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381271

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	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	Export Control Organisation: Civil Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which exporters have taken legal action as a result of the Export Control Organisation's refusal to grant them an export licence since May 2010; when each licence was refused; what the intended country of destination was of each such licence; what type of licence was applied for; and what the outcome was of each such legal case.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	2573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>No exporters have taken such legal action against the Export Control Organisation in this timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 22/06/2015 09:43:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

435760

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	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	Defence and Security Organisation
	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 staff worked for the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation on 1 April 2015; and what the budget of that organisation is for 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	19009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>At 1 April 2015 the UK Trade &amp; Investment Defence and Security Organisation had 140 staff-in-post. As at 1 April the 2015-16 budget for UKTI DSO was £9.75M NET.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/12/2015 17:35:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

515720

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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	Counter-terrorism: Conferences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what involvement (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department had in the Security and Counter Terror Conference at Olympia on 19 and 20 April 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	35598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills Ministers had no involvement in the Security and Counter Terror Conference at Olympia. Although officials had no formal involvement in the organisation of the conference, the Export Control Organisation had a stand to gather feedback from exporters about the development of a new digital export licensing system. In addition a number of officials from UKTI Defence &amp; Security Organisation attended as delegates.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 05/05/2016 16:48:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

456454

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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	UK membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 2.41, The best of both worlds: the United Kingdom's special status in a reformed European Union, what input UK environmental and energy safety regulators will have into the annual survey of burdens imposed on business at EU level.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	29282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 02 March 2016 to Parliamentary Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-24/28373/" target="_blank">28373</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/03/2016 11:47:58 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

454969

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	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	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to paragraph 2.41 of the Government's paper, The best of both worlds: the United Kingdom's special status in a reformed European Union, published in February 2016, what contribution he expects UK environmental and energy safety regulators to make to the annual survey referred to.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	28373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission’s Annual Burden Survey will support the Commission’s Regulatory Fitness (REFIT) Programme of withdrawals, repeals and reviews of existing EU legislation.</p><p>Anyone, including UK environmental and energy safety regulators, can now submit comments about any area of EU legislation to the Commission’s ‘Lighten the Load – Have Your Say!’ website*. Suggestions received will be analysed by the Commission and may subsequently be put forward for action via the REFIT Programme. The Government will use the REFIT Programme and the Annual Burden Survey to ensure that the EU meets its commitments to simplify legislation, avoid over-regulation and reduce burdens on business.</p><p>* <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/democratic-change/better-regulation/feedback/index_en.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/democratic-change/better-regulation/feedback/index_en.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/03/2016 11:35:38 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

454043

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	UK Membership of EU: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for projects supported by State Aid agreements of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	28116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off in a reformed European Union.</p><p>As required by the EU Referendum Act 2015, the Government is committed to producing clear information, ahead of the Referendum, on: the outcome of the renegotiation, rights and obligations in European Union law, an assessment of alternatives to membership, and the process for leaving.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 14:58:31 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

427601

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	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	Nuclear Power: Regulation
	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 assess the effect on the ability of the Office for Nuclear Regulations to carry out its functions of the provisions of the Regulators' Code requiring regulatory agencies to consider how they might support or enable economic growth for compliant businesses they regulate.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	15833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Regulators’ Code came into force in April 2014 and provides a framework for how regulators should engage with those they regulate. The code, which is underpinned by the principles of better regulation, says that regulators should carry out their activities in a way that supports those they regulate to comply and grow and to consider whether they are able to reduce the administrative burden on business or streamline certain processes whilst still achieving the same social, environmental or economic outcomes.</p><p>The Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is expected to demonstrate compliance with the Code without compromising its core purpose of nuclear safety and security. The ONR has recently published the results of a review they undertook to assess compliance against the Code in September 2015: <a href="http://news.onr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/report.pdf" target="_blank">http://news.onr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/report.pdf</a> .</p><p>The review found that the requirements of the Code are being met and have identified eight additional actions to further embed the Code over the next year. These measures such as a commitment undertake a review of its economic impact on duty holders, which will support them in carrying out their activities in a way that supports those they regulate to comply and grow further enable economic growth. In doing so, it does not compromise effective regulation to maintain robust safety and security standards.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 30/11/2015 11:13:26 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

427488

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	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	Office for Nuclear Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect on the ability of the Office for Nuclear Regulation to carry out its safety and security regulatory functions in full of the guidance set out in the Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	16001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2015 answer text <p>The Regulators’ Code which came into force in April 2014 was issued as guidance under the Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2014. The code provides guidance for all regulators whose functions are specified and a framework for how they should engage with those they regulate when exercising their regulatory functions independently from Government. This includes providing straightforward ways for businesses to engage, basing regulatory activities on risk and helping businesses to comply by publishing clear information, guidance and advice.</p><p>The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is required to have regard to the code when developing policies and operational procedures which guide their regulatory activities. However, the Regulators’ Code states that where a regulator concludes, on the basis of material evidence, that a specific area of the code is either not applicable or outweighed by another relevant consideration, then the regulator is not bound by that provision but should record the decision and their rationale. This acknowledges certain circumstances where regulators may not be able to follow all provisions of the code, for example decisions concerning safety and security, and that they will not be bound by the provision where these considerations justifiably outweigh provisions of the Regulators’ Code.</p><p>The ONR is expected to demonstrate compliance with the Code without compromising its core purpose of nuclear safety and security. The ONR has recently published the results of a review they undertook to assess compliance against the Code in September 2015: <a href="http://news.onr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/report.pdf" target="_blank">http://news.onr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/report.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/11/2015 14:19:20 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

436637

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	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	Trade in Services Agreement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the implications for implementing his Department's policies for combatting climate change and decarbonising electricity generation of the Trade in Services Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	19375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiation is ongoing. A full sustainable impact assessment is being conducted on the TISA. The terms of reference of the report include analysis of the impact of the TISA on climate change. The final inception report can be found on the EU’s website.</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not carried out any additional assessments in relation to the impact of the agreement on wider climate change policies, but works closely with the Department of Energy and Climate Change on the content of the Agreement to ensure it aligns with the UK’s wider policy objectives.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 18/12/2015 14:49:45 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

346877

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	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 it his policy that the arbitration mechanism to be included in the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership will not be carried out by a for-profit company.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The detail of the arbitration mechanisms contained in the EU-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will be the result of on-going negotiations between the EU and the US.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Any arbitration conducted under the EU-US FTA would involve a fair and transparent procedure, with a range of public and private sector participants including, EU and Member States, investors and arbitrators, with all parties to the dispute able to appoint their own lawyers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Arbitration proceedings under an international investment treaty are typically carried out on an ad hoc basis, with the tribunal constituted solely for the purpose of resolving a single dispute. The costs of the arbitration are apportioned according to the arbitrators’ findings. Disputing parties may rely upon an international institution, such as the World Bank or the United Nations to provide the procedural rules for the tribunal. These services are provided on a non-profit basis.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/06/2015 13:13:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn