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Lords statement on the nature and climate crisis.
Lords statement on the nature and climate crisis.
Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret agreed to on division (61 to 60). Original motion, as amended, agreed to on question.
Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret agreed to on division (61 to 60). Original motion, as amended, agreed to on question.
Lords statement on COP30.
Lords statement on COP30.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to publish an insulation products strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when she plans to publish an insulation products strategy.
The Heat and Buildings Strategy, published in October 2021, set out our strategic approach to the decarbonisation of buildings, including the role insulation will play to increase thermal comfort and reducing energy demand.
The government engages regularly with insulation manufacturers, and other industry stakeholders, to understand challenges and opportunities in the insulation products supply chain, with the aim of facilitating a more resilient supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated to climate and environment related projects from UKRI’s funding allocation in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding has been allocated to climate and environment related projects from UKRI’s funding allocation in (a) 2020-21 and (b) 2021-22.
Details on funding allocated to climate and environment related projects are provided by UKRI through their National Environment Research Council. The UKRI Gateway https://gtr.ukri.org/provides data on publicly funded research and innovation, which is searchable by year and subject area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department’s proposal to amend or end the Energy Company Obligation on (a) fuel poor households and (b) the UK’s climate obligations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department’s proposal to amend or end the Energy Company Obligation on (a) fuel poor households and (b) the UK’s climate obligations.
The Government has committed to extending the Energy Company Obligation from 2022 to 2026. The consultation highlighted how this will help an extra 305,000 families with green measures such as insulation, with average energy savings of around £300 for households benefitting from upgrades. The policy would achieve carbon savings of 12.1 MtCO2e over the lifetime of the policy (2022- 2067).
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of phasing out the use of SF6 gas in electrical switchgear in response to its high global warming potential.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of phasing out the use of SF6 gas in electrical switchgear in response to its high global warming potential.
Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6) is a potent fluorinated greenhouse gas (F-gas) that contributes to climate change. F-gases currently represent about 3% of UK greenhouse gas emissions, with SF6 emissions representing around 3% of those F-gas emissions. The UK has made significant progress in reducing and controlling the use of F-gases, highlighted by the 34.3% reduction in UK emissions of all F-gases since 1995 levels.
Compliance with the F-gas Regulation 2014 is how the UK currently controls SF6 emissions. Under the Regulation, equipment containing SF6 is subject to requirements on leak reduction, checking and rapid repair using appropriately qualified personnel. The intentional release of SF6 is also prohibited and steps must be taken to minimise unintentional release.
We are currently reviewing the provisions of the F-gas Regulation which we are required to complete by no later than 2022. As part of the review, we will consider how we can go further in support of the UK's net zero target. We will be assessing all parts of the Regulation, including the provisions relating to SF6 use, in light of this.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the heavy mineral oil excise duty reclamation scheme H049 with the Government's climate change policies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the heavy mineral oil excise duty reclamation scheme H049 with the Government's climate change policies.
HMRC estimates that around 13 million litres of diesel is sold under the horticultural producers’ relief per year.
The relief exists because of the particular climatic conditions within the UK, allowing UK producers to compete with producers from more temperate climates. In allowing them to compete on this basis, the UK is less reliant on food imports, with transportation having its own environmental costs.
The horticultural producers’ relief scheme has carried a negligible cost to the Exchequer for the last six years, reflecting the very small amount of diesel used under this relief. HMRC publishes estimated costs of non-structural reliefs here: https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Pages/TaxAndDutybulletins.aspx
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to consult the Committee on Climate Change on the UK's Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to consult the Committee on Climate Change on the UK's Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement 2015.
The UK’s NDC will be based on robust analysis undertaken for domestic climate change mitigation policy which, in line with the requirements of the Climate Change Act, is informed by advice from the independent Committee on Climate Change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on climate change of (a) particulate matter effecting air quality and (b) greenhouse gasses created by ships whilst in port.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on climate change of (a) particulate matter effecting air quality and (b) greenhouse gasses created by ships whilst in port.
Assessment of the climate change and air quality impacts arising from shipping emissions are undertaken on both a national and international basis.
Nationally the UK’s National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory incorporates an assessment of emissions from ships, including those in port. The inventory includes both particulate matter and greenhouse gases. Additionally the Department published targeted research on shipping emissions in July 2019.
Internationally the UK provides fuel sales and consumption data to both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the International Maritime Organization, which informs international assessments of greenhouse gas emissions from shipping. The UK has also provided financial support to the IMO to progress this work.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has employed Boston Consulting Group in relation to Government preparations for the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has employed Boston Consulting Group in relation to Government preparations for the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties.
Boston Consulting Group is providing pro-bono strategic project support to the COP26 Unit.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government is requesting that international governments submit their Nationally Determined Contributions ahead of COP26 in November.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government is requesting that international governments submit their Nationally Determined Contributions ahead of COP26 in November.
At the UN Climate Action Summit in September the Prime Minister called on all countries to increase their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). As part of our incoming COP Presidency, we are encouraging all countries to submit increased NDCs ahead of COP26 which represent their highest possible ambition. The UK will play its part and come forward with an enhanced NDC well ahead of COP26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will produce a report on progress made towards COP26.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will produce a report on progress made towards COP26.
COP26 is a priority for this Government. We have established a dedicated unit, in the Cabinet Office, to deliver the event and draw together all related UK policy.
The Unit is focused on operational delivery and developing policy goals.
I fully associate myself with the Prime Minister’s comments about your outstanding service, Mr Speaker, and wish you a long and successful life after your speakership comes to an end.
Labour will produce a strong offer at the forthcoming election on the climate emergency and net zero, including a full ban on the extraction of fossil fuel by fracking. What chance does the Prime Minister think he has of matching that offer, particularly in the light of the news that the Conservative manifesto will be written by a lobbyist for the fracking industry?
I fully associate myself with the Prime Minister’s comments about your outstanding service, Mr Speaker, and wish you a long and successful life after your speakership comes to an end.
Labour will produce a strong offer at the forthcoming election on the climate emergency and net zero, including a full ban on the extraction of fossil fuel by fracking. What chance does the Prime Minister think he has of matching that offer, particularly in the light of the news that the Conservative manifesto will be written by a lobbyist for the fracking industry?
We will shortly make an announcement about fracking in this country, in view of the considerable anxieties that are legitimately being raised about the earthquakes that have followed various fracking attempts in the UK. We will certainly follow up on those findings, because they are very important and will be of concern to Members across the House.
But I must say that this Government yield to nobody in our enthusiasm for reducing CO2. We have cut carbon emissions massively in the UK and we were the first European country to commit to net zero by 2050, and that is what we are going to do. We can do it because we believe in a strong, dynamic, robust market economy that is delivering the solutions in clean technology that are deplored by the Labour party.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261071, whether the Chancellor wrote to the Prime Minister on the cost of a net zero climate change policy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2019 to Question 261071, whether the Chancellor wrote to the Prime Minister on the cost of a net zero climate change policy.
The Chancellor is in regular contact with the Prime Minister on a range of issues.
The UK is committed to tackling climate change and we are a world leader in clean growth. That is why last week the Government began to legislate for a net zero emissions target by 2050. The UK is the first major economy to put such a target in legislation.
At the same time, the Chancellor has accepted the recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change to conduct a Review into the costs of decarbonisation. This will be the world’s first comprehensive review by a finance ministry into the costs of transitioning to a net zero economy. The Review will consider how to achieve this transition in a way that works for households, businesses and public finances, as well as the implications for UK competitiveness.
I concur with the Prime Minister’s remarks concerning the terrorist attack on the Finsbury Park mosque. One year on, it is right that we remember it.
Following the agreements to which the UK signed up at the Paris climate change summit, will the Prime Minister now commit to a new UK climate change target of zero net emissions before 2050?
I concur with the Prime Minister’s remarks concerning the terrorist attack on the Finsbury Park mosque. One year on, it is right that we remember it.
Following the agreements to which the UK signed up at the Paris climate change summit, will the Prime Minister now commit to a new UK climate change target of zero net emissions before 2050?
The United Kingdom has been leading the way in relation to dealing with climate change. The United Kingdom was, I think, the first country to bring in legislation relating to it, and the Government have a good record in dealing with these issues. Crucially, we have ensured that we remain committed to the Paris accord. I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye (Amber Rudd), who played a key role in ensuring that the Paris accord was agreed to and that everybody signed up to it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) levels of interconnection for power trading between the UK and the EU and (b) the UK meeting its targets on climate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) levels of interconnection for power trading between the UK and the EU and (b) the UK meeting its targets on climate...
Maintaining affordable energy supplies for both the UK and the EU is a key objective of the future partnership we are seeking. A well-functioning energy market is of vital importance for the European economy and we share the ambition to make energy trading easier by opening up new markets and increasing the level of interconnection between them.
Leaving the EU will not change any of our domestic statutory commitments to reduce our emissions, as laid out in the Climate Change Act 2008. The UK remains committed to the Paris Climate Change Agreement and, whatever our future partnership with the EU, we will satisfy our international obligations under the Agreement.
What recent progress has been made on the EU 2030 framework for energy and climate policies; and if he will make a statement.
What recent progress has been made on the EU 2030 framework for energy and climate policies; and if he will make a statement.
With permission, Mr Speaker, I will answer question 1 and questions 13, 19 and 21 together.
I am delighted to tell the House that European leaders recently signed an historic deal agreeing to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030, and that the UK played a crucial leadership role over two years to deliver that deal. It establishes EU leadership and influence ahead of negotiations for a global climate deal next year, and it provides business with additional certainty to help unlock billions for low-carbon investment. It reforms EU energy policy to give member states more flexibility so that they can go green at the lowest cost, and it helps to improve Europe’s energy security, sending
a strong signal to Russia at a moment of heightened tension. I commend the EU deal on energy and climate change to the House.
In the light of that deal, I am sure that the Secretary of State will now be anxious to make the UK’s contribution by laying down the order for the decarbonisation of the UK’s energy supply to 2030. Will he tell me when he intends to lay down that order and, when he has done so, what he has in mind for the decarbonisation range that will be in it?
In the light of that deal, I am sure that the Secretary of State will now be anxious to make the UK’s contribution by laying down the order for the decarbonisation of the UK’s energy supply to 2030. Will he tell me when he intends to lay down that order and, when he has done so, what he has in mind for the decarbonisation range that will be in it?
I am surprised that the hon. Gentleman asks that question because, having been an assiduous member of the Committee that considered the Energy Bill, which became the Energy Act 2013, he will know that we cannot lay down that order until the fifth carbon budget, which is due in 2015-16. He will also know that this Government have met the first carbon budget and are on track to meet the second and third carbon budgets, and that in the summer I confirmed the fourth carbon budget at the ambitious levels we have set. We are meeting our Climate Change Act 2008 obligations.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the HM Revenue and Customs computable general equilibrium model used to assess the effect on GDP of illustrative policies to meet targets in the fourth carbon budget includes (a) avoided costs of flooding and damage caused by flooding as a result of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the HM Revenue and Customs computable general equilibrium model used to assess the effect on GDP of illustrative policies to meet targets in the fourth carbon budget includes (a) avoided costs of flooding and damage caused by flooding as a result of...
The scope of the analysis carried out by HM Revenue and Customs for DECC was to estimate the macroeconomic impact of the fourth carbon budget policies. The modelling therefore captured the macroeconomic effects of improvements in energy efficiency among households and businesses. It did not include the potential economic effects of any resulting reduction in environmental externalities, such as the avoided costs of flooding and avoided costs of air pollution as a result of the policies.
The impact of the fourth carbon budget policies on the carbon price in the EU Emissions Trading System was taken into account in the modelling.
That this House notes that micro combined heat and power (mCHP) has the potential for significant reductions to household carbon dioxide emissions and fuel bills; further notes that the vast majority of residential heating systems according to the Renewable Heat Incentive's Regulatory Impact Assessment and the Fourth Carbon Budget report will continue to be gas fired for at least a further two decades; further notes that most of the world's technology and manufacturing development for mCHP is currently based in the UK with consequent opportunities for considerable exports, and so welcomes the warm words of the Minister for Climate Change about mCHP during the proceedings of the Public Bill Committee on the Energy Bill [Lords] of 21 June 2011, written evidence, columns 444-6, and his statement that his Department has `progressed the agenda' and `thatthe industry will be presenting Government with proposals for progressing this technology', 18 October 2011, Official Report, columns 804-5W; further notes that eight leading companies in the industry have now declared their joint vision for a large increase in the number of installations by 2020; and calls on the Government to bring forward policies to achieve that objective and to produce a report withinone year of its vision for this important technology.
That this House notes that micro combined heat and power (mCHP) has the potential for significant reductions to household carbon dioxide emissions and fuel bills; further notes that the vast majority of residential heating systems according to the Renewable Heat Incentive's Regulatory Impact Assessment and the Fourth Carbon Budget report...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of climate change.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of climate change.
That this House expresses support for the provisions contained within the Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill introduced in the last session by the hon. Member for Southampton Test, on promoting microgeneration, local energy and energy conservation; believes that these measures would make a significant contribution to combating climate change; and looks forward to such provisions being brought forward in the 2007-08 Session.
That this House expresses support for the provisions contained within the Microgeneration and Local Energy Bill introduced in the last session by the hon. Member for Southampton Test, on promoting microgeneration, local energy and energy conservation; believes that these measures would make a significant contribution to combating climate change; and...
That this House notes that the commercial and public services sector has the fastest growing energy use apart from aviation, and that its use of electricity, which has a particularly high carbon footprint, is projected to increase by nearly 45 per cent. from 1990 to 2020; notes with concern that, according to the Department for Trade and Industry's updated projections, the UK will undershoot by 9.4 per cent. its domestic target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent. below 1990 levels by 2010; further notes that the new policy measures announced in the revised Climate Change Programme are projected to deliver emissions reduction of only 15 to 18 per cent., leaving the UK still two to five per cent. adrift of its target; is concerned that, according to the Government's Energy Efficiency Implementation Plan, action to reduce energy consumption in the commercial sector is not achieving its full potential, and therefore agrees that it is both cost-effective and practicable to reduce energy usage in this sector by 10 per cent. below 2005 levels by 2010 and by a further 10 per cent. below 2010 levels by 2020 as confirmed in Written Answers by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; welcomes the Climate Change (Commercial and Public Services Sector) Bill introduced in the last parliamentary session; and joins the 315 hon. Members who signed Early Day Motion No. 2378 in the 2005-06 parliamentary session in supporting that Bill.
That this House notes that the commercial and public services sector has the fastest growing energy use apart from aviation, and that its use of electricity, which has a particularly high carbon footprint, is projected to increase by nearly 45 per cent. from 1990 to 2020; notes with concern that,...
Climate change (commercial and public services sectors). Ten minute rule motion for leave to introduce a bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and First reading (Bill 209 2005-06). To be read a second time 20 October.
Climate change (commercial and public services sectors). Ten minute rule motion for leave to introduce a bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and First reading (Bill 209 2005-06). To be read a second time 20 October.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development,(1)whether the extinguishing of burning coal mines falls within the scope of the clean development mechanisms introduced by the Kyoto Protocol(2)what assistance his Department has provided to developing countries seeking to extinguish burning coal mines.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development,(1)whether the extinguishing of burning coal mines falls within the scope of the clean development mechanisms introduced by the Kyoto Protocol(2)what assistance his Department has provided to developing countries seeking to extinguish burning coal mines.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the environmental benefits of adopting HCs as the standard refrigerants; and what alternative refrigerants to HFCs which produce lower greenhouse gas emissions and do not deplete the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the environmental benefits of adopting HCs as the standard refrigerants; and what alternative refrigerants to HFCs which produce lower greenhouse gas emissions and do not deplete the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the environmental impact of the use of HFC as substitutes for ozone-depleting gases in refrigeration equipment.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what plans he has to review the environmental impact of the use of HFC as substitutes for ozone-depleting gases in refrigeration equipment.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of the United Kingdom's greenhouse gas emissions he estimates HFCs will contribute in the year 2010. - Includes figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what percentage of the United Kingdom's greenhouse gas emissions he estimates HFCs will contribute in the year 2010. - Includes figure.