Derek Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of whether the oil and gas sector will meeting its targets under the North Sea Transition Deal.
Rebecca Pow: ...actions specific to Great Britain. We have accepted the RMOA’s recommendations. These include reducing PFAS emissions by developing UK REACH restrictions, beginning with a restriction on PFAS in fire-fighting foams, and exploring further restrictions covering a wide range of industrial and consumer uses. We are also developing a cross-government Chemicals Strategy to frame the work we...
Janet Daby: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the meeting of the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire with the Youth Endowment Fund on 16 March 2023, whether they discussed (a) the role of the appropriate adult for children detained in police custody, (b) legal advice for children detained in police custody and (c) opportunities to divert children from entering...
Charlotte Nichols: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK’s preparedness for wildfires in future, in the context of climate change.
Charlotte Nichols: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps with the Isle of Man Government to establish a memorial to the Summerland fire on that site.
Mike Freer: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning duty solicitor services and the day-to-day administration of the court and police station duty schemes. This includes keeping membership records, allocating slots and producing and maintaining duty solicitor rotas. At a national level, the LAA monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on an ongoing basis and, where demand...
Mike Freer: The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is responsible for commissioning duty solicitor services and the day-to-day administration of the court and police station duty schemes. This includes keeping membership records, allocating slots and producing and maintaining duty solicitor rotas. The LAA monitors membership across individual duty schemes. Information about duty solicitor volumes broken down by...
Chris Grayling: ...State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help mitigate the impact of industrial krill fishing on the baleen whale population in the Scotia Sea.
Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has held with his counterpart in Greece on the wildfires in Rhodes.
Andrew Rosindell: ...the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to support the repatriation of UK citizens who were on holiday in Rhodes during the wildfires.
Charlotte Nichols: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support Greece with wildfires on the island of Rhodes.
Mike Amesbury: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the (a) safety and (b) potential fire risk of lithium-ion batteries in e-bikes and e-scooters.
James Cartlidge: The UK and France are members of the following defence procurement projects and programmes: (a) Bilateral: Sea Venom, Storm Shadow/SCALP, the Case Telescoped Armament System 40mm, Maritime Mine Counter Measures programme and Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon programme. (b) Multi-nation: Meteor, Sea Viper, A400M, Land Battle Decisive Munitions and the Next Generation Rotorcraft Capability.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original and (b) current in service date is of Sea Venom.
Zarah Sultana: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to issue guidance for properties under 18 meters on the requirements for completing Cladding External Wall System forms.
Lee Rowley: ...in residential buildings and in remediating cladding and other building safety defects. In general, the risk to life in lower-rise buildings is low and can be mitigated, for example, by installing fire alarms. We are aware of a very small number of buildings under 11 metres where expensive remediation is proposed. We have written to freeholders and managing agents in affected buildings...
Matthew Offord: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fire incidents did fire and rescue services attend in each of the last five years in England.
Alex Norris: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department have taken to promote awareness of the survey of (a) Fire Risk Assessors and (b) Responsible Persons to potential participants.
Emily Thornberry: ...the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May to Question 183040, whether it remains the position that she has not engaged in discussion with (a) the police or (b) fire and rescue services about identifying buildings within their respective estates which have been constructed using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Graham Stuart: The abatement scenarios for production emissions from oil and gas in the 2023 Carbon Budget Delivery Plan came from the North Sea Transition Authority. More information can be found in their 2022 Emissions Monitoring Report, available here. Projected emissions for a small number of recent and new installations are based on operators’ emissions forecasts collected in the 2022 UKCS...
