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51 records in UK in 2021
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to share UK expertise in green technology with partners in (1) the Middle East, and (2) North Africa region, following the water-for-energy deal agreed by Israel and Jordan, and brokered by the
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2021
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using additional economic indicators to reflect measurements of (a) well-being and (b) environmental impact.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what initiatives his Department is promoting to encourage investment in green (a) industries, (b) growth and (c) jobs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any social events took place between three or more people within his Departmental buildings between (a) 5 November 2020 and 1 December 2020 and (b) 16 December 2020 and 22 Febr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to include provisions relating to climate change, green technology and the protection of the environment in the UK’s trade policy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the Parliament of Belgium to create an offence of ecocide; and what plans they have to introduce legislation to make ecocide an offence in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what services the Government Legal Department’s Litigation Group has provided to his Department since 1 January 2021.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2021
A Bill to provide for parliamentary approval of trade agreements; to place a duty on the Secretary of State to consider UK agricultural, environmental and animal welfare standards when negotiating trade agreements; to require the Trade and Agriculture Commission to assess the effects of potential trade agreements on farming, the rural environment and animal welfare and to produce associated reports; to require the Secretary of State to lay such reports before Parliament; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a green skills roadmap to help meet environmental targets; and what steps his Department is t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2021
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Net Zero Strategy published in October 2021, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of asking companies to report on steps they have taken to help ensure a just transition to a g
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2021
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to ensure supply chain resilience for that Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to move civil servant jobs in (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies and government agencies associated with his Department to York.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to make it his Department’s policy to require expert groups to publish meeting minutes within a certain timeframe following the date of the meeting.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to account for the embodied carbon of existing buildings; and the (1) climate, (2) wider environmental, and (3) public health, costs of their demolition.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department takes to ensure that at least one official from his Department is present during all (a) meetings and (b) phone calls relating to Government business between
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 Septemb
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will consult on the removal of (a) beef, (b) rubber, (c) cocoa and (d) timber from UK supply chains when linked to illegal deforestation as part of the use of forest
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to increase foreign investment in the UK’s green industries.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the value of contracts given by (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency to Randox since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2021
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help achieve net zero through procurement in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the minutes of the quarterly Board Meetings of his Department have not been uploaded to the gov.uk website since July 2019.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department’s process is for (a) recording and (b) keeping minutes of all meetings relating to Government business.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the recent reports that 65 environmental defenders were murdered in Colombia in 2020.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will publish a response to EDM 645 on Protection and support for environmental human rights defenders.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to engage Parliament in the scrutiny of the interim targets that will be set under section 11 of the Environment Act 2021.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of the proposed long-term targets to be set under section 1 of the Environment Act 2021 before the statutory instruments to give those targets legal effect are laid
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to tackle the environmental impact of auto racing.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Northern Ireland will be included in the distribution of employment in the creation of two million green jobs under the Green Jobs Task Force.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2021
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide help for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises to become more environmentally sustainable.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage and assist the government of Guatemala in ending the potential persecution and unwarranted criminal prosecution of envir
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) she and (b) her officials have made representations to the government of Guatemala regarding the alleged misuse of criminal law and multiple due process failings
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of ivory items owned by or collated by his Department.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 62586 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, if he will list the (a) names of the people on the Defence Safety and Environment Committee and (b) dates on which that c
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage international collaboration on nature recovery programmes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to protect the marine environment around the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 64729, on Rivers: Sewage, what the hourly pay for staff in the Digital Engagement and Creative Content team is; and how many hours
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce barriers to investment and (b) encourage pension funds to invest in the green economy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support pension funds to invest in green infrastructure.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has set an emissions reductions plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to help support international collaboration in green growth sectors.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role he plans for local community representatives to have on the civil aviation authority's new environmental panel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 October 2021
To ask the President of COP26, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the UN Environment Programme's The Emissions Gap Report 2021; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 26 October 2021
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 26 October 2021
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 26 October 2021
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 26 October 2021
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 26 October 2021
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2021
What support she is providing to marine habitat restoration projects in the developing world.