Bill Esterson

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much total funding the Government has allocated to (a) ECO3 and (b) ECO4.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of homes have been retrofitted under ECO4; and how many homes the Government aimed to retrofit by March 2023.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Company Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes have been insulated through the ECO4 programme.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Power Stations: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to make it his policy to deliver 8GW hydrogen capable power stations by 2030.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to discuss with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade a review of (a) Economy 7 and (b) its Programme for Work on the Price Cap.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Price Guarantee

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on the future of the Energy Price Guarantee, following the 2023 Spring Budget.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to (a) offer dynamic tariffs to facilitate the deployment of smart electric solutions and (b) reward customers for providing flexibility in smart meter installation.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to accelerate the rollout of smart meters.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heating: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to introduce policies to promote the (a) electrification of heating buildings and transport and (b) uptake of smart, low-carbon technologies for heat in buildings and transp

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Overseas Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report of the Federation Small Business entitled Customs Clearance, published on 27 March 2023.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Power Stations: Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it is his policy to increase the carbon capture power station capacity to 9GW by 2030.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage and Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, in how many industrial clusters will (a) carbon capture and storage infrastructure and (b) hydrogen infrastructure be deployed by 2030.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture and Storage and Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has a timeline for the deployment of (a) carbon capture and storage and (b) hydrogen infrastructure until 2030.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to have discussions with Ofgem on improving transparency in Economy 7 tariffs under the Price Cap by requiring suppliers to publish Economy 7 tariff price schedules.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by Make UK entitled Who will be the builders? Modular’s role in solving the housing labour crisis, published in March 2023, what assessment she has made of the implications

24 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Investment Zones

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 4.117 of the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, how much funding he plans to allocate to a successful region under the Investment Zon

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans she has to encourage business investment.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Skilled Workers: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to address (a) skill and (b) labour shortages following the Budget 2023.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she plans to take to support small and medium sized businesses with the effects of trends in the level of (a) inflation and (b) energy costs.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Education

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to correspondence of 20 March 2023 from the hon. Member for Sefton Central on the repair of school buildings in Sefton Central constituency.

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music Venues: Ownership

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to assist people managing small music venues to acquire the freehold ownership of those venues in order to create protected leaseholds.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Minerals: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the paper by the Critical Minerals Association entitled Midstream Processing and Refining: Unlocking Security of Supply, published on 13 March 2023, whether she plans to increase the

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Minerals

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the paper by the Critical Minerals Association entitled Midstream Processing and Refining: Unlocking Security of Supply, published on 13 March 2023, whether she plans to take steps to

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Vehicles: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by the Critical Minerals Association entitled Unlocking security of supply, published in March 2023, whether she plans to take steps to increase the rate of recycling for e

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Minerals: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in demand for critical minerals used in net zero technologies on the critical minerals supply chain.

22 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Minerals: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help secure critical mineral supply chains.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Reactors: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the deployment of further large-scale nuclear reactors in the UK after Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music Venues: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to extend social investment tax relief to grassroots music venues.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music Venues: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential benefits of a ticket levy on large music events and arenas to support grassroots music.

20 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment with the Department of Health and Social Care of the impact of rebates in the Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access on