| Heading: |
Timber: Subsidies |
| Question ID: |
1808073 |
| UIN: |
56447 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5078 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Pippa Heylings
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| Asking Member handle: |
pippaheylings
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@pippaheylings
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what statutory basis his Department can prevent biomass companies from claiming renewable subsidies for burning wood from irreplaceable primary forests. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-10 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Secretary of State has the statutory authority to determine the sustainability criteria for biomass subsidies either by secondary legislation such as regulations under the Renewables Obligation scheme, or by determining the terms of a contract under t... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |