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731161

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Furniture: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he intends to respond to the consultation on Furniture and furnishings fire safety regulations: proposed changes, which closed on 11 November 2016.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Revision of these regulations is technically complex and stakeholders hold a wide spectrum of views on the proposals that have been made. We will issue the Government response only after careful consideration of all 120 responses received. The Grenfell Tower fire highlights the need for public protection to remain our priority and we are now reviewing the proposed changes in the light of that tragic event.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2017 15:59:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

731162

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Parental Leave
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 commission research to determine the take-up of shared parental leave; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>We will evaluate Shared Parental Leave in 2018. We anticipate commissioning survey work to measure take-up as part of this evaluation.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2017 15:21:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

731240

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Working Mothers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the announcement made by his Department on 27 March 2017 on new guidance to support working mothers of premature babies, what progress has been made on drawing up of such guidance; and whether it is still the Government's policy to publish guidance for employers.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting working parents with premature babies. We are working with the Advisory, Conciliation &amp; Arbitration Service (Acas) to produce best practice guidance for employers on how best to support working parents with babies born prematurely. We expect guidance to be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2017 14:36:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

731279

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Foreign Companies
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 plans he has to introduce legislation on property ownership and public contracting by overseas companies and legal entities.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	38
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently analysing responses to a call for evidence on a register showing who owns and controls overseas legal entities that own UK property or participate in UK Government procurement. Next steps will be outlined in the Department’s response to the call for evidence.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2017 09:22:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731280

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Foreign Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the outcome of the Government's consultation on property ownership and public contracting by overseas companies and legal entities.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	39
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently analysing the responses to the call for evidence which closed on 15 May. The call for evidence received 56 responses from a wide range of stakeholders. The outcome will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/06/2017 09:21:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731294

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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: Prices
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 bring forward legislative proposals to establish a regulatory body for fuel pricing.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	64
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>I believe that it is essential that consumers get a fair deal and that falls in oil prices are passed on to lower retail prices. A competitive market is the best way to keep prices low.</p><p> </p><p>Fuel pricing is subject to UK competition law under the Competition and Markets Authority, and we do not believe that an independent body to regulate fuel pricing is necessary.</p><p> </p><p>The Department closely monitors average retail petrol and diesel prices and publishes these data regularly. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/06/2017 13:28:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731493

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 the planned date is for the Hinkley Point C reactor to start transmitting electricity to the National Grid; and whether the proposed contract for that reactor includes punitive measures for delay beyond that date.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>EDF’s planned date to start transmitting electricity to the national grid is 2025.</p><p> </p><p>If EDF does not start generating four years after 2025, then there will be reductions to the contract term; this means that for every day that Hinkley Point C (HPC) is late, the period of time where EDF gets increased certainty on the price of its electricity will be reduced. If HPC is not generating electricity by 2033, there is an option in the contract to cancel the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/06/2017 13:25:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

731517

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Foreign Investment in UK: Environment Protection
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 plans the Government has to provide certainty of energy policy in order to attract green technology companies to the UK.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Clean growth is a key pillar of our industrial strategy. The low carbon sector already brings significant benefits to the UK, employing over 230,000 people directly and another 200,000 through supply chains. Within the sector, the UK has established world-leading expertise in several areas of green technology, including offshore wind and electric vehicles. Since 2012, over £56 billion has been invested in renewable energy generation in the UK. In 2016, one in five battery electric cars sold in the EU was made in the UK.</p><p>Certainty for the UK’s energy policy is provided by several frameworks, including the Climate Change Act 2008. This established the UK’s 2050 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% on 1990 levels and a supporting framework of five year carbon budgets.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/06/2017 15:21:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

731518

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Energy: Prices
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 the Government plans to take to ensure that reductions in energy bills do not affect commitments to emissions reductions.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to tackling climate change and to the UK’s Climate Change Act. On average, Government policies reduce household energy bills because energy efficiency measures mean that less energy is used, more than offsetting the costs other policies add to energy bills.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 26/06/2017 15:21:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally