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418194

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date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the statement from the Association of Convenience Stores that longer trading hours on Sundays would harm small retailers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Devolving the power to extend Sunday trading hours will enable local areas to determine the Sunday trading hours that best reflects the needs of local people, providing greater choice over when and where they shop. There are many reasons why people may continue to choose small retailers. They offer a diverse range of products and services from convenient locations. This is one of the reasons why the convenience stores sector last year saw the opening of two new stores a day and growth in turnover of 5%.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 22/09/2015 13:12:14 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

418195

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to support small businesses through changes to competition law.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Through the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 and the establishment of the Competition and Markets Authority, we have ensured that businesses of all sizes, including small businesses, benefit from a simpler competition regime designed to provide greater certainty and improve the speed of decisions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, when our reforms of private actions for competition damages and the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) rules come into force on 1 October they will assist small businesses who currently find it too costly to seek compensation for breaches of competition law. These include a cost-capped ‘fast track’ procedure to enable small businesses to challenge anti-competitive behaviour, and voluntary redress schemes to encourage faster, easier access to redress.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/09/2015 15:56:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

418196

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Commodity Markets
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the 30 per cent drop in Anglo American PLC's profit, whether they are taking part in any discussions about the health of the United Kingdom commodity market.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government has made no contact with Anglo American PLC, and no discussions have taken place about the health of the UK commodity market.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Conditions in the global commodity market remain challenging across all sectors, chiefly the result of the on-going glut in oil supply, the prospect of further capacity coming on stream from Iran and Iraq and continuing uncertainty regarding China’s economic prospects. BIS monitors metals markets, but responsibility for specific commodity markets is spread across different departments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/09/2015 12:28:13 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

418197

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Business
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the results of the Confederation of British Industry's quarterly survey of the financial sector, what steps they are taking to reduce the cost of red tape and to support the growth of the business sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL2168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The government has committed to supporting business sector growth in the Enterprise Bill, which will set a target of cutting £10 billion of red tape over the next five years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The productivity plan: “<em>Fixing the foundations: creating a more prosperous nation</em>” launched in July 2015 outlines an number of steps the government is taking to support the growth of the business sector, including cutting red tape.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 21/09/2015 15:10:25 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick