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584157

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
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	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will bring forward proposals to establish an independent body to monitor fuel pricing.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	46653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that it is essential that consumers get a fair deal and that falls in oil prices are passed on to lower retail prices.</p><p>The Department regularly meets retailers and their representatives, and closely monitors pump prices, publishing data regularly <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics</a>.</p><p>We do not believe that an independent body to monitor fuel pricing is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2016 11:57:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 13099 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

584194

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Cybercrime
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 comparative assessment he has made of the potential risk of a cyber attack at the Hinkley C nuclear facility and other such nuclear facilities.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The security of existing and proposed nuclear facilities is a priority for the Government. The UK Civil Nuclear Sector is subject to a thorough safety and security regulatory regime, including cyber security, overseen by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). The entire new build nuclear programme, including Hinkley Point C, is subject to an ONR-led Generic Design Assessment process for new reactor designs. This will be supported by the National Cyber Security Centre’s design reviews with the relevant organisations, with the purpose of ensuring all new plants are cyber-secure by design and implementation.</p><p> </p><p>In the interest of security, we do not disclose details of security risks to specific facilities</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/10/2016 17:04:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

584196

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department has not renegotiated the Contract for Difference for Hinkley Point C; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The commercial terms of the Hinkley Point C contract, including the strike price and protections for consumers, have remained as announced in autumn 2015..</p><p> </p><p>As announced on 15 September 2016, the overall package includes additional commitments from EDF to safeguard against changes of ownership of the developer which have been brought into force through an exchange of letters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/10/2016 13:18:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 13098 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

584197

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral statement of 15 September 2016 on Hinkley Point C, how the measures proposed in that statement will affect the Contract for Difference for that project.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>As announced on 15 September, following the comprehensive review of the Hinkley Point C project, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced new safeguards for future foreign investment in critical infrastructure.</p><p>In respect of Hinkley Point C, the relevant Contract for Difference has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2016 15:50:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 13095 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

584198

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral statement of 15 September, how the measures announced in that statement will increase security at the Hinkley C project.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As announced on 15 September, following the comprehensive review of the Hinkley Point C project, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State announced new safeguards for future foreign investment in critical infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of Hinkley Point C, the Government is able to prevent the sale of EDF’s controlling stake prior to the completion of construction. This agreement has been confirmed in an exchange of letters between the Government and EDF.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/10/2016 16:34:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 13094 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

584199

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 EDF will incur a penalty in the event that Hinkley Point C starts to generate electricity by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Under the contract for difference, if Hinkley Point C does not start generating electricity four years after 2025 then there will be reductions to the contract term. This means that for every day that Hinkley is late, the period of time where EDF is getting increased certainty on the price of electricity generated from Hinkley is reduced. If neither reactor at Hinkley is generating electricity by 2033, there is an option to cancel the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/10/2016 16:31:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 13097 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

584200

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Security
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 assessment his Department made before the announcement of 15 September 2016 of the extent of the potential security issue facing the development of Hinkley Point C.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	46640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Security matters are an integral part of reaching agreement on all new nuclear developments. Following my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State’s announcement on 28 July 2016, the Government undertook a comprehensive review of the Hinkley Point C project; the review considered all component parts of the Hinkley deal. In the interest of security, we do not comment on security-specific matters.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/10/2016 17:04:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

599868

registered interest
date	15/09/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Business: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps the Government is taking to support businesses in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	906403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The British Business Bank currently facilitates around £300m of finance in Scotland. Around £10m of Start-Up Loans have been provided to over 2,000 Scottish businesses, and £290m is helping a further 2,000 businesses to grow through other Bank programmes. In 2015/16, Innovate UK committed to invest £58.3m in 291 innovation projects in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2016 14:24:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

583226

registered interest
date	14/09/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will lay a revised departmental minute detailing the most recent estimate of costs of Hinkley Point C before Parliament; and if he will lay such a minute at least 14 days in advance of signing any binding contract for that project.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	46335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>A summary of the value for money analysis will be published alongside the contract and associated agreements when they have been entered into.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/10/2016 11:12:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

583229

registered interest
date	14/09/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy that consumers who wish to switch energy providers only have to make contact with the new provider.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	46477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The process for switching supplier is set out in industry codes, in the formulation of which the Government has no role. The Energy Switching Guarantee was launched in June this year and can be reached via <a href="https://www.energyswitchguarantee.com/" target="_blank">https://www.energyswitchguarantee.com/</a>. This makes switching energy supplier easier for consumers and guarantees that it will be done within 21 days. The guarantee also ensures that the new supplier will handle the whole transfer process for the consumer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/10/2016 12:43:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson