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1548503

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2022
	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	Public Houses
	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 his Department is taking to support pubs and breweries during the cost-of-living crisis; and what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) guidance and (b) support to community groups seeking to have pubs listed as Assets of Community Value.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	103020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognise that hospitality businesses are facing cost of living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Bill Relief Scheme ensures that businesses are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced a range of support measures regarding business rates worth £13.6 billion over the next 5 years.</p><p> </p><p>Councils are responsible for the oversight, administration and publication of their local Assets of Community Value scheme. The Government does not hold a central list of this information and does not require Local Authorities in England to submit updates on the number of Assets of Community Value which they have listed or rejected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/12/2022 10:04:41 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake previous answer version 40800 answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1519009

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Disclosure of Information: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing stronger protection for whistle-blowers, as proposed by Compassion in Care in their campaign for Edna’s Law; and what steps he is taking to support whistle-blowers.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	59112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government values the important contribution whistleblowers make when they shine a light on wrongdoing. The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 gives legal protection to those who speak up in the public interest.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made numerous improvements to the whistleblowing framework. This includes extending protections to student nurses and midwives, regularly updating the list of prescribed persons, and introducing a legislative requirement for most prescribed persons to produce an annual report on whistleblowing disclosures they receive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to review the whistleblowing framework. We are considering the scope and timing of this review.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 07:51:06 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1507165

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	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	Parental Leave and Parental Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government will introduce the right to 12 weeks neonatal leave and pay for parents of babies under 28 days who spend more than 7 days in hospital.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	52020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2022 answer text <p>The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill, introduced by the Hon. Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East as a Private Member's Bill and backed by the Government, will deliver these changes. It is currently progressing through Parliament and has now completed Commons Committee Stage.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 26/09/2022 13:58:31 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1458918

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	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	Parental Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will introduce additional paid parental leave entitlements equivalent to the time parents have to take off from work as a result of their baby's health complications.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	156603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that having a baby with health complications is particularly stressful for parents. This is why we are committed to introducing additional paid parental leave entitlement for neonatal care, to support those new mothers and fathers who need it during some of the most difficult days of their lives.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/04/2022 17:23:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1361171

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	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	Paternity Leave
	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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending paid paternity leave to new employees whose period in work is less than 26 weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	59080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>As set out in our Manifesto, we are committed to making it easier for fathers to take Paternity Leave. In 2019 the Government consulted on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay, this consultation included Paternity Leave and Pay. We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/10/2021 13:58:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1355358

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	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	Sick Leave: Coronavirus
	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 his Department is taking to prevent companies using the Bradford Factor from penalising employees who are forced to self-isolate.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	49295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Government guidance is clear that employers should support employees who have to self-isolate. It is also clear that they should exercise discretion about the need for medical evidence where an employee is advised to self-isolate in accordance with public health advice.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/09/2021 15:25:59 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 22421 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1351056

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Motor Vehicles: Waste Disposal
	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 potential merits of introducing a dedicated scrapping system for diesel and petrol vehicles ahead of the transition towards zero emission vehicles by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	41316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is investing £2.8 billion to support the transition to zero emission vehicles, including to support the uptake of zero and ultra low emission cars, vans, trucks, motorcycles, taxis and buses, as well funding to support charge point infrastructure at homes, workplaces, on residential streets and across the wider roads network, to make charging as easy as refuelling a petrol or diesel car.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 09/09/2021 13:11:15 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1351071

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Biofuels
	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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass energy on (a) CO2 emissions and (b) animal biodiversity.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	41329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government follows scientific advice which indicates that sustainable biomass could play a role in decarbonising the energy sector as part of a diverse renewable energy mix and in achieving net zero. Recent reports from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) all support this view.</p><p> </p><p>The UK only supports biomass which complies with strict sustainability criteria which considers a range of environmental issues including protecting the biodiversity of forests from which the biomass is sourced, irrespective of its location.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 10/09/2021 13:17:35 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1351072

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Biofuels: Subsidies
	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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reallocating Government subsidies for biomass energy to other renewable energy sources.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	41330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government follows scientific advice which indicates that sustainable biomass could play a role in decarbonising the energy sector as part of a diverse renewable energy mix and in achieving net zero. Recent reports from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) all support this view.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to remove support for electricity generation from biomass prior to 2027 for generators that are already supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO) and the Contract for Difference (CfD).</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 10/09/2021 13:18:40 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1351073

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	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	Flexible Working
	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 potential merits of giving workers the right to flexible working from the first day of employment.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	41331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s manifesto included a commitment to encourage flexible working and to consult on whether flexible working can be made the default unless employers have good reasons not to. We will issue this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/09/2021 16:23:34 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana