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1171819

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date	20/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the environmental impact of cutting Air Passenger Duty from all domestic flights.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>As announced on 14 January, HM Treasury is undertaking a review of Air Passenger Duty to ensure regional connectivity is strengthened while meeting the UK’s climate change commitments to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and uses a range of levers at its disposal, including spending, taxation and regulatory policy, to meet its climate and environmental objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The actions that the Government has taken are fully compliant with State Aid rules.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL582 question first answered 28/01/2020 12:11:00 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1171820

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether deferred Air Passenger Duty relief is congruent with state aid and competition rules.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>As announced on 14 January, HM Treasury is undertaking a review of Air Passenger Duty to ensure regional connectivity is strengthened while meeting the UK’s climate change commitments to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The government takes its environmental responsibilities very seriously and uses a range of levers at its disposal, including spending, taxation and regulatory policy, to meet its climate and environmental objectives.</p><p> </p><p>The actions that the Government has taken are fully compliant with State Aid rules.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL581 question first answered 28/01/2020 12:11:00 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1175129

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Foreign Exchange
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that (1) the precise spot rate, and (2) the commission charged, are identified for all consumer foreign currency transactions at the moment of the transaction post-Brexit.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, where a currency conversion service is offered before the initiation of the payment transaction, the party offering the currency conversion service must disclose to the payer all charges as well as the exchange rate to be used for converting the payment transaction. This will not change after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2020, the EU’s Cross Border Payments Regulation, known as CBPR2, will require greater transparency on currency conversion charges and exchange rates when making payments, either at a point of sale or an ATM.</p><p> </p><p>After 31 January, the UK and EU will enter an implementation period, during which EU laws that currently apply, or will start to apply during the implementation period, will apply to the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of section 8 of the EU Withdrawal Act 2018 (and as further amended by the EU Withdrawal Agreement Act 2020) the Government has the power to fix deficiencies in EU legislation retained following the Implementation Period.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/02/2020 16:38:59 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1175140

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have given new policy guidance to the National Infrastructure Commission following the Government's decision to implement a target for net-zero emissions by 2050.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Infrastructure will be central to meeting the UK’s 2050 zero-emissions targets, and so decarbonisation will be one of the central objectives of the National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS), due to be published alongside the Budget.</p><p> </p><p>The NIS will also provide the Government’s formal response to the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC’s) 2018 assessment of the UK’s infrastructure needs, which included a range of recommendations relating to decarbonising the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>As per the NIC’s framework document, the NIC must already take account of the Government’s legal obligations, including carbon reduction targets or assessments of environmental impacts.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown question first answered 03/02/2020 16:53:21 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw