Written questions

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 May 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Environment Protection: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make it her policy to support French proposals for an EU-wide carbon floor price.

18 May 2016 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's news story of 27 April 2016, Update on a new clause to be inserted into grant agreements, what guidance his Department has given to departments which have already inserted an a

18 May 2016 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's news story of 27 April 2016, Update on a new clause to be inserted into grant agreements, how long his Department plans to spend on the review of representations received on th

18 May 2016 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's news story of 27 April 2016, Update on a new clause to be inserted into grant agreements, whether his Department plans to hold a formal consultation on the proposed anti-lobbyi

3 May 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oilseed Rape: Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the results collected to date by the study conducted for her Department by ADAS on neonicotinoid treated and non-neonicotinoid treated oilseed rape prior to any fur

3 May 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will direct the Health and Safety Executive to increase transparency by publishing details of applications for emergency authorisation of neonicotinoid pesticides before a decis

19 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for emergency authorisation for the use of neonicotinoids have been received since February 2016; and how many such applications have been granted.

18 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding her Department has allocated for (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18 to help the UK prepare for the effects of climate change.

18 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has for public communications on the need to prepare for the effects of climate change.

18 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to tackle the reduction in investment for renewable energy projected between 2017 to 2020 in the most recent National Infrastructure Pipeline, published on 23 March 2016

18 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Coal Fired Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to open her Department's consultation on the timetable for closing all coal-fired power stations in the UK.

18 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has prepared contingency plans relating to interconnection with the continental electricity grid in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.

18 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sustainable Development

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 April 2016 to Question 32701, if his Department will publish findings of its review into the consistency of Government plans and policies with the Global Goals.

12 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Business: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there was any consultation with businesses in flood-risk areas before the decision was taken to cut funding to the Climate Ready programme delivered by the Environment Agency.

12 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential effect of discontinuing funding for the Climate Local programme on the likely level

11 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Department for Transport on the proposal to develop a work plan to define the shipping industry's fair share in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation with local authorities her Department carried out before the decision was taken to discontinue Government funding to the Climate Local programme.

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Shipping: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with the Department for Transport on the proposal to the International Maritime Organisation to develop a work plan to define the shipping industry's fair share in r

8 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Environment Protection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish the greening government commitments for the current Parliament.

8 Apr 2016 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sustainable Development

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the extent to which the single departmental plans for the current Parliament are consistent with the UK's sustainable development aims.

22 Mar 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Green Investment Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimates his Department has made of the range for the value of liabilities arising from the sale of the Green Investment Bank.

15 Mar 2016 · Home Office

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many replies her Department sent to hon. Members which explain that, due to an administrative error or due to an unfortunate error they have not yet implemented a HM Courts and Tribunals Services

15 Mar 2016 · Home Office

HM Courts and Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many HM Courts and Tribunals Service decisions have gone against her Department in each of the last six months; and how many such decisions in each of those months have not been implemented.

15 Mar 2016 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of science and research and charity organisations on the potential effect of including anti-lobbying clauses in grant agreements.

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what submission she has made to the Prime Minister in preparation for the European Council on 17-18 March on the proposal to raise the EU's greenhouse gas target for 2030 to take account of the

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Energy: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which Minister in her Department is planned will lead work on Energy Union negotiations with other EU member states and the European Commission.

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Climate Change: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she was consulted about the decision to remove the discussion on raising EU climate ambition in light of the Paris Agreement from the European Council agenda for 17 to 18 March 2016.

11 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Greenhouse Gas Emissions: EU Action

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations she made on raising the EU's 2030 greenhouse gas target at the Environment Council on 4 March 2016.

11 Mar 2016 · Department for International Development

Sustainable Development: International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department has produced a cross-departmental strategy for the UK to implement the Sustainable Development Goals.

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Electricity Generation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to provide funding for energy efficiency projects in the next Contracts for Difference allocation round.

Source: official written-questions record.