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	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	Small Businesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with representatives of small businesses to understand their needs and concerns regarding the impact of the UK's exit from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Lord Evans of Watford
	uin	HL3520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have engaged extensively on EU exit with businesses, business groups and trade bodies across all regions of the UK. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has been meeting regularly with five of the biggest business groups, including the Federation for Small Business. We want to achieve the best possible outcome and the strongest possible partnership - one that works for UK businesses. We plan to be ambitious in these negotiations and will secure the best possible access for firms to trade with and operate in the European market.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/11/2017 16:45:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2766 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Watford

793506

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which body will be appointed as the Independent Verification Body, in accordance with section 25 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Andrews
	uin	HL3473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering which body to appoint and will make a decision in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/11/2017 12:13:16 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2534 label Biography information for Baroness Andrews

793507

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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: Regulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what approach they will take to deliver better regulation during the current Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Andrews
	uin	HL3474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering how the better regulation system will operate in this Parliament. It will be important to have a system that continues to support well-targeted and effective regulations which protect the public.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/11/2017 12:12:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2534 label Biography information for Baroness Andrews

792900

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	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	Regulatory Policy Committee
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Grenfell Tower fire, what consideration they have given to increasing the scope of the Regulatory Policy Committee so that it can rate impact assessments on the basis of the evidence presented relating to wider societal impacts.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Andrews
	uin	HL3424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>All impact assessments are required to include analysis of the wider societal impacts in line with Green Book rules and these are agreed by senior civil service analysts and where considered significant, signed off by Chief Economists. The role of the Regulatory Policy Committee is to provide independent scrutiny of the quality of evidence and the robustness of estimates in the impact assessment, and they can already provide comment and scrutiny on the analysis of wider impacts.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 28/11/2017 12:12:57 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2534 label Biography information for Baroness Andrews