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1441615

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Forests: Conservation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to spend the £1.5 billion of funding allocated under the Global Forest Finance pledge, including the (1) £350 million for tropical forests in Indonesia, (2) £200 million for the LEAF Coalition, and (3) up to £300 million intended for the Amazon rainforest.
tabling member printed	Lord Field of Birkenhead
uin	HL6969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to develop proposals for funding to Indonesia, the Amazon and other important regions, building on the UK’s existing partnerships in these areas. The UK’s investment in LEAF has helped bring other public and private funders on board, raising over £750m which will be used for technical assistance and carbon finance for developing countries.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/03/2022 13:15:05 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1441635

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	flypop: Future Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding FlyPop Ltd has received from the Future Fund; what due diligence they undertook, prior to awarding this funding, to ensure that the company complies with the requirement for the majority of its business to be based in the UK; whether the company has yet applied for the necessary UK AOC Licence; and if so, whether that licence has been granted.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL6989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide information relating to loan amounts for individual companies as this information is commercially sensitive for both investors and investee businesses.</p><p>All investee companies were required to certify that they met the UK nationality criteria as part of the process of signing the Convertible Loan Agreement. Businesses provided details of their country of incorporation, UK Company registration number as well as the citizenship of company officers and an ownership structure chart or supporting documentation showing ultimate beneficial owners of the company. These details were checked as part of the eligibility checks carried out. As this particular business was pre-revenue and pre-operational at the time of application, these checks also satisfied the requirement that over half of employees should be UK-based or half of revenues should be from UK sales.</p><p>Licensing is a matter for the Civil Aviation Authority. A UK Air Operator Certificate has not been granted to this company to date.<strong><em> </em></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/03/2022 15:27:50 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1441644

registered interest
date	15/03/2022
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	Summertime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the estimated energy savings that could be made by moving the UK to the GMT+2 hour time zone during the summer months, and to GMT+1 hour time zone for the rest of the year.
tabling member printed	Lord Rooker
uin	HL6998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the daylight-saving arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/03/2022 15:27:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	302 label Biography information for Lord Rooker

1440630

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Petrol: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the profit margin per litre of petrol sold at petrol stations in (1) February 2022, (2) February 2021, and (3) February 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL6939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government monitors the margin profits of petrol and diesel, but individual months do not necessarily reflect broader trends. Competitive markets ensure that consumers get a fair deal when they visit the pumps and that road fuel prices stay as low as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 30/03/2022 16:16:28 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1440642

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Solar Power: Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce interest-free loans to install solar panels.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL6951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has a range of existing schemes and mechanisms which support rooftop solar deployment such as the Smart Export Guarantee, ensuring homes with solar panels get payment for the renewable electricity they export to the grid. In addition, the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, and The Home Upgrade Grant and the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD) Scheme, all include solar panels as an eligible measure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/03/2022 16:53:17 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1440650

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
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	Energy Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries they are in discussions with to make up the supply deficit of (1) oil, and (2) gas, arising from the current geopolitical situation.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL6959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friends the Prime Minister, the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs engage regularly with a range of European and international counterparts on energy security. As a member of the International Energy Agency and International Energy Forum the Government has regular discussions with partners about ensuring security of supply.</p><p> </p><p>We remain confident that the UK’s energy security will be maintained. The UK is a significant producer of both crude oil and petroleum products, and hold oil stocks in the unlikely event of a major oil supply disruption. The UK has highly diverse sources of gas supply. We meet around half of our annual gas supply through domestic production and the vast majority of imports come from reliable suppliers such as Norway.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/03/2022 16:52:06 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1439941

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Energy: Imports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the UK’s dependence on non-domestic energy resources.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The crisis in Ukraine and the UK’s exposure to high global gas prices show the importance of the Government’s plan for a strong home-grown low-carbon economy to strengthen energy security into the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Government plans to reduce reliance on fossil fuels as the engine of the UK economy and make the transition to low carbon energy. This includes ambitious plans to support the deployment of low carbon and renewable technologies such as offshore wind, nuclear and hydrogen, which will contribute to decarbonising the UK’s power, heat and transport sectors.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made clear his intention to publish an Energy Security Strategy, setting out how the UK will make the transition to a home-grown clean energy future and end reliance on Russian oil.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/03/2022 17:23:36 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1439949

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Oil: Russia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the decision to ban the import of Russian oil into the UK, what financial protection is available to UK companies who chartered Russian oil tankers to deliver fuel to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL6857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2022 answer text <p>Russian ships have been banned from UK ports, following UK sanctions against Russia. The ban includes any vessels owned or operated by anyone connected to Russia.</p><p>The UK will also stop importing Russian oil by the end of this year, building on the Government’s package of international economic sanctions.</p><p>The Government is confident that this can be achieved over the course of the year, providing enough time for companies to adjust while ensuring consumers are protected. The Government is already providing support worth around £21 billion during this year, and next, to help people with the cost of living and will continue to monitor the economic impact of the conflict and keep its approach under review.</p><p>The Department for International Trade has expanded its Export Support Service (ESS) to act as a single point of enquiry for businesses and traders with questions relating to the situation in Ukraine and Russia. Any business that has question about trading with Ukraine or Russia can visit the GOV.UK website to contact the export support team, or call our helpline using the number 0300 303 8955.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 25/03/2022 14:19:50 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1439974

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Bitcoin
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies listing Bitcoin mining as their main business are registered at Companies House.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL6892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Companies House are unable to provide this information as the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes used for the purposes of describing a company’s business activity does not include a code for “bitcoin mining”.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/03/2022 11:46:11 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1440000

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Tidal Power: River Severn
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reconsider the proposal for building a Severn Barrage to generate electricity from a renewable source; and what plans they have to discuss this with the Welsh Government.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL6902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains open to considering well-developed proposals for tidal range projects in British bays and estuaries, provided that such proposals can demonstrate energy system benefits, plausible environmental impact mitigation strategies, and value for money in the context of other forms of low carbon generation. The Government engages regularly with the Welsh Government on matters of common interest.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/03/2022 17:24:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley