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1124749

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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	Carbon Capture and Storage: Technology
	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 effect on the environment of carbon capture technology.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	910792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) has the potential to play an important role in meeting the UK’s climate targets. CCUS can add value to the economy and help tackle hard to decarbonise sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Our CCUS Action Plan is designed to progress CCUS in the UK, including enabling the UK’s first CCUS facility to be operational from the mid-2020s. CCUS is also likely to play an important role in achieving our Industrial Clusters Mission, creating the world’s first net-zero industrial cluster by 2040.</p><p> </p><p>In progressing CCUS, the UK has already established a robust regulatory framework for CCUS, with regulations applying to licensing, environmental inspection and CO<sub>2</sub> storage, operation and monitoring activities. This means that any CCUS project will need to comply with a rigorous health and safety assessment and require permits and approval from relevant environment agencies, the Health and Safety Executive and the Oil and Gas Authority.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/05/2019 15:00:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

756892

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which EU legislation within his Department's responsibilities will (a) be incorporated into UK law through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and (b) require to be amended under powers in that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	7903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before.</p><p>The Government’s current estimate is that we will need to make between 800 and 1,000 statutory instruments to make exit a reality in UK law.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/09/2017 16:35:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1379998

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2021
	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	Carbon Emissions: Consumers
	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 ensure that the net zero strategy includes sound protections for consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	77504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that installations meet high standards and provide appropriate consumer protection. The Government strengthened consumer rights through the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA), including home installations of green efficiency products.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) protects consumers, from mis-selling of goods and services and prohibits unfair commercial practices by businesses against consumers. Consumers can seek free advice on their rights through the Citizens Advice Consumer Service.</p><p> </p><p>The PAS 2030 and 2035 standards were developed by an industry-led steering group in response to the recommendations of the independent 2016 Each Home Counts review. These standards indicate an industry-led approach to ensuring quality in the retrofit of people’s homes and were designed to improve both quality and consumer protection.</p><p> </p><p>Contractors delivering energy efficiency or whole house retrofit works within Government schemes must be TrustMark registered, and heat pump installers must be certified by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) or equivalent. Both schemes take steps to ensure that installers demonstrate technical competence, good trading practices and good customer service. These requirements are being kept under review and further consumer protection measures will be considered if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 77503 question first answered 29/11/2021 16:19:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

1379997

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2021
	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	Housing: Carbon Emissions
	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 ensure that consumers are protected from scams and rogue traders as they make the changes to their homes necessary for the transition to net zero.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Elliot Colburn
	uin	77503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that installations meet high standards and provide appropriate consumer protection. The Government strengthened consumer rights through the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA), including home installations of green efficiency products.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) protects consumers, from mis-selling of goods and services and prohibits unfair commercial practices by businesses against consumers. Consumers can seek free advice on their rights through the Citizens Advice Consumer Service.</p><p> </p><p>The PAS 2030 and 2035 standards were developed by an industry-led steering group in response to the recommendations of the independent 2016 Each Home Counts review. These standards indicate an industry-led approach to ensuring quality in the retrofit of people’s homes and were designed to improve both quality and consumer protection.</p><p> </p><p>Contractors delivering energy efficiency or whole house retrofit works within Government schemes must be TrustMark registered, and heat pump installers must be certified by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) or equivalent. Both schemes take steps to ensure that installers demonstrate technical competence, good trading practices and good customer service. These requirements are being kept under review and further consumer protection measures will be considered if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 77504 question first answered 29/11/2021 16:19:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4775 label Biography information for Elliot Colburn

710667

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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	Insolvency: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many prosecutions have been carried out of company directors continuing to trade when insolvent in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	67505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>While “continuing to trade whilst insolvent” is not a criminal offence in itself, under s993 Companies Act 2006 (and previously under s458 Companies Act 1985)</p><p>“If any business of a company is carried on with intent to defraud creditors of the company or creditors of any other person, or for any fraudulent purpose, every person who is knowingly a party to the carrying on of the business in that manner commits an offence.”</p><p>The table below provides the number of persons prosecuted for an offence of fraudulent trading in respect of an individual company for the last five financial years, irrespective of verdict.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 12 – March 13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 13 – March 14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 14 - March 15</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 15 – March 16</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 16 to March 17</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The offence may be committed by a person other than a director and separate records of the number of directors prosecuted are not centrally collated.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/03/2017 15:27:49 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

670357

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2017
	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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on UK jobs of the UK leaving the Single Market in the five years (a) before and (b) after that action is taken.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	59011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Departments are currently doing some analysis with the Department for Exiting the European Union to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the EU will have on businesses, consumers and other economic actors. Due to the decisions this Government has taken, the British economy is fundamentally strong and we are well-positioned to negotiate our departure from the EU. Employment is at a record high. There are over two million more people in employment compared with 2010 and around 900,000 fewer unemployed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/01/2017 11:49:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

669163

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	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	Medicine: Research
	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 incentives the Government provides to support biomedical research into the most deadly global diseases.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	58902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintain and enhance the strength of our research base. This is why we have protected the science resource budget in real terms from its 2015/16 level of £4.7 billion for the rest of the parliament, as well as committing to invest in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale – £6.9 billion over the period 2015- 21.</p><p>We are introducing a new Global Challenges Research Fund of £1.5 billion over the Spending Review period to support research on global issues affecting developing countries. The Newton Fund will also be doubled to £150 million a year by 2021.</p><p>At Autumn Statement 2016 we announced that we will make Britain the global go-to nation for scientists, innovators and tech investors, by investing an extra £2 billion a year in R&amp;D by 2020/21. We are committed to ensure that the UK continues to be a world leader in international science, including biomedical research.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/01/2017 15:19:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

604979

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	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	Pharmacy: Closures
	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 on small businesses of the potential closure of independent pharmacies; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on that effect.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	49185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly discusses a range of issues with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health.</p><p>Funding for the contractors providing NHS pharmaceutical services is determined by the Department of Health.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/10/2016 14:02:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

604978

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	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	Pharmacy: Competition
	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 had discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the implications for competition of the vertical integration of pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	49184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>I have had no discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the implications for competition of the vertical integration of pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/10/2016 13:32:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

601180

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Higher Education
	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 provide the email address for people to contact his Department with examples of the effect the UK leaving the EU is having on universities and academia and place in the Library copies of the emails received.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	48589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the best possible outcomes for UK Science and Research as we exit the European Union. Academics, researchers and others with an interest can email ‘<a href="mailto:research@beis.gov.uk" target="_blank">research@beis.gov.uk</a>’ to register any issues experienced in engaging with European supported activities. Information submitted via this email account is being dealt with the strictest confidence by the Department and there are no plans to provide running updates on evidence shared.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/10/2016 12:55:44 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake