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1683953

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Post Office: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for a conflict of interest in the appointment of Henry Staunton as Chair of the Post Office.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL1814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>Henry Staunton took up his post as Chair of Post Office on 1 December 2022. His appointment was made in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments and was subject to successful completion of all routine pre-employment checks, including consideration of any conflicts of interest.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 05/02/2024 17:17:16 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1683955

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Post Office entered into a standstill agreement with Fujitsu over the flaws found in the Horizon IT system.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL1816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>There have been several versions of Horizon since its introduction in 1999 and the current version of the system, introduced from 2017, was found in the Group Litigation to be reliable, relative to comparable systems. Post Office continue to make improvements to the system and will be moving away from Horizon to a new IT system. The Government is providing funding to support this programme. In the meantime, Horizon remains in place. Fujitsu's role in the Horizon scandal is one of the issues being examined by the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Post Office Limited has entered into a standstill agreement with Fujitsu.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL1817 question first answered 26/02/2024 12:15:06 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1683956

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether all the flaws in the Horizon IT system operated by the Post Office and referred to in the High Court judgement in Alan Bates and Others v Post Office Limited [2019] EWHC 3408 (QB) have since been rectified.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL1817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>There have been several versions of Horizon since its introduction in 1999 and the current version of the system, introduced from 2017, was found in the Group Litigation to be reliable, relative to comparable systems. Post Office continue to make improvements to the system and will be moving away from Horizon to a new IT system. The Government is providing funding to support this programme. In the meantime, Horizon remains in place. Fujitsu's role in the Horizon scandal is one of the issues being examined by the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry. Post Office Limited has entered into a standstill agreement with Fujitsu.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL1816 question first answered 26/02/2024 12:15:06 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1684030

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment: Dispute Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to assess levels of risk in relation to the inclusion of Investor State Dispute Settlement clauses in trade deals.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	10879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Inclusion of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in UK treaties is considered where it is in the UK's interests and where we agree with partners that it can play a useful role in supporting the bilateral investment relationship.</p><p>Where the UK negotiates ISDS, it is in line with modern international best practice. This ensures that the mechanism delivers fair outcomes of disputes, has independent arbitrators bound by high ethical standards, and that proceedings are transparent.</p><p>The UK has investment agreements containing ISDS provisions with around 90 trading partners. There has never been a successful ISDS claim against the UK.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 30/01/2024 10:35:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1684112

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the (a) transparency and (b) regulation of private prosecutions following the failure of the Post Office Horizon system.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	10891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>Since I announced on 10<sup>th</sup> January 2023 that the Government plans to legislate to overturn the convictions of postmasters, I have held several positive discussions with my Rt Hon Friend the Lord Chancellor. However, private prosecutions are ultimately a matter for the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/02/2024 15:34:07 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1684113

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Military Aid: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2024 to Question 7392 on Military Aid: Israel, when offensive military equipment was last provided to Israel.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	10892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>HM Government publishes data on export licensing decisions on a quarterly basis in the Official Statistics, including data on outcome, end user destination, overall value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. This data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.</p><p>The most recent publication was on 16 January 2024 and covered licensing decisions made between 1 April - 30 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 30/01/2024 14:54:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1684114

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Employment: Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing paid fertility treatment leave.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	10848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of supporting people who are undergoing fertility treatment. We recognise the impact on women and couples of infertility and the importance of fertility treatment in helping them have long wished for families.</p><p> </p><p>While there is no specific right to time off work for medical appointments, there are a number of ways through our existing policy and legal framework in which employees may be able to take time off to attend an appointment. Many employers are also willing to agree ‘ad-hoc’ or informal flexible working arrangements on a short-term basis.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 25/01/2024 16:47:36 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1684199

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Parental Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what she is taking to help ensure that new parents are able to take the (a) maternity and (b) paternity leave that they are entitled to in the context of the rising cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	10956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>The UK has a generous system of parental leave and pay entitlements which include Maternity and Paternity Leave and Pay.</p><p> </p><p>The standard rate of Statutory Maternity Pay and Paternity Pay is reviewed annually. Subject to parliamentary approval, from April 2024, it will increase by 6.7% from £172.48 to £184.03.</p><p> </p><p>Statutory parental payments are designed to offer a degree of earnings replacement and have never been intended to fully replace lost earnings. The Government also has provisions in place such as tax credits, child benefit and Universal Credit, which provide support with the cost of raising children.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 30/01/2024 09:57:25 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1684212

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of the Post Office Horizon Scandal GLO compensation claimants are represented by lawyers who have not signed up to the tariff of reasonable legal costs.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Siobhan Baillie
uin	10957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>My Department has offered to meet the reasonable legal costs of postmasters applying to the GLO scheme in line with a tariff agreed with claimants’ legal representatives. I wrote to all GLO postmasters in December 2022 advising them not to engage any lawyer who asks them for payment, as this might mean their compensation would be reduced by legal costs which they could not recover. My Department’s understanding is that only one lawyer has been engaged on that basis, representing one or two out of 492 claimants in the GLO scheme.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 29/01/2024 10:27:41 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4847 label Biography information for Siobhan Baillie

1683596

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Oil: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of how much oil from Russia which has been refined in India has been imported as jet fuel since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	10646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>In line with WTO rules of origin, Russian oil which has been substantially processed (refined) in a third country is no longer considered to be of Russian origin.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/01/2024 15:31:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle