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521061

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Packaging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which organisations Ministers of his Department have met to discuss the review of enforcement of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 in respect of copycat packaging of branded electrical goods in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government concluded its review of the enforcement provisions of the Consumer Protection against Unfair Trading Regulations (2008) in respect of copycat packaging in October 2015, and the Minister of State for Skills discussed the review with the British Brands Group the following month. The Intellectual Property Office have subsequently been working with industry stakeholders to deliver awareness training to trading standards about copycat packaging and the Government have committed to continue to provide training in the recently published IP Enforcement Strategy 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 29/06/2016 09:24:08 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521071

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of counterfeit electrical goods being sold online in order better to protect consumers; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to help reduce that number.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of IP infringement seriously, including in relation to counterfeit electrical goods, and is working with industry and law enforcement agencies on a number of initiatives to tackle this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The Police IP Crime Unit was launched in September 2013 and has had significant impact having arrested over 60 people and suspended over 5,000 internet domain names. In 2014/15 Border Force detained over 1.6 million IP infringing items. If genuine the retail value of these items would have been in excess of £56 million. Ongoing enforcement initiatives include Operation Jasper, which is tackling the use of social media to sell counterfeit items, and work by National Trading Standards and the IPO Intelligence Hub to deal with the risks posed by ‘fulfilment houses’ that supply many items purchased online.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps the regulatory framework under review but believes the existing legislative framework enables the appropriate action to be taken against suppliers of counterfeit goods.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:24:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521074

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate the number of counterfeit electrical goods that were sold in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data estimating the number of counterfeit electrical goods that were sold in the UK during the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:39:06 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521075

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Electrical Goods: Counterfeit Manufacturing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to prevent counterfeit electrical goods being sold in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) works closely with law enforcement, government and industry partners such as the Police IP Crime Unit, Trading Standards and Border Force to prevent counterfeit electrical goods from being sold in the UK. In 2014-15, Border Force detained over 1.6 million IP infringing items in total. Industry initiatives such as the Real Deal have also reduced the availability of counterfeit electrical goods at local markets.</p><p> </p><p>In February 2015 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pledged an extra £400,000 to help trading standards officers prevent dangerous goods, many of which are counterfeit, being sold in the UK, and this includes £182,000 for its ports and borders project which is improving surveillance at Southampton and Felixstowe ports. This has resulted in 487,000 products being intercepted at the border and a further 1,100,575 non-compliant products identified and addressed.</p><p> </p><p>Ongoing joint enforcement initiatives also include Operation Jasper, which is tackling the use of social media to sell counterfeit goods, and work by National Trading Standards and the IPO Intelligence Hub to deal with the risks posed by ‘fulfilment houses’ that supply many items purchased online.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:20:01 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521076

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Electronic Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many fines were issued for the sale of counterfeit electrical products in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data on the number of fines that have been issued for offences related to the sale of counterfeit items.</p><p> </p><p>The IP Crime Report does contain data on the number of cautions and convictions for IP offences in England and Wales from 2002 – 2014. According to Ministry Of Justice data, during 2014 456 people were found guilty of offences under the Trade Mark Act and 61 under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:32:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521077

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Electronic Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what penalties there are for selling counterfeit electrical products.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>Sale of counterfeit items may be prosecuted under trade mark and/or design legislation. These offences can be heard in the Magistrates or the Crown Court. The maximum sentence in the Magistrates is 6 months imprisonment and/or a £5,000 fine. The maximum sentence in the Crown Court is 10 years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:35:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

521078

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Counterfeit Manufacturing: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the growing use of online shopping on the incidence of sales of counterfeit electrical products.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	38207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to make an assessment of the effect of the growing use of online shopping on the incidence of sales of counterfeit electrical products. However, we have commissioned research into the sale of counterfeits through online platforms such as social media websites.</p><p> </p><p>The IP Crime Group which is comprised of representatives from private sector, law enforcement agencies and government departments publishes an annual report into IP crime in the UK. The Crime Report contains a survey of Trading Standards departments and they report that in 2014/15 electrical items were the seventh most investigated product. The survey also reports that websites and online auction sites are two of the locations most investigated for counterfeit goods in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>IP Crime Report - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-ip-crime-report-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-ip-crime-report-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 24/06/2016 09:41:16 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

516160

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent by his Department on the services of consultancy firms relating to proposals to privatise the Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	35942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>We will publish details of the expenditure on advisers once a transaction is completed. Given that the privatisation of the Land Registry would be a significant commercial transaction for Government, it is expected that the National Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee will scrutinise fees incurred as part of any review into the conduct of the transaction. This is the normal process of scrutiny for major Government asset sales.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/05/2016 14:40:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

438166

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Land Registry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will meet staff representatives in HM Land Registry to discuss concerns they have regarding the announcement in the Spending Review Autumn Statement 2015 which stated that the Government would be consulting on options to move operations of the Land Registry to the private sector from 2017.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	20023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>PCS representatives have requested to meet with me. I look forward to the meeting which will be organised in the New Year</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/12/2015 22:24:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

438167

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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	Land Registry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the timetable for the proposed change of status of the Land Registry before a public consultation on that matter takes place; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	19851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>In the Spending Review Autumn Statement 2015 the Chancellor announced the Government’s intent to consult on options to move operations of the Land Registry into the private sector from 2017.</p><br /><p>We intend to launch the consultation in the New Year setting out Government’s proposals. Final decisions on the options to be included in the consultation have not yet been made.</p><br /><p>No decisions on the options will be taken until after the consultation, but, if Government chose to proceed we would look to then introduce any legislation required.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/12/2015 15:03:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris