Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with animal welfare experts on the welfare implications of farmed octopus; if she will make it her policy to prohibit the import of farmed octopus products to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163786 on UK Emissions Trading Scheme, what his Department’s timescale is for publishing its response to the consultation on technical short term improvements to the free allocation policy through the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/77/49 adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2022, if he has responded to the invitation to Member States in the Resolution to communicate to the Secretary-General the UK’s views on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium; and if he will make a...
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question HL6144 on Ukraine: Ammunition and to UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/77/49 adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2022, when he last made an assessment of the potential hazards to human beings and the environment from the contamination of territories with depleted uranium residues;...
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question HL6144 on Ukraine: Ammunition and to UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/77/49 adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2022, if prior to making the decision to provide Ukraine with ammunition, including armour piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium, he held discussions with...
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government will be voting for the Energy Charter Treaty modernisation package negotiated in 2022 at the Ad Hoc Energy Charter Conference taking place in April 2023.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the UN Secretary General’s call on 20 March for rich countries to commit to reaching net zero as close as possible to 2040.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public of the (a) procurement and (b) resale of coal bought for emergency use in power stations during winter 2022-23.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations she received from (a) Natural England, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the Office for Environmental Protection on the preparation of the Significant Improvement Test published on 31 January 2023.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February Question 140080 on Environment Protection: Standards, if she will publish that evidence base.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the first bullet point on the executive summary on page 8 of People at the Heart of Care: adult social care reform white paper published December 2021, whether at least £500 million investment in the workforce will be delivered within the three year timeframe referred to on page 7 of that document; and if he will...
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2023 to Question 156110 on Local Housing Allowance: Rents, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Broad Rental Market Areas in which the LHA meets the 30th percentile of local rents.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to end the free allocation of permits to companies through the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to upgrade all fuel-poor homes, including those which are owner occupied, to EPC C by 2028, in line with the Government’s target for social housing and privately rented premises to be EPC C by 2028.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Plant Protection Products (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, whether (a) Regulation (EU) No 485/2013, (b) Regulations (EU) No. 783/784 and 785/2018 and (c) other EU laws banning neonicotinoid use are in force in the UK.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of care proceeding cases exceed the 26-week time limit.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2022 to Question 98724 on Pigs: Animal Housing, what steps she has taken to explore the phasing out of farrowing crates; and if she will make it her policy to end their use as soon as possible.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent District Judge posts are unfilled in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex region.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to provide bridging funding to replace European Regional Development Funding in the 2022-23 financial year; if he will place a copy of his response to the letter of 27 February 2023 on this issue from the University Alliance in the House of Commons Library; and if he will make a statement.
Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of whether a majority of other Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty support the modernisation package negotiated in 2022; and if he will make a statement.