Ben Lake

24 Nov 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what level of Barnett consequential funding the Welsh Government will receive in respect to the Sports Winter Survival Package for England.

23 Nov 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to assess the potential merits of local electricity supply.

20 Nov 2020 · Treasury

NFU Mutual: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with NFU Mutual on that organisation's treatment of covid-19 support grant payments to businesses as income in insurance claims.

20 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Animal Housing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing VAT relief for pet boarding businesses.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on materials to be included in his Department's proposed deposit return scheme.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a deposit return scheme on glass recycling rates.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the glass industry on the scope of his Department's proposed deposit return scheme.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on emissions from waste collection of including glass in a deposit return scheme.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of glass beverage bottles on the market in countries where glass beverage containers are included in a deposit return sch

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the increase in the amount of (a) PET bottles and (b) aluminium cans on the market in countries where gl

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has assessed the potential effect of including glass in a future deposit return scheme on levels of plastic packaging.

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning the use of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in (a) food packaging and (b) other non-essential packaging.

18 Nov 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in non-essential packaging on (a) the environment and (b) UK ecosystems.

13 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart regarding on-going legal cases in the US where prosecutors are seeking evidence from UK citizens.

12 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Government Securities: Environment Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on Green Sovereign Bonds.

4 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what process will be used to allocate funding from the Shared Prosperity Fund across the UK.

3 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether EU nationals whose driving licences are valid in the UK will need to amend or exchange their driving licenses after the transition period.

20 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a California-style zero emission vehicle mandate to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles.

16 Oct 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Olives

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the protection of West Bank Palestinians during the olive harvest season.

12 Oct 2020 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Welsh Government will receive a Barnett consequential from the planned £10 million grant-in-aid funding to support National League football clubs.

9 Oct 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of grid capacity required for electrification to deliver net zero by 2050.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Transport: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2020 to Question 85098 on a hydrogen hub, what assessment his Department has made of the role of hydrogen passenger vehicles in hydrogen transport.

14 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will ask Ofgem to include representatives from the electricity network supply chain in their Net Zero Advisory Group.

14 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Environment Protection: Foreign Investment in UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking with Ofgem to help ensure that the UK attracts international investment as part of the Government’s ongoing work on net zero by 2050.

14 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Environment Protection: Job Creation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of new jobs that will be created as a result of the Government’s commitment to net zero by 2050.

14 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Electricity Generation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department with Ofgem to attract investment in (a) innovation and (b) development of the electricity network as part of the Government's 2050 net zero commitment.

14 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the forthcoming energy white paper is planned to include detailed policy on the next steps of the Government’s plans for delivering net zero by 2050.

4 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Protective Clothing: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what VAT rating is given to non-surgical face coverings.

4 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Hydrogen Fuelling Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to bring forward plans for a nationwide hydrogen refuelling network.

4 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Trains: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to bring forward plans for hydrogen trains.