Pippa Heylings MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the development of green technologies.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to her on Question UIN 32430: The Government is committed to supporting the growth and scaling-up of green technologies, including through the creation of GB Energy, as part of its Clean Energy Superpower Missio...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of nature-based solutions to help tackle the effects of climate change.
Answer: When designed well, Nature-based solutions (NbS) can deliver multiple benefits for climate and biodiversity whilst helping communities adapt to climate change risks – for example through natural flood management and urban cooling. NbS, such as restoring p...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to provide financial support to upland farmers, in the context of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
Answer: We fully recognise the importance of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for upland farmers – and we strongly want the scheme to be available to them as we move forward. We have closed SFI for new applications because the current SFI budget has been s...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support farmers following the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a plan to support farmers who are not able to apply for funding under the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme following its closure to new applicants.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming IncentiveDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to support farmers following the ending of the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFarmers: RecruitmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to open environmental schemes to increased numbers of farmers.
Answer: This Government has secured the largest budget for sustainable food production in our country’s history, with £5 billion being spent to support farmers over a two-year period. Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: Social ServicesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38183More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) experiences and (b) needs of LGBTQ+ elders in social care.
Answer: We want everyone to have fair access to high quality care, which is respectful, inclusive and supports choice, control, and independence. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sets out clinical guidelines for the provision of IVF se...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: FertilityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38182More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on equal access to fertility treatment for same sex couples.
Answer: We want everyone to have fair access to high quality care, which is respectful, inclusive and supports choice, control, and independence. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) sets out clinical guidelines for the provision of IVF se...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLGBT+ People: Hate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38181More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) tackle hate crime against LGBTQ+ people and (b) make LGBTQ+ related hate crime an aggravated offence.
Answer: All hate crimes, including those targeting LGBT+ people, are completely unacceptable and we back the police in taking strong action against the perpetrators of these appalling offences.We have committed to ensuring parity of protection for LGBT+ and disab...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordConversion TherapyWomen and EqualitiesTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38180More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she is taking steps to ban conversion practices.
Answer: This Government’s position is that conversion practices are abuse. Such practices have no place in society and must be stopped. In the King’s Speech, the Government committed to bring forward a full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices.Previous ad...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVaccination: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has for the funding of global vaccination programmes, in the context of the reduction in Official Development Assistance spending.
Answer: The UK is one of the largest donors to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. We have committed £1.65 billion to the current strategic period covering 2021-2025. The UK is working to ensure a successful replenishment of Gavi through our diplomatic and development ne...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: Pollution ControlDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oil spill map published by the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling on 19 February 2025, what steps he is taking to help tackle the systematic and ongoing oil and ch
Answer: The data presented in the oil spill map overstates the number of permit breaches associated with oil or chemicals discharged to sea as a number of these report duplicate discharges while some relate to administrative failures to comply with permit conditi...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: PollutionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the oil spill map published by the Ocean Alliance Against Offshore Drilling on 19 February 2025, what steps he is taking to help tackle the cumulative impacts of chronic pol
Answer: The data presented in the oil spill map overstates the number of permit breaches associated with oil or chemicals discharged to sea as a number of these report duplicate discharges while some relate to administrative failures to comply with permit conditi...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to support businesses exporting goods.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is committed to supporting small businesses grow and export. UK businesses can access DBT’s wealth of export support via Great.gov.uk. This comprises an online support offer and a wider network of support includ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: ExportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing British exports of (a) e-bikes and (b) pedal cycles.
Answer: Growing the economy is a key mission for the Government, and we recognise the importance of boosting UK exports in achieving this. We are working hard to ensure that UK businesses, including those that sell e-bikes and pedal cycles, have the support they ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBicycles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to support UK bicycle manufacturers.
Answer: UK bicycle manufacturers will benefit from the Secretary of State's vision to support all businesses as outlined in the Government’s Industrial and Trade Strategies. These strategies aim to boost scale-ups, grow the co-operative economy, create thriving h...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has modelled the effectiveness of the Warm Homes Plan on reducing energy bills.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help cut household bills for families and slash fuel poverty. The Government has committed £3.4 billion towards the Warm Homes Plan over the next three years. Further details on the Warm Homes Plan will be set out in due course. F...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support landlords to improve energy efficiency in the private rented sector.
Answer: The Government is now consulting on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector. The consultation sets out proposals on the maximum spend required from landlords and the exemptions regime to manage the cost burden ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will work with Cabinet colleagues to introduce a national register of landlords to assist local authorities with identifying landlords to help by enforcing energy efficiency standards.
Answer: Enforcement is a critical aspect of the policy and is something we are working to address. Government will be increasing our engagement with local authorities to understand the impact and burden of the proposed policy to enable us to take steps to mitigat...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Area Energy PlansDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will develop a national framework for developing local area energy plans.
Answer: The Department has been undertaking work to explore how the future role of local energy planning might support net zero, clean power 2030 and efficient network planning. This includes engaging with Ofgem on Regional Energy Strategic Plans, as well as work...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing locational pricing in the electricity grid.
Answer: As part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements or ‘REMA’ we are continuing to assess reforms for sending more efficient locational signals in the electricity market. This includes robustly assessing the costs and benefits of both locational (or ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support attracting and retaining senior planners.
Answer: Attracting and retaining senior planners in local planning authority (LPA) planning departments is vital not only to maintaining a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities, but also to ensuring that new developments are well designed an...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Pumps: Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to engage with landlords to (a) raise awareness of heat pumps and (b) reassure them on (i) installation, (ii) cost and (iii) tenant disruption.
Answer: The Government has launched the ‘Warm and Fuzzy’ campaign to promote the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. The campaign seeks to build consumer awareness and understanding of heat pumps, as well as publicising the £7,500 government grant which is available to homeow...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to incentivise heat pump adoption through (a) tax breaks and (b) low-interest loans.
Answer: Private finance can play a key role in helping us achieve our decarbonisation ambitions. As part of the Government’s ambitious Warm Homes Plan, officials are exploring the role of incentives and private finance to support homeowners with the upfront costs...
Answered 14 Mar 2025
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