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715826

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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	Renewable Energy: Trade Competitiveness
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 he has made of the international competitiveness of the UK's renewable energy and low carbon technologies.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	70104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>London is currently the world’s leading financial centre in carbon trading, hosting around 90% of the world’s carbon market. A third of new clean energy projects worldwide between 2007 and 2012 had legal and financial advice from the UK. The UK is already the second largest exporter of electric vehicles to Europe. The UK is currently leading the world in our offshore wind industry: with the largest installed capacity and the largest pipeline up to 2020. We expect the opportunities to export the technologies and expertise developed in the UK to grow.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/04/2017 10:05:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

715828

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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	Renewable Energy: Exports
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 steps his Department is taking to encourage a global market for the UK's renewable energy and low carbon technologies.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	70105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>We continue to support renewable energy and low carbon technologies globally; we are already a world leader in off-shore wind. Working alongside the Department for International Trade, we are negotiating new free trade agreements with countries outside the EU and working to support businesses through discussions on market access issues. We will also be ambitious in the upcoming EU negotiations to secure the best possible access for businesses to trade with and operate in the European market.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/04/2017 10:06:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

670911

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Renewable 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, what plans he has to put into domestic law protection for the new rights for energy consumers on self-consumption of renewable energy and selling power back to the grid set out in the EU's Renewable Energy Directive and Electricity Directive.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	59315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Formal negotiations on the Commission’s proposals for a revision of the Directive on renewable energy and the Directive on common rules for the internal market in electricity have not yet started. While we remain in the EU, the UK will play a full role in the negotiations, considering all implications for the UK, including for energy consumers who generate renewable energy.</p><p>As the formal negotiations have not begun, it would be premature to consider the extent to which any additional rights might be introduced in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2017 17:13:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

670912

registered interest
date	10/01/2017
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	Renewable Energy: Cooperatives
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 plans he has to put into domestic law protection for the new rights for community energy groups introduced in the EU's Renewable Energy Directive and Electricity Directive once the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	59316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Formal negotiations on the Commission’s proposals for a revision of the Directive on renewable energy and the Directive on common rules for the internal market in electricity have not yet started. While we remain in the EU, the UK will play a full role in the negotiations, considering all implications for UK, including for community energy groups.</p><p>As the formal negotiations have not begun, it would be premature to consider the extent to which any additional rights might be introduced in the UK.</p><p>The Department is separately engaging with stakeholders to explore next steps for community and local energy in the context of the forthcoming Emissions Reduction Plan.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2017 16:30:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

596000

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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: China
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 President Xi at the September 2016 G20 meeting on separating the building of the Hualong One reactor at Bradwell from the agreement on Hinkley Point C.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy did not attend the September 2016 G20 meeting.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2016 09:34:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

596189

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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, what assessment his Department has made of the security of the intellectual property of the European Pressurised Reactor technology to be used at Hinkley Point C.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>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>The protection of intellectual property at Hinkley Point C is a commercial matter for the developer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/10/2016 10:27:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

596190

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the recommendations of the report, Lowest Cost Decarbonisation for the UK: the critical role of carbon capture and storage, published in September 2016.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	46706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering closely the findings and recommendations made in the report ‘Lowest Cost Decarbonisation for the UK: the critical role of carbon capture and storage’, published by the Lord Oxburgh- led Parliamentary Advisory Group on CCS.</p><p>Government will be setting out its future approach to CCS in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2016 15:49:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

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

542324

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which (a) groups and (b) individuals his Department has invited to work with the Government on developing a strategy for carbon capture and storage in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	43817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department continues to engage with the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, including with individual developers and the CCS Association as well as others such as the Committee on Climate Change, on the next steps on CCS in the UK. The Department also continues to host the CCS Development Forum, which brings government and the CCS industry together.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, BEIS officials are providing support to Lord Oxburgh’s CCS Advisory Group which will report to Government on their findings and recommendations on the future of CCS in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 13:01:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

541129

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
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	Climate Change: Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which (a) minister and (b) Government officials attended the Petersberg Climate Dialogue on 4 and 5 July 2016; and what the outcomes of that meeting were.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	43574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK was represented by Peter Betts, Director, International Climate Change at what was formerly DECC, now BEIS, and another government official.</p><p> </p><p>The full conclusions of the meeting are published by the German government at:</p><p><a href="http://www.bmub.bund.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Klimaschutz/petersberg7_conclusions_bf.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.bmub.bund.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Klimaschutz/petersberg7_conclusions_bf.pdf</a> and included as an annex here to be published in the House Libraries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 12:53:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner