on the current EPC cost rating and the results will inform our views on future EPC policy.</p> Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 201 Steve Double Ordinary 277212 1 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2017/19 false Tabled 2019-07-23T13:42:16.457Z 2019-07-15 House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277212 57 2019-07-17 1 true Heating: Rural Areas 2019-07-15T19:00:09.890Z Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2019-07-23T14:14:01.863Z 2019-07-15T19:00:11.986Z 2019-07-23T13:43:25.537Z <p>I have committed to publishing a Heat Policy Roadmap in in 2020 which will set out the programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions in the first part of the 2020s over the future of low-carbon heating. BEIS officials will be working closely with stakeholders as they develop its content.</p><p> </p><p>The annual running costs of a Band C rated home are £650 lower than the average Band E rated home. This is why we set out our aspiration in the Clean Growth Strategy that as many homes as possible should be EPC C Band C by 2035 where practical, cost effective and affordable. We estimate that between £35 - 65 billion of investment will need to be mobilised to meet that aspiration.</p><p> </p><p>There is not one ‘silver bullet’ policy that will drive uptake of energy efficiency amongst homeowners and so we are committed to building a vibrant and sustainable market through introducing a suite of mutually supporting policies and measures. These include a £5 million innovation fund to help mortgage lenders develop innovative green mortgage products in support of home energy efficiency and a £10m innovation fund to reduce the cost of whole house retrofit. Low income and vulnerable households are also supported in making energy efficiency improvements under the reformed Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme. ECO is worth £640m a year and has already installed 2.5 million measures since 2013.</p> House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277213 2019-07-23T14:15:02.833Z 2019-07-15 277213 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Steve Double false Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2019-07-15T18:44:42.037Z St Austell and Newquay 1 277213 2019-07-15 57 Ordinary Tabled true 2019-07-17 2017/19 To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government’s heat strategy include a comparative assessment of the costs associated with improving an Energy Performance Certificate between (a) rural homeowners and landlords that are off the gas grid and (b) homeowners and landlords are on the gas grid. 1 Heating: Rural Areas true 1 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2019-07-23T13:43:25.537Z 201 277307 Philip Davies Ordinary true 1 2019-07-17 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 277307 2019-07-15 2019-07-22T09:17:13.467Z <p>BEIS does not hold data identifying the source of the coal supplied to each consumer.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal was imported for use in (a) UK coal fired power stations (b) UK steel works and (c) other industrial processes in 2018. Tabled 2019-07-15T20:24:37.433Z 2019-07-15T20:25:28.929Z Shipley Biography information for Philip Davies Coal: Imports false 201 2019-07-22T09:49:02.289Z 2019-07-15 57 2019-07-22T09:17:13.467Z House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277307 2017/19 1 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy true 1 2019-07-18T09:40:02.154Z 57 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy true 1 2019-07-18T09:08:57.227Z <p>Stocks of coal are held by producers, electricity generators and others. Total stocks at the end of 2018 were 5.2 million tonnes, which remains steady when compared with 2017.</p> Shipley 277308 1 1 true 2019-07-15T20:24:40.347Z 2019-07-17 Philip Davies Coal 277308 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal the UK has stockpiled. 2019-07-15T20:25:31.827Z 2017/19 2019-07-18T09:08:57.227Z Tabled false 201 Ordinary 2019-07-15 House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277308 2019-07-15 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 277119 NamedDay 277119 Biography information for Paul Farrelly 1 Paul Farrelly To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) support the growth and (b) minimise the adverse environmental effects of the bioplastics industry. Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2019-07-15T18:44:13.040Z 2019-07-15 2017/19 Tabled 2019-07-18T11:07:01.469Z 57 1 2019-07-18T10:35:40.003Z House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277119 2019-07-18T10:35:40.003Z <p>This Government is building a globally competitive sustainable plastics industry through research and innovation. As announced in the recent Bioeconomy Strategy, the Department will provide up to £60 million, bolstered by considerable industry support, to establish the UK as the world’s leading innovator in smart sustainable plastic packaging. We will soon be launching a call for evidence on the impacts of bio-based and biodegradable plastics on the environment and their interaction with the circular economy.</p> 2019-07-15 false 201 true Newcastle-under-Lyme 1 true 2019-07-18 Biofuels: Plastics 2019-07-15T18:59:45.501Z Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Ordinary Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy false 2019-07-15T21:26:52.237Z 57 HL17180 2019-07-23T13:16:27.277Z <p>HM Government has no plans to amend current legislation on digital content. However, the Government has committed to retaining strong protections for consumers post Brexit.</p> 2019-07-23T13:48:01.753Z Lord Taylor of Warwick 2019-07-15 201 Digital Technology: Sales 2 2019-07-15T21:19:27.920Z HL17180 2019-07-15 1 2019-07-23T13:16:27.277Z Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy true 2017/19 To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the Consumer Rights Act 2015 rules for digital content purchased post-Brexit to include a 28-day refund rule. House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 HL17180 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Tabled true 2019-07-29 1 Dr Rupa Huq House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 277236 2019-07-23T13:44:48.937Z 2019-07-15T19:00:45.796Z 1 false Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Ealing Central and Acton Tabled 2019-07-23T13:44:48.937Z <p>Heat networks are an important part of the Clean Growth Strategy and we expect them to play an important role in the long-term decarbonisation of heat. We are committed to this within a framework that protects consumers and supports market growth.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2018, the Government set out our intention to introduce regulation of heat networks and published our priorities for the sector – protecting consumers; building investment and maximising the decarbonisation benefits of heat networks. This built on recommendations by The Competition and Market Authority.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to consult on more detailed policy proposals later this year. Any subsequent legislation would be introduced when Parliamentary time allows.</p> Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1 Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq 277236 To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the public consultation on proposals for the regulation of district heating networks. 2019-07-17 true 57 2019-07-15 2019-07-15T18:45:20.867Z District Heating 2017/19 2019-07-23T14:16:01.958Z true 1 Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 201 2019-07-15 Ordinary 277236 288