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1669076

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what data their Department holds on the (a) number and (b) total cost of replacing (i) laptops, (ii) mobile phones, (iii) memory sticks and (iv) external hard drives that have been (A) lost and (B) stolen in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	1221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>The Attorney General’s Office has not had any laptops, mobile phones, memory sticks or external hard drives lost or stolen in the last year.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 17/11/2023 09:45:42 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1586675

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2023
	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	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether it remains her Department's policy to (a) expand the definition of a Small or Medium Sized Enterprise to include companies with up to 500 employees and (b) consult on extending the threshold to businesses with up to 1,000 employees.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	147385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>In October 2022, the Government extended the Small and Micro Business Assessment process to include a new test for medium sized businesses of up to 499 employees. This will help ensure that the impact of new and renewed regulations on these businesses are considered, and exemptions or mitigations applied where it is appropriate. There are no plans to extend the threshold further.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/03/2023 12:52:07 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1588570

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2023
	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	Department for Business and Trade: Aviation
	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 publish the (a) number and (b) destinations of all domestic flights taken by officials in her Department in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	151358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>Due to the Machinery of Government changes we are unable to give total figures for the Department of Business and Trade.</p><p> </p><p>The number of domestic flights (flights departing and arriving within the United Kingdom) taken by officials of the former Department of International Trade (DIT) in each of the last 5 financial years is published in the department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The link to the DIT Annual Report and Accounts can be found at the following location: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 14/03/2023 10:20:45 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1608379

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2023
	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	Department for Business and Trade: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which consultations published by their Department are awaiting a response; and when each of those responses (a) were initially planned to and (b) will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	175642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2023 answer text <p>Policy teams across the Department for Business and Trade consult regularly during the policy development and implementation cycle.</p><p> </p><p>Information is available on gov.uk on all open and closed consultations published by the Department for Business and Trade, including the closing date for open consultations and, where available, the Government's response.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office has published best practice ‘consultation principles’ for Government Departments.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 11/04/2023 11:32:46 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1610314

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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 Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question 3164 on Employment Tribunals Service: Fines, how many (a) warning notices and (b) financial penalty notices were issued to respondent employers under section 150 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 for failure to pay an employment tribunal award in each year since 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	180447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>Workers should receive the money they are owed. We are committed to ensuring this happens and that they are protected from exploitation.</p><p>As stated in the answer to HL6685, data held on Employment Tribunal Penalties is derived from a live case management system used for internal purposes which has not been subject to sufficient validation that would be required for us to release this to Parliament at this time.</p><p>We will consider what data we may be able to publish on this subject in the future.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 19/04/2023 15:49:49 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1610450

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Online Intermediation Services for Business Users (Enforcement) Regulations 2020
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to reform the Online Intermediation Services for Business Users (Enforcement) Regulations 2020 following the passage of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	180583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade is reviewing all REUL in line with usual policy development to determine whether to repeal, replace or preserve it.</p><p>The Government will, in due course, provide further information regarding its plans for the Online Intermediation Services for Business Users (Enforcement) Regulations 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 24/04/2023 12:36:56 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1610479

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Measurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the consultation entitled Choice on units of measurement: markings and sales, published on 3 June 2022, when the Government expects to publish its response to that consultation; and how many responses to that consultation have been analysed as of 13 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	180612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government has received over 100,000 responses to the consultation on the Choice on units of measurement: markings and sale and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 19/04/2023 15:21:52 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1612456

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	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	Small Businesses: Electronic Commerce and Intellectual property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of legislation to (a) support small businesses when trading online and (b) protect small businesses from infringement of their intellectual property rights.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	181746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2023 answer text <p>The Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008 protects businesses from misleading advertising by other businesses, and are enforced by Trading Standards.</p><p>The Government recently introduced the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill to establish a new pro-competition regime that will force the most powerful tech firms to treat businesses in the UK fairly – including small businesses.</p><p>The options available to a business which believes its intellectual property (IP) is being infringed online depend on the type of IP, where it is registered and where the alleged infringement is taking place.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 25/05/2023 14:55:04 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1628582

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	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	Digital Markets Taskforce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether news publishers will be included in the types of third parties that firms designated as having Strategic Market Status by the Digital Markets Unit will be required to trade with on fair and reasonable grounds.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	185688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The pro-competition regime aims to address the far-reaching power of the biggest tech firms. It will help rebalance the relationship between major platforms and those who rely on them, including press publishers.</p><p>Once a firm is designated as having SMS, the DMU will be able to set tailored conduct requirements for how it must treat consumers and other businesses in relation to its designated digital activities; this could include requirements to trade on fair and reasonable terms.</p><p>Like all the DMU’s tools, conduct requirements are sector-neutral in design and can be tailored to any kind of user relationship, including that with news publishers.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2023 13:22:37 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1628583

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of a 10 per cent tariff on the import of vehicles on the UK's car manufacturing sector.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	185689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK Global Tariff sets out the UK’s Most Favourite Nation tariffs. It applies to all imports of goods unless an exception applies, such as a Free Trade Agreement. The UKGT has been in place since 1 January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In setting tariffs on automotive goods, the Government took into account a number of market and economic factors as well as the interests of UK businesses, manufacturers, and consumers as well as on the views expressed through a public consultation in February 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s programme of trade agreements also supports the import of vehicles. We continue to engage with partners to address issues, including around rules of origin, as needed.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 22/05/2023 14:13:08 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney