Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is planning to require mandatory environmental reporting by UK financial institutions in line with the framework developed by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Government has endorsed the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and encouraged all publicly-listed companies to implement them.
We sought views on companies’ ability to apply these recommendations with consistency through the work of the Green Finance Taskforce and the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting Consultation. The Green Finance Taskforce published its report in March and we will respond in due course.
Asked by: Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to seek Associated Country status for the UK for the EU's Framework Programme 9.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
We want to ensure that the next EU framework programme for research and development (FP9) remains focused on excellence, with appropriate financial contributions and suitable level of influence for Associated Countries. We have set out further detail in our recent FP9 position paper and sought to assure the EU of our commitment to ongoing collaboration in Science and Innovation. The UK’s participation in FP9 will depend upon the outcome of our negotiations with the EU.