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1484186

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date	28/06/2022
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	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 he is taking to help ensure a competitive market for domestic energy users.
tabling member constituency	Burton
tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
uin	26863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to believe that competition is the best driver of value and innovation in the energy market. However, there has been less scope for competition in the supply market during this period of high and volatile wholesale gas and electricity prices.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants a retail energy market that is both resilient and competitive, with companies able to invest in innovation and offer products and services that support decarbonisation. The Government is considering what reforms are needed to retail market regulation and will set out its plans ahead of the next price cap period<ins class="ministerial">.</ins></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/07/2022 14:22:23 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2022 16:07:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 11173 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1483313

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	UK Endorsement Board: Public Appointments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 21 June (HL866), what was the process for the fair and open competitive recruitment for the position of Technical Director of the UK Endorsement Board; and when that appointment was made.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL1265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>All members of the UK Endorsement Board’s Secretariat are FRC employees and are appointed following an open and transparent recruitment process as set out in the attached document taken from the FRC website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 06/07/2022 16:28:42 question first ministerially corrected 07/07/2022 09:08:52 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name HL1265 - FRC Recruitment Process.pdf title HL1265 - FRC Recruitment Process previous answer version 11256 answering member printed Lord Callanan answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1483623

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Business: Telephone Services
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 his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing legal protections for consumers facing excessive call hold times when contacting businesses' customer services.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Holly Mumby-Croft
uin	26057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 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 (<del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.consumeradvice.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.consumeradvice.org.uk/</a></del><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.citizensadvice.org.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C70642fbc5fa24c97123708da5e94e914%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637926290893806512%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BPhfGpmzF2q1fs11A8tQbQzMN4ppwzjvuJ%2BPCBZBKdE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/</a></ins>) or Advice Direct Scotland on 0808 164 6000 (<a href="http://www.consumeradvice.scot/" target="_blank">www.consumeradvice.scot</a>) for consumers living in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/07/2022 14:35:44 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2022 08:26:46 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 10919 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4867 label Biography information for Holly Mumby-Croft

1460204

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
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	EGNOS: Cost Effectiveness and Impact Assessments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 30 April (HL7617), whether (1) an impact assessment, and (2) a value for money assessment, on the role of EGNOS in the UK was undertaken prior to 31 December 2020; if so, whether they will place copies in the Library of the House; and if not, what were the reasons.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL7916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>Further to the answer I gave the noble Lord on <del class="ministerial">4</del><ins class="ministerial">20</ins>th April 2022 to Question HL7617, it would not be appropriate for the Department to comment on any impact assessment or value for money assessment due to the ongoing commercial sensitivity around EU space programmes.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/04/2022 09:39:13 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2022 10:08:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan previous answer version 67021 answering member printed Lord Callanan answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley