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1002130

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Employment: Pregnancy
	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 progress he has made on consolidating guidance on legislation to protect people who are pregnant or on maternity leave as recommended by the Taylor review of modern working practices.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	188083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Last year, Acas published new comprehensive guidance on pregnancy and maternity discrimination and workplace rights and obligations.</p><p> </p><p>This summer we have reviewed the GOV.UK guidance material on the protections for people who are pregnant or on maternity leave and we are now updating and improving signposting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:39:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002131

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Low Pay Commission: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Low Pay Commission will publish the response to its consultation on (a) the effect of a higher minimum wage for non-guaranteed hours in a contract and (b) alternative means for tackling one sided flexibility.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	188084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission’s consultation, on the effect of a higher minimum wage for non-guaranteed hours in a contract and alternative means for tackling one-sided flexibility, launched in March.</p><p> </p><p>The Low Pay Commission will publish their report, containing the findings from this consultation, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:40:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002132

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	Industrial Relations
	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 his Department is taking to further promote better employee engagement and workforce relations in response to the Taylor review of modern working practices.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	188085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In February 2018, the Government consulted on workforce and employee engagement as part of preparing its response to the Taylor review of modern working practices. We are grateful to the stakeholders who have taken time to comment. We are considering those comments and will be publishing our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:47:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002540

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Employment: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government response entitled Good work: a response to the Taylor Review of modern working practices, published on 7 February 2018, when the first assessment of the quality of work in the UK is planned to be published.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	188755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Developing better jobs for everyone in the British economy is at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. We are proud to be the first Government to have taken responsibility for both quality and quantity of work, and are working to promote good work across the UK. We will be setting out our next steps for measuring and improving the quality of work in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 188920 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:41:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1002763

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	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	Employment: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Government response entitled Good work: a response to the Taylor Review of modern working practices, published on 7 February 2018, what steps he is taking to promote quality work through sector deals.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	188920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Developing better jobs for everyone in the British economy is at the heart of our modern Industrial Strategy. We are proud to be the first Government to have taken responsibility for both quality and quantity of work, and are working to promote good work across the UK. We will be setting out our next steps for measuring and improving the quality of work in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 188755 question first answered 19/11/2018 15:41:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

1105922

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	Parental Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2018 to Question 137053 on parental leave, when the three-yearly review on the implementation of shared parental leave will be published.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	238298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The evaluation is ongoing and we are collecting data from a wide variety of sources, including the largest survey of parents to be undertaken in 10 years.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to be in a position to publish the findings of the evaluation later this year, subject to the data collection process. This is slightly later than we originally expected but it is important to get this right.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/04/2019 16:41:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

983192

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Parental Leave and Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the consultation document on the potential requirement for employers with more than 250 staff to publish parental leave and pay policies.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	176067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>We will consult in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/10/2018 13:24:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

987835

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	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: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he has plans to publish a summary table on www.gov.uk, with periodic updates, on progress made on (a) the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights and (b) additional policy commitments made by his Department on that plan.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	179151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department, working together with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and other departments, aims to publish in due course a summary of the actions and progress within the Government’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights. Our focus is on implementing the Plan as it stands and there is no intention to review it before 2020. Any future development of the Plan must be informed by wide consultations and the Government welcomes discussions with business and civil society organisations about our approach and the delivery of commitments under the Plan.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 16:19:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

988752

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	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: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which projects on business and human rights his Department has funded in each of the last five years; and what the total spend of each such project was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	180125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s National Action Plan to implement the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights sets out a rolling programme of actions requiring both legislative and non-legislative approaches. The Department has funded one project in the last five years. The Department matched funding from the Dutch Government toward the development of the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, a private sector-led initiative that ranks some of the world’s largest companies by their human rights policies, processes, and practices. The total spend on this project from UK Government was £60,000 in 2014/15 and £20,000 in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/10/2018 15:30:50 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

999167

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2018
	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	Modern Working Practices Review
	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 progress has been made on identifying a set of metrics to measure the quality of work as recommended by the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
	tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
	tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
	uin	186253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has received over 400 detailed responses to the four consultations launched in February. We are very grateful to everyone who took the time to respond. Their insights have been invaluable in informing our policy development. We will be publishing our response to these consultations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 186254 186256 question first answered 05/11/2018 16:29:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson