Written Question
Friday 1st July 2022
Asked by:
Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support tenants who do not have a domestic electricity supply contract with the cost of energy.
Answered by Greg Hands
Ofgem’s Maximum Resale Price provisions prevent landlords from reselling energy to residents at a higher price than they paid to the licensed energy supplier.
Customers without a domestic electricity supply contract are not eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme, so the Government is exploring options for other ways in which they might receive similar support. This was raised in a recent Government consultation and a response will be published later in the summer. The Government has also provided £144 million of discretionary funding for Local Authorities to support households who need support but are not eligible for the Council Tax reduction.
Written Question
Friday 27th May 2022
Asked by:
Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount of agricultural land that has been taken out of food production to facilitate the development of solar farms.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Government recognises the need to preserve the UK’s farmland. Planning guidance encourages solar projects to use previously developed land, and be designed to avoid, mitigate, and compensate for their impacts.
Information on the location of current solar installations is available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract
Written Question
Friday 27th May 2022
Asked by:
Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the impact the development of solar farms on agricultural land on food (a) security and (b) production.
Answered by Greg Hands
The Government recognises the need to preserve the UK’s farmland. Planning guidance encourages solar projects to use previously developed land, and be designed to avoid, mitigate, and compensate for their impacts.
The UK’s high degree of food security is based on diversified supply, strong domestic production, and stable imports. The UK produces 60% of all the food it needs, and 74% of food that can be produced in the UK. These figures have changed little over the last 20 years. It is possible to maintain and increase food production sustainably in some areas, while seeing land use change in others.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Support for New Adoptive Parents
"My hon. Friend is making some very good points, pointing out the importance of the Government addressing this issue. Will he reflect on the fact that the Government have proactively encouraged people to be self-employed over the past 10 to 12 years, and ever-increasing numbers of people are self-employed or …..."Dan Poulter - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Support for New Adoptive Parents
"I am sure the Minister will find it difficult to disagree with the hon. Lady. She rightly mentions the barriers to adoption more generally. The coalition Government did a lot with my hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Edward Timpson), in a previous guise, to reduce some of those barriers. …..."Dan Poulter - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Feb 2022
Endometriosis Workplace Support
"I thank the hon. Lady for giving way, and I congratulate her on the comments she is making. I also congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Elmet and Rothwell (Alec Shelbrooke) for securing today’s debate and for speaking in such a powerful manner.
The hon. Lady speaks from …..."Dan Poulter - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Subsidy Control Bill
"My hon. Friend is making a very good speech and making very good points. On the issue of transparency, surely it would be cheaper as well as more transparent to do exactly what he says, because when there is a digital system putting all this information together it takes more …..."Dan Poulter - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Subsidy Control Bill
"I echo the transparency concerns raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Weston-super-Mare (John Penrose). I welcome the Minister’s commitment to allowing the other place to look at this area, but, to reassure some of us, will he please outline the transparency tools that already exist?..."Dan Poulter - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Nov 2021
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill
"Before the hon. Gentleman moves on from discussing the financing for Sizewell C, does he agree that it is important, when we are talking about financing, that the financing is not just in place for the build of the power station itself, but for the necessary infrastructure and mitigation measures …..."Dan Poulter - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 21 Oct 2021
Climate Change Committee Progress Report 2021
"I thank my hon. Friend for securing this debate today and for making a very thoughtful speech. In his remarks, will he address the point about energy usage and not just energy production? What more would he suggest to the Government that we could do to minimise energy usage and …..."Dan Poulter - View Speech
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