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804623

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/12/2017
	date	12/12/2017
	date tabled	12/12/2017
	ddp created	12/12/2017 13:16:04
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/12/2017 13:25:08 12/12/2017 14:30:04
	hansard heading	Energy: Price Caps
	house id	1
	identifier	902901
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	12/12/2017 13:58:14
	question text	What the timetable is for the implementation of an energy price cap.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 902901
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	902901
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government will legislate at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Bill is currently undergoing scrutiny by the BEIS Select Committee.</p><p> </p><p>We would hope for cross-party support for this Bill and a quick passage through Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill allows for Ofgem to consult on its proposed methodology and draft licence condition while the Bill is being progressed through Parliament.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1377844

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/11/2021
	date	12/11/2021
	date tabled	12/11/2021
	ddp created	12/11/2021 15:16:41
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	15/11/2021 15:05:19 17/11/2021 18:09:08
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Developing Countries
	house id	1
	identifier	73936
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	17/11/2021 17:37:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the £43,379,999 for the sharing of 100 million doses of covid-19 vaccines with countries in need, published in his Department's Development Tracker, what the cost of purchasing those 100 million doses was to the public purse.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 73936
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	73936
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister, at the G7 Summit in June, committed to donate 100m doses that we do not need for the UK vaccination programme. The cost of these doses will depend on both the specific vaccines donated and their cost. The cost of COVID-19 vaccine donations will be funded through UK Official Development Assistance and will be reported as such.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to disclose specific costs of individual vaccines procured to date, as details of contracts between the Government and vaccine manufacturers are commercially sensitive.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1226793

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2020
	date	21/07/2020
	date tabled	21/07/2020
	ddp created	21/07/2020 19:20:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	23/07/2020 13:25:14 07/09/2020 11:30:08
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
	house id	1
	identifier	77764
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	07/09/2020 10:58:17
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement that the Government has secured access to 90 million doses of promising coronavirus vaccine candidates, published on 20 July 2020 on gov.uk, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that that access does not affect the availability of global vaccine stocks available for vulnerable groups in lower income countries.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 77764
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	77764
	version	4
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK is working closely with international partners to ensure that when a vaccine is available, it will be accessible to everyone who needs it as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has committed alongside other countries to support equitable and affordable access to COVID-19 vaccines and treatments for example, committing up to £250 million of UK aid to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) for the development of coronavirus vaccines. The UK has already committed £48 million to the COVID-19 Global Vaccine Access Facility (COVAX) Advanced Market Commitment (AMC) which supports low and middle-income countries to access a successful vaccine.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also working closely with CEPI, GAVI (Vaccine Alliance) and the WHO to shape the emerging proposal for the self-financing arm of COVAX, which can support both domestic access and equitable access to LMICs.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with our international partners to ensure that where countries have bilateral deals – including whether we be in the fortunate position where we have excess doses, these could be contributed to the COVAX facility.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1194916

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/05/2020
	date	12/05/2020
	date tabled	12/05/2020
	ddp created	12/05/2020 18:39:55
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	12/05/2020 18:56:01 21/05/2020 14:58:08
	hansard heading	Businesses: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	identifier	46121
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/05/2020 14:26:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement of 10 May 2020, what support the Government plans to provide to businesses in the event that measures to ease the covid-19 lockdown are reversed to control local covid-19 outbreaks; and what the planned timeframe for providing that support is.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 46121
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46121
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Thanks to the effort of the British public we are now at the stage where we can take the first steps to modifying the restrictions on social distancing including encouraging those who cannot work from home to go back to work. We will be monitoring the situation locally, regionally, and nationally and if there are outbreaks, we will not hesitate to put on the brakes.</p><p>We have published guidance for several work environments to help ensure workplaces are as safe as possible and have set out practical steps employers can take to enable staff to work safely. We will be keeping the guidance under review as and when we move through the steps my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister set out on 10 May. We continue to work with stakeholders on developing sensible guidance for businesses that will give UK workers the utmost confidence on their return to work.</p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced unprecedented support for business and workers, including a Bounce Back Loans scheme and the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to allow business to plan for the coming months with certainty.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1194584

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/05/2020
	date	11/05/2020
	date tabled	11/05/2020
	ddp created	11/05/2020 19:45:50
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/05/2020 20:12:18 18/05/2020 16:05:11
	hansard heading	Business: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	45380
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/05/2020 15:33:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's covid-19 announcement on 10 May 2020 and pursuant to the Answer of 27 April 2020 to Question 35028 on Companies: Coronavirus, whether the guidance for workers concerned about health and safety referred to in that Answer remains Government policy.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 45380
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45380
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The advice provided in the response to Question 35028 is still correct.</p><p> </p><p>We have been working closely with business bodies, trade unions, Public Health England, and workplace safety experts to agree clear guidance on how individuals can return to work safely.</p><p> </p><p>On 11 May, we published further guidance on how businesses should introduce reasonably practicable measures, such as risk assessments, to mitigate the risks of Covid-19. This guidance includes details of how to raise concerns.</p><p> </p><p>If a business is not operating in line with the Government’s guidance, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or relevant local authority can take enforcement action. Actions include providing specific advice to employers, through to issuing enforcement notices.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1150077

