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Written Answers — Treasury: High-carbon Assets (14 May 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had on risks to UK financial stability from investment in high-carbon assets.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit (14 May 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to paragraph 26 of the equality impact assessment of the income-related benefits change to the non-dependant deduction rates published in February 2011, if he will commission research to update the conclusions of that paragraph; if he will (a) make and (b) place in the Library an assessment of the (i) potential increase in the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Plastic Bags (25 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2013, Official Report, column 221W, on waste management, if he will introduce a mandatory charge on single use carrier bags in England for inclusion in his Department's forthcoming Waste Prevention Programme and Waste Management Plan for England; if he will make an assessment of (a) the...

Written Answers — Justice: Drugs: Police Cautions and Convictions (25 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many cautions have been issued for (a) all drug possession offences and (b) possession of cannabis under section 5 (1) and (2) of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in each year since 1983; (2) how many convictions have been made for (a) all drug possession offences and (b) possession of cannabis under section 5 (1) and (2) of the Misuse of Drugs...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Jobcentre Plus: Worthing (23 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the letter to hon. Members of 22 February 2013 from the Surrey and Sussex district manager, if he will set out statistics for each of the last 12 months to illustrate the call volumes at Worthing Benefit Centre, with figures broken down for customers claiming (a) employment and support allowance and (b) other benefits; how...

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Hinkley Point C Power Station (17 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether the Government notified (a) the Republic of Ireland, (b) Austria and (c) other European states of the proposal for a new nuclear power facility at Hinkley Point for which he granted planning permission on 19 March 2013; when and by what means any such notification occurred; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Deputy Prime Minister: Lobbying (16 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2013, Official Report, column 1057W, on lobbying, if he will provide an estimate of the amount of time he will need to continue to consider the evidence submitted on the proposed statutory register of lobbyists; what the reasons are for the time taken to consider the evidence thus far; and when he plans to publish the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Crime Prevention: Drugs (16 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the What Works Centre for Crime Reduction will be studying evidence relating to drugs policy.

Written Answers — Home Department: Drugs: Misuse (16 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment she has made of the recommendations made by the UK Drug Policy Commission in its report, How to Make Drug Policy Better; and if she will make a statement; (2) what assessment she has made of the recommendations made on page 42 of the UK Drug Policy Commission report, How to Make Drug Policy Better, published in...

Written Answers — Health: Bisphenol A (16 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of whether baby bottles procured and used for medical purposes and subject to Medical Devices Regulations but not covered by The Plastic Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 could contain the chemical bisphenol A (BPA); what assessment he has made of the circumstances in which...

Written Answers — Health: Endocrinology (15 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the World Health Organisation and UN Environment Programme report entitled State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, published on 19 February 2013; whether his Department will take steps to carry out the recommendations in the report; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Planning Permission (15 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of the major housing decisions made in 2012, how many were contrary to the (a) draft and (b) adopted local development plan; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Nuclear Power Stations (10 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cheltenham of 28 February 2013, Official Report, column 632W, on nuclear power stations, what consideration he has given to requesting the National Audit Office to review whether his Department's plans to subsidise nuclear power represents value for money for UK taxpayers and businesses...

Written Answers — Defence: Depleted Uranium: Solway Firth (10 April 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish his Department's timetable of work to recover depleted uranium rounds from the Solway Firth; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Housing: Sustainable Development (26 March 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many of the major housing decisions made in 2012 attained (a) Code level 4 and (b) Code level 5 or above of the Code for Sustainable Homes; how many such houses were built on greenfield land; what proportion of the completed units were affordable; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Social Rented Housing (25 March 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will conduct a survey (a) nationally, (b) by region and (c) by local authority area of the number of registered social landlords who intend to let affordable rented homes in new schemes only to working households; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Livestock: Transport (22 March 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for South Thanet, of 25 October 2012, Official Report, column 1065, when he expects to receive the official report on the slaughter of 47 sheep at the Port of Ramsgate in September 2012; if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the report and (b) the letter sent from his...

Written Answers — Transport: Roads: East Sussex (21 March 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the economic case for the Bexhill to Hastings link road, with his guidance to the local transport boards that only in exceptional circumstances can schemes with lower than high value for money be funded; what his criteria are for determining such exceptional circumstances; if he will publish the...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing (19 March 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the statement of 12 March 2013, Official Report, column 9WS, on housing benefit reform, if he will extend the exemption from the under-occupancy penalty to those foster carers who have more than one spare room and who have fostered more than one child at a time in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Justice: Drugs: Prosecutions (14 March 2013)

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury of 18 December 2012, Official Report, column 717W, on drugs: prosecutions, if he will provide a breakdown of the data requested by police force for each of the last 10 years or for as many years as possible within the cost constraints of this question.