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1271687

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Water Power: Finance
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 potential merits of further investment in tidal stream and wave technology and project developers as part of the Government's strategy to reach Net Zero by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recently ran a Call for Evidence inviting views on what scope there is for marine technologies across the UK, including examining what additional support could move technologies towards commercialisation. This concluded on 30<sup>th</sup> September 2020 and we are currently reviewing the responses received<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/01/2021 10:06:27 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1271690

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Water Power: Finance
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 potential merits of refining the pot structure of the Contracts for Difference round to include a reserved amount of funding for marine projects to compete for.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>In November, the Government confirmed changes to the pot structure for the Contracts for Difference scheme to introduce a new, third pot for offshore wind ahead of the fourth Allocation Round scheduled to take place in late 2021. The Government considers this approach will allow auction parameters to be set across pots in a way which better reflects project characteristics. Wave and tidal stream projects remain eligible to compete in pot 2 for CfD auctions. We will publish specific allocation round parameters in advance of the next auction; typically, five to six months in advance. This will include the details of whether any technology-specific minima will apply.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/01/2021 10:02:52 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1271693

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Water Power
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 his Department has had with the APPG for Marine Energy on the UK Marine Energy Council’s submission to the Department for BEIS: Call for Evidence.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State recently met with the APPG for Marine Energy to discuss broadly the Marine Energy Council’s proposals for potential support for marine energy technologies.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 13/01/2021 10:20:38 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1271696

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Innovation: Finance
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 potential merits of supporting the introduction of an Innovation Power Purchase Agreement to allow early stage technologies reach commercial readiness.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>BEIS officials continue to engage with wave and tidal stream developers to understand their cost-reduction trajectories, where those savings are likely to be found and, importantly in light of declining costs for other renewables, whether there may be a rationale for funding arrangements outside of the CFD.</p><p> </p><p>The Marine Energy Council is also looking at alternative funding models for early tidal array deployment outside the Levy Control Framework, which they refer to as the Innovation Power Purchase Agreement (IPPA). However, given that the IPPA is based on a tax measure which is the responsibility of HMT, it would be for Treasury ministers to decide on the desirability of such an instrument.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS also supports the progress of early-stage technologies to commercial readiness through the £505 million Energy Innovation Programme. The Programme includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) is a competitive grant funding scheme to support SMEs in the development and demonstration of state-of-the-art disruptive technologies, products and processes. Since 2012 the EEF has invested around £72 million of grant money in over 156 companies leveraging over £100m in private investment.</li><li>£20 million investment in a new venture capital fund: the Clean Growth Fund. The HMG investment is matched pound for pound by private sector investment and the Fund Manager has ambition for the Clean Growth Fund to reach £100 million by autumn 2021.</li></ul> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/01/2021 18:05:34 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1271401

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will be responsible for holding the supply chain data for tobacco products entering the UK as part of track and trace arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Now the transition period has ended the UK will operate a standalone tobacco track and trace system, with Northern Ireland forming part of both the UK and EU systems.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s track and trace service provider ‘De la Rue’ will be responsible for holding all data generated by the tracking of products manufactured in, or imported into the UK up to the first point of retail. The EU will also continue to hold data in respect of Northern Ireland at the end of the transition period. HM Revenue and Customs will have full access to the data in respect of the UK track and trace arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the introduction of the track and trace system, a new anti-tamper proof security label was introduced in May 2019 for all packs of cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco destined for the UK market. The anti-counterfeit security label incorporates overt and covert authentication elements, which complement the track and trace system to prove the authenticity of the product. As such, the government has no plans to introduce tax stamps for tobacco products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 130151 question first answered 11/01/2021 14:27:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1271403

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Tobacco: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the potential merits of incorporating an internationally-recognised tax stamp as part of the UK’s tobacco track and trace regime and a security label to safeguard the UK’s tobacco tax revenue and reduce illicit tobacco flows; and whether his Department plans to introduce such a tax stamp.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	130151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Now the transition period has ended the UK will operate a standalone tobacco track and trace system, with Northern Ireland forming part of both the UK and EU systems.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s track and trace service provider ‘De la Rue’ will be responsible for holding all data generated by the tracking of products manufactured in, or imported into the UK up to the first point of retail. The EU will also continue to hold data in respect of Northern Ireland at the end of the transition period. HM Revenue and Customs will have full access to the data in respect of the UK track and trace arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the introduction of the track and trace system, a new anti-tamper proof security label was introduced in May 2019 for all packs of cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco destined for the UK market. The anti-counterfeit security label incorporates overt and covert authentication elements, which complement the track and trace system to prove the authenticity of the product. As such, the government has no plans to introduce tax stamps for tobacco products.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch grouped question UIN 130149 question first answered 11/01/2021 14:27:16 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1254509

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Assadolah Assadi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of threats against Iranian dissidents and activists in the UK as a result of the forthcoming trial against an Iranian diplomat in Belgium on terrorism charges relating to alleged plots to bomb a conference of Iranian dissidents in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	119300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK takes a zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats. We will continue to work closely with our international allies to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-based threats.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/12/2020 15:58:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1253359

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Integrated Activity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2020 to Question 106364, how many projects were applied for by his Department under the Integrated Activity Fund in financial year (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20; and what the (i) allocated budget and (ii) actual spending was for each project.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	117300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to my response of 12 November to 113156.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/11/2020 15:47:58 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1253365

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Bahrain: Integrated Activity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many projects were solely delivered to Bahrain under the Integrated Activity Fund in the (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	117301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>We do not disclose information related to individual Integrated Activity Fund projects to maintain the confidence and confidentiality of our Gulf partners.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 24/11/2020 15:49:14 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1249689

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Integrated Activity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 November 2020 to Question 106364 on Overseas Aid: Gulf States, how many projects were applied for by his Department under the Integrated Activity Fund in the financial years (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20; and what the (i) allocated budget and (ii) actual spending was for each of those projects in each of those financial years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	113156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>We do not disclose information related to individual IAF projects to maintain the confidence and confidentiality of our Gulf partners.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 12/11/2020 13:08:52 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day