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/10/2019
	date	16/10/2019
	date tabled	16/10/2019
	ddp created	16/10/2019 20:20:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	16/10/2019 20:49:05 21/10/2019 16:16:06
	hansard heading	Collective Bargaining
	house id	1
	identifier	1115
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/10/2019 15:45:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 3 October 2019 to Question 291066 on Collective Bargaining, whether she plans to encourage companies operating in the UK to ensure that workers in other countries in its supply chain are able to engage in collective bargaining.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 1115
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1115
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) in 2016 gave low-paid workers the fastest pay rise in almost 20 years. In April 2019 it increased again by 4.9% to £8.21. Last month, my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exzchequer pledged that the NLW will increase even further, reaching two-thirds of median earnings within five years, provided economic conditions allow.</p><p>The NLW and National Minimum Wage (NMW) are the statutory minimum rates of pay and apply within the UK. We encourage employers to pay more than the minimum where they can afford to do so.</p><p>Collective bargaining is largely a matter for individual employers, their employees and their trade unions. The UK complies with its international obligations, including International Labour Organisation conventions on the right to organise and collective bargaining, and we encourage other countries to do the same.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1150078

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/10/2019
	date	16/10/2019
	date tabled	16/10/2019
	ddp created	16/10/2019 20:20:42
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	16/10/2019 20:49:08 21/10/2019 16:16:05
	hansard heading	Living Wage
	house id	1
	identifier	1116
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	21/10/2019 15:45:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 3 October 2019 to Question 291050 on Living Wage, whether she plans to encourage companies operating in the UK to ensure that workers in other countries in its supply chain are paid a living wage.
	session	2019/20
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/20 1116
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1116
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) in 2016 gave low-paid workers the fastest pay rise in almost 20 years. In April 2019 it increased again by 4.9% to £8.21. Last month, my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exzchequer pledged that the NLW will increase even further, reaching two-thirds of median earnings within five years, provided economic conditions allow.</p><p>The NLW and National Minimum Wage (NMW) are the statutory minimum rates of pay and apply within the UK. We encourage employers to pay more than the minimum where they can afford to do so.</p><p>Collective bargaining is largely a matter for individual employers, their employees and their trade unions. The UK complies with its international obligations, including International Labour Organisation conventions on the right to organise and collective bargaining, and we encourage other countries to do the same.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1245403

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/10/2020
	date	21/10/2020
	date tabled	21/10/2020
	ddp created	21/10/2020 19:12:25
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	21/10/2020 19:18:09 29/10/2020 11:29:06
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	house id	1
	identifier	107082
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	29/10/2020 10:57:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to deals the Government have signed related to finding a vaccine for covid-19, whether (a) pharmaceutical companies, (b) the Government or (c) both have the authority to declare an end to the pandemic.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 107082
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	107082
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The World Health Organisation declared a coronavirus pandemic on 11 March 2020 and we would expect it to declare a move to a post-pandemic period as it has done previously for the H1N1 pandemic in 2010.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1217875

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/06/2020
	date	25/06/2020
	date tabled	25/06/2020
	ddp created	25/06/2020 17:19:55
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	29/06/2020 12:15:16 02/07/2020 13:58:07
	hansard heading	NHS: Holiday Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	64997
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/07/2020 13:27:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Government guidance entitled Holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19), published 13 May 2020, whether non-medical NHS staff will be able to carry forward their annual leave entitlements for up to two years in line with their front line colleagues.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 64997
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	64997
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Any individual who is a worker under the Working Time Regulations 1998 is entitled to 5.6 weeks of statutory annual leave. 1.6 weeks of this annual leave can be carried forward into the next leave year if provided for in a binding written agreement between the worker and their employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 provide for the remaining four weeks of annual leave to be carried into the following two leave years if, due to the effects of coronavirus, it is not reasonably practicable for a worker to take this leave in the year to which it relates. This applies to all workers who are unable to take their annual leave due to the coronavirus, including non-medical NHS staff.</p><p> </p><p>It is a matter for individual employers and their workers to consider whether it is possible to facilitate a worker taking annual leave. In these unprecedented times, the Government urges employers to carefully consider the guidance and the welfare of their workforce.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1217874

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	29/06/2020
	date	25/06/2020
	date tabled	25/06/2020
	ddp created	25/06/2020 17:19:53
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	29/06/2020 12:15:11 02/07/2020 13:56:07
	hansard heading	NHS: Holiday Leave
	house id	1
	identifier	64996
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/07/2020 13:24:09
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Government guidance entitled Holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19), published 13 May 2020, whether NHS staff contracted with a third party will be able to carry forward their annual leave entitlements for up to two years, in line with their front line colleagues.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 64996
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	64996
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Any individual who is a worker under the Working Time Regulations 1998 is entitled to 5.6 weeks of statutory annual leave. 1.6 weeks of this annual leave can be carried forward into the next leave year if provided for in a binding written agreement between the worker and their employer.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Time (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 provide for the remaining four weeks of annual leave to be carried into the following two leave years if, due to the effects of coronavirus, it is not reasonably practicable for a worker to take this leave in the year to which it relates. This applies to all workers who are unable to take their annual leave due to the coronavirus, including non-medical NHS staff.</p><p> </p><p>It is a matter for individual employers and their workers to consider whether it is possible to facilitate a worker taking annual leave. In these unprecedented times, the Government urges employers to carefully consider the guidance and the welfare of their workforce.</p>
	creator	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill