Wera Hobhouse

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Boiler Upgrade Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Government Response to the consultation entitled Proposed amendments to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Regulations, published on 14 March 2024, how many and what proportion o

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuels: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled Empowering drivers and boosting competition in the road fuel retail market, published on 16 January 2024.

16 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regional Planning and Development: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on incorporating connectivity measures into National Development Management Policies.

15 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that social housing tenants who receive Universal Credit are not financially affected by the 53-week rent year in the 2024-25 financial year.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2024 to Question 15716 on Parking: Pedestrian Areas, what his planned timetable is to respond to the Local Government Association's report entitled The Path to Inclusive Footwa

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether it remains her Department's schedule to deliver the Clean Heat Market Mechanism with the associated fines in April 2024.

5 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate she has made of the number of heat pumps the Clean Heat Market Mechanism will deliver as part of the target to install 600,000 heat pumps in private domiciles by 2028.

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fluorinated Gases

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) training and (b) certification of technicians in the use of alternative products during the planned transition away from fluorina

29 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish a revised response to the consultation on Improved food waste reporting by large food businesses.

26 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report entitled The path to inclusive footways, published by the Local Government Association on 10 February 2024, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the v

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Cars: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased car (a) sizes and (b) weights on (i) road safety and (ii) climate change.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Cars: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the CO2 intensity for new internal combustion car engines in each of the last three years.

22 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Cars: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce a specific width limit for passenger cars.

16 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Liver Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of hospital admissions were due to liver disease in 2022-23.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fluorinated Gases

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the availability of fluorinated gases during the planned transition to alternative gases.

8 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of the commitments in the 2021 Transport Decarbonisation Plan have been (a) completed and (b) abandoned; and when he plans to complete each of the remaining commitments.

7 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce mandatory food waste reporting for (a) large and (b) medium sized businesses.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential role of ground-mounted solar farms in increasing solar deployment to 70 gigawatts by 2035.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Planning Authorities: Batteries and Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to develop the (a) expertise and (b) capabilities of Local Planning Authorities to deliver new (i) renewable generation and (ii) battery projects.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if her Department will allocate funding to (a) planning authorities and (b) statutory consultees to help reduce approval times for renewable (i) generation and (ii) storage projects.

29 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to hold a public consultation on proposals to decouple electricity from wholesale gas prices.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Lanes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a list of civil enforcement areas that were granted to local authorities for the enforcement of bus lanes in 2023.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Lanes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the total length of bus lanes per local transport authority.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Buses: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's response to its consultation entitled Ending the sale of new, non-zero emission buses, coaches and minibuses, published on 26 March 2022.

25 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Bus Back Better: national bus strategy for England, published on 15 March 2021, what his planned timetable is for the review of the rights of local autho

24 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the draft Rail Reform Bill.

22 Jan 2024 · Treasury

Hong Kong: Financial Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the viability of Hong Kong as an international financial centre.

9 Jan 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that prepayment meters are not involuntarily installed in people's homes.

19 Dec 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's guidance entitled Waste collection services: guidance for local authorities, published on 23 July 2021, if he will make an assessment of the potentia

27 Nov 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) leaseholders and (b) freeholders on behalf of leasehold properties who have successfully accessed retrofitting grants in the last 12 months