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945543

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2018
	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	Retail Trade: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the of the effect the implementation of self-service checkouts by retailers on levels of employment.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	166451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Government monitors employment in the retail sector through statistics provided annually by the Office for National Statistics, which show that over the last 10 years retail employment has remained broadly consistent at between 3.2 and 3.3 million.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to make skills training available for those whose jobs may be affected by new technologies. Both our Industrial Strategy and the AI Sector Deal set out how we are helping people develop the skills needed for the jobs of the future, including retraining and researching the impact of automation across sectors.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/07/2018 12:01:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

945552

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2018
	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	Toys and Games: Boron
	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 ensure that boron is not included in play slime.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	166457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK has strict legal safety requirements for toys. Under the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 manufacturers or distributers must ensure that any toys placed on the UK market are safe. This includes not exceeding maximum migration limits for boron in liquid or sticky toy materials.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/07/2018 12:02:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

945555

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2018
	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	Glitter
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban glitter.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	166458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Under product safety legislation, manufacturers and distributors have a responsibility to only place safe products on the market.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation banning the manufacture and sale of rinse-off personal care products containing microbeads has been introduced in England under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Under this legislation, the manufacture and sale of rinse-off personal care products containing glitter which falls within the definition of a plastic microbead is banned.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/07/2018 12:01:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1135371

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	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	Bereavement Leave: Parents
	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 plans he has to introduce a statutory right to paid leave for bereaved parents who experience ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	270284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>The loss of a child, including the loss of a pregnancy, is devastating for parents.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is currently working to implement a new statutory right to Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay for eligible parents who lose a child under the age of 18, or suffer a still-birth from 24 weeks of pregnancy. We expect the new right will apply from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The policy provides a statutory minimum and we encourage employers to go beyond this where possible. Many employers will have an existing compassionate leave policy or will operate one on a discretionary basis following such losses during pregnancy. We strongly encourage employers to be sensitive and considerate at such a time.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/07/2019 14:10:01 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1250441

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to what extent were religious leaders involved in the Government's discussions on the closure of places of worship during the second covid-19 lockdown in England.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	113497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>The Places of Worship Taskforce met on 2 November following the Prime Minister’s announcement on the new national restrictions that came into effect on 5 November. This gave us the opportunity to share information with our faith groups, as well as hearing their concerns.</p><p>The Government has worked closely with the Taskforce and representatives from our major faiths throughout the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/11/2020 15:43:19 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick