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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

" What steps his Department is taking to help businesses reduce emissions. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Sep 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister very much for his answer. The business sector has successfully reduced greenhouse gas emissions by over 30% since 1990. However, emissions from business transport are counted separately, and transport emissions have gone down only by 3% since 1990. Does my right hon. Friend agree with me …..."
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Written Question
Tidal Power: Carbon Emissions
Monday 23rd March 2020

Asked by: Neil Parish (Conservative - Tiverton and Honiton)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of potential contribution of domestic tidal lagoon power to reaching the target of net zero by 2050.

Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng

The Government has been clear that tidal range technologies such as tidal lagoons and barrages may have a role to play in the UK’s long term energy mix but only if they can deliver value for money in the context of other renewable technologies.

Written Question
Agriculture: Heating
Tuesday 17th March 2020

Asked by: Neil Parish (Conservative - Tiverton and Honiton)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has made to Cabinet colleagues on the interests of British farming in relation to the Government's (a) forthcoming heat policy roadmap and (b) plans to renew the Renewable Heat Incentive.

Answered by Kwasi Kwarteng

The Department engages regularly with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at both ministerial and official level, on the interests of British Farming on a range of issues. This includes the biogas and biomethane technologies included under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).

The RHI has funding confirmed for new deployment of renewable heat technologies until 31 March 2021. The Budget on 11 March confirmed a new allocation of flexible tariff guarantees on the non-domestic RHI and announced a new support scheme for biomethane production to increase the proportion of green gas in the grid, funded by a Green Gas Levy.

We are planning to publish a Heat and Building Strategy later this year, which will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings and an ambitious programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions to set us on a path to Net Zero by 2050. We are currently developing policies to deliver low carbon heating in the 2020s and meet our climate targets which we will consult on with a wider range of stakeholders including British Farmers.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Sep 2019
International Climate Action

"Air quality is very much part of climate change, and we must increase our air quality in this country. Having more electric cars and charging them at night would use and store a lot of renewable energy, so there is a great advantage in driving those technologies. We must have …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 15 Oct 2018
Green GB Week and Clean Growth

"I very much welcome this statement on green growth. With green growth, can we make sure that we concentrate on electric cars, electric buses and electric taxis so that we can get better air quality in our inner cities, especially in the 43 spots across the country where we really …..."
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Written Question
Energy: Prices
Tuesday 30th January 2018

Asked by: Neil Parish (Conservative - Tiverton and Honiton)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

What steps he is taking to tackle rising energy prices.

Answered by Claire Perry

We are bringing forward the Price Cap Bill, an intelligent intervention to protect consumers.

Ofgem is already capping tariffs for 1 million households this year, and consulting on protection for another 2 million next winter. This is in addition to the 4 million households protected under the pre-pay cap.

That is not all, smart meter rollout, focusing of ECO money on fuel poor households and working with Citizens Advice and the Energy Saving Trust to get people switched to better deals.

All this will help keep bills down for households.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Consumers in the south-west are paying extra on their bills because energy network companies are charging too much. We need greater competition and more teeth in the watchdog to do something about it...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 19 Oct 2017
Carbon Capture and Storage

"My hon. Friend mentioned nitrogen fertiliser and the need to use carbon capture and storage to help create more fertiliser. At the moment we use a lot of natural gas to make this fertiliser. Therefore, it will be a win-win situation, because we will be reducing the amount of natural …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Nov 2016
South-west Growth Charter

"I am delighted that my hon. Friend has secured this debate. We can do much more on the second rail link between Waterloo and Exeter to increase the number of trains and to add more loops so that we can get many more trains through to Exeter and further down …..."
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