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Written questions

Barry Gardiner

702 written questions tabled, most recent first.

26 Feb 2015 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings of his Department's risk and resource security working group from 6 May 2010 to date.

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the publication Impact of 2014 Winter Floods on Agriculture in England, published on 4 June 2014, if her Department will estimate the (a) market value, (b) non-market

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the amount is of grant in aid (a) requested and (b) received by the (i) Anglia Central, (ii) Anglia Eastern, (iii) Anglia Northern, (iv) North West, (v) Northumbria, (vi) Severn a

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her estimate is of additional financial contributions that will be required by the (a) Anglia Central, (b) Anglia Eastern, (c) Anglia Northern, (d) North West, (e) Northumbria, (f

5 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value is of flood investments that have been deferred from 2015-2021 to 2021-22 for the (a) Anglia Central, (b) Anglia Eastern, (c) Anglia Northern, (d) North West, (e) Northu

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of the environmental impact assessments required for hydraulic fracturing developments in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, (d) 2017-18, (e) 201

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date she expects the Environment Agency to publish information about the chemicals it requires hydraulic fracturing developers to disclose.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria must be met for eligibility to perform baseline monitoring of air quality and methane in groundwater for hydraulic fracturing developments.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) continuous and (b) baseline monitoring arrangements are in place for fugitive emissions for hydraulic fracturing; and which body conducts that monitoring.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward proposals to amend the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 (S.I., 2010 No. 675) in relation to hydraulic fracturing.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the specific remit is of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in relation to hydraulic fracturing.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has the power to require baseline monitoring of (a) groundwater and (b) air quality (i) before a consent for a hydraulic fracturing development is given

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which organisation is responsible for carrying out environmental impact assessments for hydraulic fracturing developments.

3 Feb 2015 · Department for Energy and Climate Change

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government is a party to the Shale Community Engagement Charter.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fracking: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is a requirement that the Health and Safety Executive assess all hydraulic fracturing sites during (a) the exploration phase and (b) all further phases, including decommissioning.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fracking: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff required by the Health and Safety Executive in order for it to perform its role as a regulator of hydraulic fracturing in (a) 2014

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fracking: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment criteria the Health and Safety Executive plans to apply in deciding whether its inspections of hydraulic fracturing sites will be unannounced.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of hydraulic fracturing on water scarcity in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist to require that information on the (a) total daily discharge of hydraulic fracturing fluid into ground and (b) fluid taken off site for disposal is included in th

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what length of time baseline monitoring of air quality for hydraulic fracturing developments must take place before consent for such developments may be issued.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what criteria hydraulic fracturing development may be judged a significant risk to groundwater.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist to require that information on chemical substances and their maximum concentrations is included in the environmental permit for each hydraulic fracturing developm

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determine the different categories of groundwater risk; and how the risks posed to groundwater by hydraulic fracturing sites are determined.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national standards apply for the baseline monitoring of air quality for hydraulic fracturing developments.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what national standards apply for the baseline monitoring of methane in groundwater for hydraulic fracturing developments.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she has consulted the Committee on Climate Change on the effect of hydraulic fracturing on water scarcity in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determine whether a developer is required to undertake a habitats regulation assessment for a proposed hydraulic fracturing project within a (a) special conse

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what length of time baseline monitoring of methane in groundwater for hydraulic fracturing developments must take place before consent for such developments may be issued.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what techniques to minimise methane emissions (a) are and (b) does she plan to be a requirement of environmental permits for hydraulic fracturing.

28 Jan 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fracking

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are used to determinte whether a developer of a proposed hydraulic fracturing project is required to undertake a habitats regulation assessment.

Source: official written-questions record.