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1484624

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fuels: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that petrol station operators do not illegally benefit from the Government's proposed cuts to fuel duty.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	27606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to conduct a review of the retail fuel market, to explore whether it has adversely affected consumer interests. The Government has asked for an initial report from the CMA by 7 July. As part of this, the Government has asked for the CMA’s advice on the extent to which competition has resulted in the fuel duty cut announced in the Spring Statement being passed on to consumers. The Government is also ready to support CMA if it uses its powers to act against petrol stations if there is evidence that they are infringing competition or consumer law.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/07/2022 12:31:38 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1484626

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Morrisons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of a potential decision by the owner of Morrisons' to sell its (a) fisheries, (b) warehouses and (c) food manufacturing plants.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	27608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government cannot comment on commercial decisions made by individual retailers.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/07/2022 12:30:09 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1484650

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of officials in his Department involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of the Retained EU Law Dashboard in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) the cost to the public purse of recording that information.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	27718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>There has been no additional non-pay cost to the public purse by creating the dashboard for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The creation of the dashboard was led by the Cabinet Office, who commissioned Government Departments to find REUL within their legislation and compile an authoritative account of where REUL sits on the UK statute book.</p><p> </p><p>The dashboard itself is made by the Government Strategic Management Office and is hosted on Tableau Public, which is a free platform for hosting public dashboards. The dashboard will continue to be updated at no additional cost.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/07/2022 12:37:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1484674

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Telephone Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to institute financial penalties against firms which fail to answer customers' telephone calls within a specified acceptable period of time; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	27499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>High quality customer service makes commercial sense and the Government expects all businesses to treat consumers fairly. However, the Government does not seek to intervene in the detail of how businesses conduct their activities, which are essentially commercial matters. For free advice on consumer rights and how to make complaints, consumers may contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 0808 223 1133 (www.consumeradvice.org.uk/) or Advice Direct Scotland on 0808 164 6000 (www.consumeradvice.scot) for consumers living in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/07/2022 15:56:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1484695

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	National Security and Investment Act 2021
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the Gambling Commission's decisions on control of assets, in so far as those decisions may affect national security, within the scope of the National Security and Investment Act 2021.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	27590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The National Security and Investment Act 2021 enables the Government to scrutinise and – if necessary – intervene in qualifying acquisitions which may raise national security risks. We will not hesitate to use these powers where our national security is at risk.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/07/2022 12:34:06 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1484708

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what consultation he has undertaken on the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	27627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government carried out a consultation on revoking the ban on using agency workers to cover strikes in 2015. It asked what effect the removal would have on a wide variety of stakeholders, including workers, employment businesses, employers, employees on strike and about the impact on wider economy and society. It received a large number of substantive responses from a wide range of stakeholders, including employers, agencies and trade unions which have been carefully considered before deciding to proceed with removing Regulation 7 of the Conduct Regulations 2003.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/07/2022 15:55:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1484772

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Social Services: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to tackle recruitment agencies that unlawfully charge recruitment fees for people seeking roles in the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	27628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Employment Agencies Act 1973 and its associated Conduct Regulations apply to all recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain and are enforced by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate. This state-enforced framework prohibits recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain from charging work-finding fees, so any agency in the care sector in Great Britain that charges work-finding fees is acting illegally. EAS investigates all relevant complaints. It takes a compliance-based approach initially to support businesses to correct breaches but does undertake robust enforcement action where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 27630 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:57:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1484774

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Social Services: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of legally requiring care sector recruitment agencies to demonstrate that they are not charging recruitment fees as a pre-condition for obtaining their licence to operate.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	27630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Employment Agencies Act 1973 and its associated Conduct Regulations apply to all recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain and are enforced by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate. This state-enforced framework prohibits recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain from charging work-finding fees, so any agency in the care sector in Great Britain that charges work-finding fees is acting illegally. EAS investigates all relevant complaints. It takes a compliance-based approach initially to support businesses to correct breaches but does undertake robust enforcement action where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 27628 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:57:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1484776

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what impact assessment the Government has carried out for the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	27642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government carried out a consultation on revoking the ban on using agency workers to cover strikes in 2015. It received a large number of substantive responses from a wide range of stakeholders, including employers, agencies and trade unions which have been carefully considered before deciding to proceed with removing Regulation 7 of the Conduct Regulations 2003. In addition, these regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure. Parliament will have the opportunity to debate them before they are made and provide further feedback for the Government to consider, including on their impact.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 15:06:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1484777

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits On Damages) Order 2022
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what impact assessment he has carried out for the Liability of Trade Unions in Proceedings in Tort (Increase of Limits on Damages) Order 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	27643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>We do not consider that a full impact assessment is necessary as the impacts will be minimal. There will be negligible familiarisation costs for unions and businesses. The impact of raising the limits on damages does not apply to unions that comply with statutory industrial action balloting and other statutory requirements. The impact of raising the limits would therefore only apply to those non-compliant unions that carry out or endorse unofficial strike action.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 15:04:45 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain