Written Question
Monday 21st November 2016
Asked by:
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2016 to Question 50888, what tariff rates on electricity which reaches the UK through interconnectors from the continent will remain similarly unaffected by the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The bound EU tariff rate on imports of electricity is zero. As with imports of other forms of energy, the decision on whether electricity imported into the UK should be subject to tariffs once the UK has left the EU will be for the UK alone to make. And as with other energy imports, reasons of economic competitiveness, energy security and the UK’s support for an open trade regime make it unlikely that the Government would wish to impose tariffs on electricity reaching the UK from other parts of Europe.
Written Question
Thursday 3rd November 2016
Asked by:
Tom Blenkinsop (Labour - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
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 ensure energy imported from the EU is not subject to tariffs after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Jesse Norman
- Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The current EU applied tariff rate on imports of crude oil, natural gas and coal is zero.
The decision on whether energy imported into the UK should be subject to tariffs once the UK has left the EU will be for the UK only to make. For reasons of economic competitiveness and energy security and consistent with our support for an open trade policy regime, it is unlikely that the Government would wish to impose tariffs on energy imports.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered the future of the steel industry.
I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests as a member of the Community trade union. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Redcar (Anna Turley) for …..."Tom Blenkinsop - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"I thank my hon. Friend for raising that point. There have been warm and welcome words from the Government about an industrial strategy. The Opposition have been talking about that for the past six years, but be that as it may, the Government are there and we want to work …..."Tom Blenkinsop - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"I thank my hon. Friend for raising that. There are a number of issues within that general question that still hang over the industry. I am at pains to talk about the broader industry and the new, smaller companies that are emerging. The debate tends to be dominated by issues …..."Tom Blenkinsop - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"I thank the hon. Gentleman, a vice-chair of the APPG, for giving way. Whether we are in the European Union or not, that issue is resolved. On the issue of tariffs, he agrees with me; we have some consensus there, and we are willing to work together to try to …..."Tom Blenkinsop - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"On the Ministry of Defence contract, which occurred two years ago, when two British firms—or two UK sites—came forward with ideas for the plate steel for the hulls on the successor programme, they were actively told to go away by the MOD, as it had already procured the contract from …..."Tom Blenkinsop - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 03 Nov 2016
Steel Industry
"My hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for the Redcar site, which I know well. She commands great loyalty in the town from many people and I respect her for how she has played the grim hand that she was dealt as soon as she was elected. Does she agree …..."Tom Blenkinsop - View Speech
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