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1110966

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the implications of climate change for young people.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	243452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face, which is why we have set out ambitious plans in our Clean Growth Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through to 2032 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy builds on the UK’s strong progress we have made towards our legally binding targets, established in the world-leading Climate Change Act. Between 1990 and 2017, the UK reduced its emissions by over 40 per cent while growing the economy by more than two thirds.</p><p> </p><p>Looking ahead to the future, we have commissioned the Committee on Climate Change to provide advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets, including on setting a net zero target. This advice is due in May and we will consider it carefully when it is received.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/04/2019 16:30:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1110976

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Climate Change and Environment Protection: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on teaching climate change and environmental protection in schools.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	243454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education is responsible for setting the school curriculum. Climate change and environmental protection are already included in the school curriculum.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that young people are taught about climate change and environmental protection so they understand both the challenges we face and the solutions. This Government is also funding programmes in schools and colleges to increase the take-up of maths (such as the Advanced Maths Premium), computing and physics so students have the skills to help build and grow our low carbon economy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/04/2019 16:31:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1111089

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Written Statement of 25 January 2018, if he will publish the outcome and ancillary assessment documentation of all financial resilience tests to confirm an applicant’s ability to fund decommissioning costs pursuant to the process outlined to secure final consent to hydraulically frack.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	243486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has published the outcome of all financial resilience assessments completed to date as part of the decision document issued when granting Hydraulic Fracturing Consent. These can be accessed at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/decision-announced-on-the-hydraulic-fracturing-consent-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/decision-announced-on-the-hydraulic-fracturing-consent-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd</a>; and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydraulic-fracturing-consent-hfc-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd-preston-new-road-site-pnr-2-decision-notice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydraulic-fracturing-consent-hfc-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd-preston-new-road-site-pnr-2-decision-notice</a>.</p><p>The Government has no plans to release any further ancillary assessment documentation as this contains commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2019 14:00:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1111090

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Third Energy: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Oil and Gas Authority assessed whether the relevant operator required a guarantor when granting Third Energy an extension to its work commitments for AL006, DL005, PL079, PL080, PL081, PEDL177, PL077 published in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	243487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave her on 8 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238646/" target="_blank">238646</a> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238647/" target="_blank">238647</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 243488 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:01:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1111091

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Third Energy: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Oil and Gas Authority required a guarantor, the details of that guarantor and the terms of the guarantee for the extension of Third Energy's work commitments published by the Authority in its Retention Areas Agreed (Updated December 2018) 2014 Model Clauses.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	243488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave her on 8 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238646/" target="_blank">238646</a> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238647/" target="_blank">238647</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 243487 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:01:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1111116

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) Whirlpool’s and (b) the Office for Product Safety and Standards' response to problems with Whirlpool tumble dryer safety.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	243352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to keep consumers safe.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) review considered the adequacy of Whirlpool’s response on tumble dryer safety. As a result, OPSS has issued a Decision Letter to Whirlpool setting out further actions for the company to take in relation to risk management and communications with customers. OPSS will hold Whirlpool to account in regard to these requirements as part of the company’s obligations with regard to the safety of products.</p><p> </p><p>The OPSS review was conducted by scientific, legal and product safety experts including input from the Government’s Health and Safety Laboratory and it was peer reviewed by the BEIS Chief Scientific Advisor.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/04/2019 16:30:45 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead