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51 records in UK in 2022
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their commitment to the 30by30 target to protect at least 30 per cent of land and ocean by 2030, what steps they will take to increase the proportion of protected (1) land in England from 3.22 per cent, and (2)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) financial and (b) environmental merits of mandating the use of composite materials in railway sleepers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of 3G sports pitches on the environment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held discussions with his Cabinet colleagues on ensuring the alignment of UK trade policy with UK environmental and human rights commitments.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is her Department's policy that government procurement cards should not be used for purchases (a) of alcohol and (b) that could be made via an alternative compliant purchasi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he expects the UK to meet its Global Ocean Alliance 30by30 target to protect England's seas by 2030.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2022
I am repeating the statement made by my noble friend the Minister for Biosecurity, Marine and Rural Affairs, Lord Benyon, on Friday 16 December.Final Environmental Targets under the Environment Act 2021This government is committed to leaving the environme...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2022
Final Environmental Targets under the Environment Act 2021This government is committed to leaving the environment in a better state than we found it. Following our consultation earlier in the year, we are confirming an ambitious suite of targets to delive...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of progress towards all soil in England being managed sustainably by 2030, as set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will provide details her Department holds on the programme and priorities of the World’s Trade Organization’s Trade and Environment Group; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will to respond to Questions 97494 and 97595 tabled on 28 November 2022 by the Rt hon. Member for Islington South and Finsbury.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her department has spent on single use pens in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on alcohol in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to engage with environmental groups before making any decisions regarding the exercise of the powers proposed in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill; and if so, how.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to her Department's publication of electronic purchasing card spending over £500 for February 2021, (a) how many mugs were purchased by Natural England from We Brand It on 15
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to (a) property occupants and (b) the wider public of greater use of green roof systems; and if he will make it his policy to supp
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of progress towards all soil in England being managed sustainably by 2030, as set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to scale up local authority-led green investment opportunities to make them more attractive to institutional investors.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to engage with regulators to ensure the necessary support for market development for investment in green industry.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to consult with (a) the general public and (b) relevant stakeholders on the Environmental Improvement Plan which is due to be finalised by 31 Januar
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which energy provider supplies energy to their Department; how much carbon dioxide was emitted by their Department in the latest period for which figures are available; whether the cri
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment they have made of the impact of the UK's departure from the EU on their ability to deliver successful policy outcomes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, by what date they expect their Department to be carbon neutral in its day to day operations.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out the Government’s negotiating position ahead of the 79th session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, who the members were of the UK delegation to the 79th session of the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what their Department spent in 2021 on purchasing goods and services with a value of less than £500 on a government procurement card.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to consult with the (a) public and (b) relevant stakeholders on the Environmental Improvement Plan before 31 January 2023; and if she will make a statement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, why the publication of the final Environmental Principles Policy Statement has been delayed; and when that Statement will be published.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department obtained legal advice on its planned timetable for the publication of targets under the Environment Act 2021.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department have been allocated to deal with issues related to international trade in (a) each of the past five years and (b) the next two years; and if she will m
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on delivering a green Brexit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that environmental protections are not weakened as a result of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential risks created by the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to environmental protections.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the new measures to protect the environment through the Environment Act will be commenced before parallel measures are revoked in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answers of 21 November 2022 to Questions 84814 and 84816 on Pigs: Slaughterhouses, when she plans to respond to Question 84815, tabled on 11 November 2022 for answer by
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in Leeds North West constituenc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of green jobs in Leeds North West constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of green jobs in Newcastle Central constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to increase the number of green jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Environment Agency report Working with nature, published in July, which stated that "99.7% of fens, 97% of species-rich grasslands, 80% of lowland heathlands, up to 70% of ancient woodlands, and up to 85% of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee on 30 November where she stated that there are "abo
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what independent reports have been commissioned by her Department since December 2019.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & You
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in Wallasey constituency as a re
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Environmental, Social, and Governance entitled The UK Green Taxonomy, published in November 2022, if he will take steps to publish a consultation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled the UK Green Taxonomy, published by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance, if he will make it his priority to develop the UK Green Taxonomy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report entitled the UK Green Taxonomy, published by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Deve
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report on the UK Green Taxonomy published by the APPG on Environmental, Social, and Governance on 1 December 2022, what plans his Department has to publish a first set of Technical Screening Cr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the extent to which UK companies’ activities will be aligned to the UK Green Taxonomy as set out in the White P
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2022
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the UK Green Taxonomy will operate with other countries’ green taxonomies; and if he will take steps with his international counterparts to implement internationally interoperable green taxonomies.