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Further to the statement by Lord Grocott on 25 October 2001 at 627 c1121, on what basis he stated that this year the United States Government had increased their funding of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) from 25 million dollars to 39 million dollars; how much of this is...

Asked by

Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 November 2001

Reference

HL 1184; 628 c111WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what information she has collated on the proportion of electricity supply met by (a) nuclear power, (b) coal-fired generation, (c) gas-fired generation, (d) oil-fired generation and (e) renewables for (i) each member country of the EU, (ii) the USA, (iii)...

Asked by

John Whittingdale (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 October 2001

For answer on

2 November 2001

Answered on

2 November 2001

Mr. Whittingdale: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information she has collated on the proportion of electricity supply met by (a) nuclear power, (b) coal-fired generation, (c) gas-fired generation, (d) oil- fired generation and (e) renewables for (i) each member country of the EU, (ii) the USA, (iii) Canada, (iv) Australia, (v) Russia, (vi) India and (vii) China. [11764] Ms Hewitt: Available information gives the proportion of gross electricity production in each country met from each fuel source. Some of the electricity produced may be exported while some countries may import electricity. The data are the latest available and relate to 1999. Proportion of each country's gross electricity production met from each energy source Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nuclear Coal{ 1} Gas{ 2} Oil Renewables{ 3} EU member states Austria -- 9 14 5 72 Belgium 58 15 23 1 3 Denmark -- 52 23 13 12 Finland 33 21 14 1 31 France 75 6 2 2 15 Germany 31 51 10 1 7 Greece -- 65 8 17 10 Ireland -- 34 32 28 6 Italy -- 11 33 34 22 Luxembourg -- -- 20 -- 80 Netherlands 4 25 57 8 6 Portugal -- 35 19 25 21 Spain 28 36 9 12 15 Sweden 47 2 -- 2 49 UK 26 29 39 1 5 USA 20 51 16 3 10 Canada 13 19 4 3 61 Australia -- 78 11 1 10 Russia 14 19 43 5 19 India 2 75 6 1 16 China 1 77 1 4 17 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes hard coal, sub bituminous coal, lignite and peat. {2} Includes natural gas and manufactured gases. {3} Includes geothermal, solar, wind, tide, wave, ocean, hydro and combustible renewables. Sources: EU, USA, Canada and Australia--"Electricity Information, 2001" published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The information for Russia, India, China is taken from the IEA's database.

Date

2 November 2001

Reference

11764; 373 c871W;373 c873W

House

House of Commons

Lords debate on unstarred question on whether an assessment of the threat from ballistic missiles has been carried out and how best to counter it

Lords debate on unstarred question on whether an assessment of the threat from ballistic missiles has been carried out and how best to counter it.

Lead member

Lord Archer of Sandwell

Answering member

Lord Bach

Department

Ministry of Defence

Type

Questions for short debate

Date

30 October 2001

Reference

627 c1390-1408

House

House of Lords

Ministry of Defence

Answered by

Geoffrey Hoon (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

29 October 2001

Reference

373 c609-10

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What discussions he has had with the US Administration on missile defence since July; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Harry Cohen (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2001

Reference

8349; 373 c609-10

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

1st supplementary on missile defence discussions with United States, China and Russia.

Asked by

Harry Cohen (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

29 October 2001

Reference

373 c609-10

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

Answered by

Geoffrey Hoon (Labour)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

29 October 2001

Reference

373 c609-10

House

House of Commons

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's position regarding (a) Sino-US relations and (b) Sino-Taiwanese relations.

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 June 2001

Reference

370 c78W; 255

House

House of Commons

Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

1st supplementary on US supplying submarines to Taiwan and China supplying missile technology to the Middle East and Pakistan.

Asked by

Baroness Williams of Crosby (Liberal Democrat)

Oral questions - 1st Supplementary

Status

Answered

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

624 c1330-3

House

House of Lords

Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

Answered by

Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

624 c1330-3

House

House of Lords

Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

Answered by

Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Labour)

Type

Oral answers to questions

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

624 c1330-3

House

House of Lords

Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

What representations have been made to the United States administration with regard to the supply of advanced radar weapon systems such as Aegis to Taiwan.

Asked by

Baroness Williams of Crosby (Liberal Democrat)

Oral questions - Lead

Status

Answered

Date

25 April 2001

Reference

624 c1330-3

House

House of Lords

Scotland of Asthal, Baroness

What is the assessment of the arms control implications, including those for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the Non-Proliferation Treaty, of any micro-nuke interception element in a National Missile Defence System; and what they believe would be the impact of such an element on the defence and arms...

Asked by

Lord Judd (Labour)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 February 2001

Reference

622 c127WA; HL 826

House

House of Lords

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the US-UK relations following the decision to sell RR Spey turbofan engines to China; and if he will make a statement. - The matter has not been raised by the US Administration. US-UK...

Asked by

Cheryl Gillan (Conservative)

Answering body

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 February 2001

Reference

150572; 363 c267W

House

House of Commons

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