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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Nov 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: Despite the robust rejection that he received from the United States, may I congratulate the Prime Minister on his attempt to advocate the case for an international application of the Tobin tax on speculative capital transactions? At a time when nation states are manifestly failing to meet the funding obligations that they have made on the eradication of poverty, the delivery of food security...

Written Answers — Health: Genetically Modified Organisms: Food (4 Nov 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what scientific papers he has considered in respect of animal studies that document the effect of the consumption of genetically modified food on changes in the kidney, pancreas and spleen; (2) what recent international research he has evaluated on the effect on the consumption of genetically modified food on human health, with particular...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: I fully endorse the 10:10 campaign and proposals, and I hope that the House will fully endorse them and sign up to them tonight. The Government are right that we need more than a one-year strategy, because we have to have a strategy that takes us through to 2020, but the most important part of the imperative in signing up to the campaign has not come from any argument in this House; it came...

Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Climate Change (Political Response) (21 Oct 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: I do not believe that it is impossible for the Government to achieve that 10 per cent. reduction. One of the ways in which they could deliver on it is by not only accelerating the introduction of the feed-in tariff regime that they propose, but changing the framework from one that works back from a minimalist, fairly measly assumption that we can deliver only 2 per cent. of our energy by 2020...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Children: Maintenance (20 Oct 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average it takes the Child Support Agency to pass deduction of earning payments on to the recipient parent; and what steps she is taking to introduce (a) same-day and (b) same-week processing.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates (16 Sep 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 1 September 2009, Official Report, columns 1837-8W, on housing: energy, how many energy performance certificates in respect of properties (a) of each tenure type and (b) in each region have been issued to date.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Energy Performance Certificates: East Midlands (16 Sep 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many energy performance certificates have been issued in relation to buildings in the East Midlands; how many accredited energy assessors there are in the East Midlands; and how many properties in the East Midlands do not meet required energy performance standards.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Sustainable Development (9 Sep 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sustainable procurement policies in each region; and what account he expects to be taken of such policies in the setting of annual carbon budgets.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Energy (1 Sep 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many energy performance certificates have been issued by local authorities in respect of privately-rented properties in each year since their introduction; what recent progress has been made in increasing the energy efficiency of buildings; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Low Carbon Buildings Programme: Finance (16 Jul 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding provided for phases one and two of the low carbon buildings programme in advance of receipts from (a) feed-in tariffs and (b) a renewable heat incentive under the provisions of the Energy Act 2008.

Written Answers — Treasury: Energy: (16 Jul 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral Statement of 22 April 2009 , Official Report, column 248 on the 2009 Budget, how much of the £405 million to support low-carbon energy production and advanced green manufacturing has been (a) allocated and (b) spent by each (i) Department and (ii) programme.

Written Answers — Treasury: Energy: (16 Jul 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral Statement of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 248 on the 2009 Budget, if he will allocate a proportion of the £405 million in support of low-carbon energy production and advanced green manufacturing to phase 2 of the low-carbon buildings programme.

Written Answers — Treasury: Nuclear Power: Costs (16 Jul 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average cost to households of Exchequer funding and allowances schemes provided for the nuclear industry in respect of (a) the production of nuclear energy and (b) nuclear waste disposal in each of the last three years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: UK Low Carbon Transition Plan (15 Jul 2009)

Alan Simpson: I hope that the Secretary of State will take the opportunity to remind the press, as well as the House, that the one comprehensive study on the costs of introducing an ambitious framework of feed-in tariffs has shown that, by 2020, the UK energy account would be £12.5 billion better off as a result of our being able to produce our energy rather than importing it. That, however, depends...

Energy and Climate Change: Domestic Energy Tariffs (9 Jul 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: The Secretary of State will recall that earlier in the year the Prime Minister met a group of MPs who were concerned about the complete mess the energy companies are making of social tariffs. Only 600,000 households of the 5.1 million in fuel poverty are included in the tariffs, many of which are so obscure and inaccessible that they are just a really bad joke. At the time, the Prime Minister...

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: I welcome the fact that there is going to be an inquiry, but I share the feeling expressed by other hon. Members that in reality, it is not the Prime Minister who is on trial in this debate but this House. I am quite happy to acknowledge that the terms of reference that the Prime Minister has set are unnecessarily and unhelpfully restrictive, both on the membership and make-up of the inquiry...

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: I think that is the case, and it will confirm to the public that everything this House did not want to know in 2003, it does not want to know now. If we set the terms of the inquiry so narrowly that it cannot carry out the rigorous forensic investigation that is required, it will be subject to the ridicule that it deserves. I remind the House of some of the inconvenient elements that were...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Energy: Prices (15 Jun 2009)

Alan Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the effect on the average annual household energy bill of the operation of (a) the climate change levy and climate change agreements, (b) the renewables obligation, (c) the energy efficiency commitment/carbon emissions reduction target, (d) the EU emissions trading scheme and (e) other environmental...

Appointment of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Planning: National Policy Statements (20 May 2009)

Alan Simpson: My hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell) is right that there could not be a better time for the House to debate the amendment to the proposals for national policy statements. There is a call for a root-and-branch rethink of what Parliament is about—not only how we manage our expenses, but how we accept responsibility for the big issues that affect people's...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Carbon Reduction (19 May 2009) has video

Alan Simpson: In pursuing an agenda that will reach out to the developing nations, will the Foreign Secretary pay particular attention to the need to draw in and draw upon current experiences in China? As he will know, China is responsible for 20 per cent. of the world's production of photovoltaic panels, and is currently increasing its production by 50 per cent. a year to deliver full electrification of...