Baroness Worthington

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have approved consumer strategies and consumer communications developed by gas distribution network operators (1) as part of the neighbourhood trial, and (2) as part of the village trial.

To ask His Majesty's Government what alternative heating solutions will be provided to consumers who do not want to participate (1) in the hydrogen heating neighbourhood trial, and (2) in the hydrogen heating village trial.

To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the neighbourhood trial, referred to in the impact assessment on the Hydrogen Heating Village Grid Conversion, published on 6 July 2022, to (1) commence, (2) conclude, and (3) report; and what measures they...

To ask His Majesty's Government why they are taking powers to impose a village trial of hydrogen heating before the completion of the neighbourhood trial and the publication of the analysis of the findings from that trial.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of consumers who (1) will participate in the Hydrogen Heating Village Trial, (2) will decline to participate in the hydrogen heating village trial and receive an alternative he...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Energy Bill [HL] Impact Assessment on a hydrogen heating village grid conversion trial which states that “we expect Gas Distribution Network Operators to reach an agreement with all consumers in the chosen t...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that participants in the hydrogen heating neighbourhood trial and village trial are not disadvantaged by either their participation or their choice of an alternative heating solution; ho...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Impact Assessment on the Hydrogen Heating Village Grid Conversion Trial which stated that “the trial will largely be funded by Ofgem and BEIS, with some private sector investment", how much of the cost will ...

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Autumn Statement announcement on vehicle excise duty (VED) changes, whether they intend to levy annual VED of £165 from 2025 on electric vehicles; whether pre-2017 petrol and diesel vehicles rated at less th...

To ask His Majesty's Government what consumer protections are in place for consumers directly or indirectly investing in commodity derivatives.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the revenue and earnings attributable to UK listed firms from (1) trading commodity derivatives, and (2) economically equivalent over the counter contracts.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many consumers have invested in commodity derivatives for (1) oil, (2) gas, (3) coal, (4) electricity, and (5) soft commodities, via automatic enrolment in workplace pensions over the pas...

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many consumers have directly invested in commodity derivatives for (1) oil, (2) gas, (3) coal, (4) electricity, and (5) soft commodities, in the past 12 months.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the value of commodity derivatives or economically equivalent contracts which were traded (1) over the counter, and (2) in trading venues in the UK, by FCA-regulated firms in respect of (a) o...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) numbers, and (2) total values, of public contracts entered into by public authorities with an estimated value of (a) more than £2 million that is not a light-touch contract, (b) more ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the (1) numbers, and (2) total values, of public contracts entered into by government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies with an anticipated contract va...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with public contracts entered into by (1) government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies, and (2) other public au...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers and total values of public contracts covered by (1) the National Health Service (Procurement, Patient Choice and Competition) (No. 2) Regulations 2013, (2) the Public Contracts Re...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include international aviation and shipping emissions in the Sixth Carbon Budget, as recommended by the Climate Change Committee in their report The Sixth Carbon Budget, published in December 2020.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will set a long-term carbon pricing signal to support the removal of carbon emissions from the atmosphere in the UK.