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	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Industry: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the lack of industrial floor space in London and of its effects on businesses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Mayor of London has devolved responsibility for producing an integrated spatial strategy for London, known as the London Plan, which includes setting policies for land use (including industrial land and floor space). The latest draft London Plan was published for consultation in 2017 and includes proposals to increase the amount of industrial land and floor space in boroughs where there is a known future demand.</p><p> </p><p>Government sets national planning policy which the Mayor and individual boroughs are required to conform to when setting their own policies. National policy makes clear the need for areas to plan for their economic growth, and for areas to allocate sites and land uses depending on their housing and economic need assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The draft London Plan will be subject to examination by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, where the Mayor’s policies for industrial land will be scrutinised against national policy to ensure they’re fit for purpose.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/06/2018 15:04:28 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

922986

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2018
	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	UK Notified Bodies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK Notified Bodies will be able to continue to work with UK manufacturers, checking their products conform to the essential requirements of European directives which have also been transposed into UK law, until the end of the anticipated Brexit implementation period.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Kinnoull
	uin	HL8559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the valuable work undertaken by UK Notified Bodies in ensuring that products placed on the market have been through suitable assessment to ensure they comply with the relevant requirements.</p><p> </p><p>During the implementation period the UK will no longer be a Member State of the European Union, but market access will continue on current terms.</p><p> </p><p>For UK Notified Bodies this means that they will continue to be able to conduct third-party conformity assessments for both the UK and the EU markets as they do now.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/06/2018 16:43:49 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4354 label Biography information for The Earl of Kinnoull

921833

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Industry: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to increase the amount of industrial floor space available in London.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL8526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Mayor of London has devolved responsibility for producing an integrated spatial strategy for London, known as the London Plan, which includes setting policies for land use (including industrial land and floor space). The latest draft London Plan was published for consultation in 2017 and includes proposals to increase the amount of industrial land and floor space in boroughs where there is a known future demand.</p><p> </p><p>Government sets national planning policy which the Mayor and individual boroughs are required to conform to when setting their own policies. National policy makes clear the need for areas to plan for their economic growth, and for areas to allocate sites and land uses depending on their housing and economic need assessments.</p><p> </p><p>The draft London Plan will be subject to examination by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, where the Mayor’s policies for industrial land will be scrutinised against national policy to ensure they’re fit for purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/06/2018 15:07:43 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick