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1700135

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees
	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 7 February to Question 12549 on Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees, what progress her Department has made on negotiations with Harland & Wolff in relation to compliance with applicable subsidy control rules.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	20908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">UK Export Finance’s (UKEF’s) support for export transactions is conditional on the inclusion of UK goods and services, with a general requirement that there should be at least 20% UK content relative to the value of its support. In this instance, UKEF support has already secured over €200 million of UK content into this project.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">For reasons of commercial sensitivity, UK Export Finance does not comment on ongoing commercial discussions.</ins></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/04/2024 17:29:14 question first ministerially corrected 23/04/2024 15:13:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 28292 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1696852

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	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	Import Controls: Occupied Territories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the legality of imports from illegal Israeli settlements.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	19153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s position on settlements is clear: they are illegal under international law and undermine the prospect of a two-state solution.</p><p>Under the existing UK-Israel trade agreement, goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the agreement between the UK and Israel, <ins class="ministerial">n</ins>or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian <ins class="ministerial">Authority</ins><del class="ministerial"> Liberation Organization</del>.</p><p><del class="ministerial">I can confirm that t</del><ins class="ministerial">T</ins>his will not change in the upgraded FTA with Israel. The UK will not compromise on any of our longstanding positions on the Middle East Peace Process throughout this negotiation, including with respect to settlements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/03/2024 17:59:34 question first ministerially corrected 27/03/2024 10:35:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 26249 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1685297

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2024
	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	Cyprus: Investment and Overseas Trade
	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 produce a trade and investment factsheet for trade with the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
	tabling member constituency	East Antrim
	tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
	uin	11597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared &quot;Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus&quot; as an independent state. </ins>UK trade statistics from the Office for National Statistics, which provide most of the headline information shown in the trade and investment factsheets, do not include figures identifying UK trade with the<ins class="ministerial"> north of Cyprus</ins> <del class="ministerial">self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus</del>. It is therefore not possible to produce a separate trade and investment factsheet.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 05/02/2024 16:27:10 question first ministerially corrected 13/02/2024 10:48:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 15568 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

1484186

	registered interest
	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

1400700

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2022
	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	Fuels: 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 meetings he has held with petrol retailers regarding fuel prices between 25 October 2021 and 6 January 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	99352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Officials are in regular contact with the fuel supply industry including those within retail operations, to discuss a range of issues, including the Government’s draft Downstream Oil Resilience Bill. The <ins class="ministerial">Government</ins> <del class="ministerial">Department</del> also monitors changes in fuel prices and has therefore decided to freeze fuel duty for the twelfth consecutive year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands previous answer version 42837 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands 43877 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2022 17:53:05 question first ministerially corrected 19/01/2022 11:02:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1377963

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2021
	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	Green Homes Grant Scheme: Boilers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications were submitted to the Green Homes Grant scheme for new biomass boilers.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	73885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The official statistics published to date do not include a breakdown of all voucher applications by type of measure<ins class="ministerial"> installed.</ins> <del class="ministerial">but focus on those that are active within the system for work to be completed.</del><ins class="ministerial">The statistics refer to applications that were submitted to the Green Homes Grant scheme, but for which installation has not yet been completed.</ins></p><p>As of 7 October 2021, there were eight live voucher applications for biomass boilers – these are vouchers that were not rejected or withdrawn following the initial application.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 29/11/2021 16:17:37 question first ministerially corrected 01/12/2021 16:37:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 35421 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1360813

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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	North Sea Oil
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications he has received for an oil exploration licence in the North Sea in each calendar year between 2014 and 2021; and how many and what proportion of those applications were (a) approved and (b) rejected.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	58521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) issue<ins class="ministerial"> licences</ins> <del class="ministerial">grants to Licensees</del> to search and bore for, and get, petroleum in the seabed and subsoil under the area.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are publicly available from the Oil and Gas Authority and in historic annual reports.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 16:58:57 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2021 09:57:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 27787 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1360848

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	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	Oil: Exploration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many oil production licences he has issued in each year between 2004 and 2020; and how many such licences are under consideration in the current year.
	tabling member constituency	East Lothian
	tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
	uin	58522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) issue <ins class="ministerial">licences </ins><del class="ministerial">grants to Licensees</del> to search and bore for, and get, petroleum in the seabed and subsoil under the area.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are publicly available from the Oil and Gas Authority and in historic annual reports.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 16:58:57 question first ministerially corrected 01/11/2021 17:25:21 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 27788 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1313369

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Japan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the answer of 26 October 2020 to Question 106261 and the publication of transparency data on 7 May 2021, how many members of staff, and at what grades, accompanied her on her visit to Japan from 21 to 24 October 2020; what the total cost to the public purse was of that visit for all UK attendees; and what the costs were of the (a) flights, (b) accommodation, (c) internal travel and (d) subsistence expenses for that visit.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely release information regarding accompanying staff on ministerial engagements.</p><p>The total cost for this visit were: £<ins class="ministerial">20,782.08</ins><del class="ministerial">18,884.38</del></p><p>A breakdown of costs is as follows:</p><p>a) Flights – £18,701.64</p><p>b) Accommodation – nil.</p><p>c) Internal travel – nil.</p><p>d) subsistence and expenses – £<ins class="ministerial">2,080.44</ins><del class="ministerial">182.74</del></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands previous answer version 505 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands 576 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands question first answered 18/05/2021 08:50:54 question first ministerially corrected 05/08/2021 14:35:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1313370

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Singapore and Vietnam
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many members of staff, and at what grades, accompanied her on her visit to Singapore and Vietnam in December 2020; what the total cost to the public purse was of that visit for all UK attendees; and what the costs were of the (a) flights, (b) accommodation, (c) internal travel and (d) subsistence expenses for that visit.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	uin	147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely release information regarding accompanying staff on ministerial engagements.</p><p>The total cost for this visit were: £<ins class="ministerial">28,310.03</ins><del class="ministerial">25,699.24<del class="ministerial"></del></del></p><p>A breakdown of costs is as follows:</p><p>a) Flights – £<ins class="ministerial">20,296.24</ins><del class="ministerial">23,359.24</del></p><p>b) Accommodation – £<ins class="ministerial">3,980.06</ins><del class="ministerial">2,340</del></p><p>c) Internal travel – nil.</p><p>d) subsistence and expenses – <ins class="ministerial">£4,034.00</ins><del class="ministerial">nil.</del></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands previous answer version 506 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands 578 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands question first answered 18/05/2021 08:54:38 question first ministerially corrected 05/08/2021 14:35:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry