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347771

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of research commissioned by the European Commission into the economic effect of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government supports the Commission’s research. The UK adopted a similar approach when commissioning research for the potential impact on the UK. We also support the additional work that is underway for the Commission such as the Sustainability Impact Assessment. Whilst the trade models used by the Commission, ourselves and others have their limitations they are generally considered to be the most robust tools to examine the economic effects of trade agreements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/06/2015 13:27:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347770

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the working paper by Jeronim Capaldo on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, entitled European Disintegration, Unemployment and Instability.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has serious reservations about this paper. It is based on a model that was not built to assess trade policy. It does not directly model trade flows or the gains from trade.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2015 13:41:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

429327

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	M20: Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2015 to Question 15540, what assistance his Department gave to (a) Kent County Council, (b) other operational organisations and (c) businesses to cover costs and losses during the implementation of Operation Stack in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	16986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>My department provided no direct financial assistance to those organisations or to businesses to cover costs and losses during the implementation of Operation Stack in 2015.</p><p>The Business Support Helpline was available to businesses seeking advice on managing disruption throughout.</p><p>In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer committed £250 million into finding a long term solution to Operation Stack.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/11/2015 15:25:06 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

433909

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	New Businesses: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) information, (b) financial support and (c) other support his Department provides to employed people looking to set up their own business.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	18751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>We are helping everyone, including employed people, who want to set up and start their own business. The Business Support Helpline and the Business Finance and Support Finder tool on the GOV.UK website help people get simple straight forward advice and start up finance. At a local level we are investing in 39 Growth Hubs around the country which join up local business support to make it easier for people who want to find advice and information on how to start a business. The Start-Up Loans programme has also provided over 33,500 loans worth over £180 million pounds to people who want to start their own business.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/12/2015 14:37:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

453041

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Tumble Dryers: Fires
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received on faulty tumble dryers causing fires; and when his Department was first made aware of safety concerns related to such tumble dryers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	27576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Manufacturers, distributors and retailers are legally required to inform their Local Authority Trading Standards Department if they have placed unsafe products on the market under the General Product Safety Regulations 1995. Trading Standards work with the businesses concerned to manage any corrective actions accordingly.</p><p>In December 2015, Trading Standards made my Department aware of the safety concerns relating to particular brands of tumble dryer, as part of the formal notification procedure of the EU Rapid Alert system for unsafe products. In addition, my Department has received correspondence from consumers of these products, who have been directed to Trading Standards.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 11:19:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

458967

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Manufacturing Advisory Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the winding down of the Manufacturing Advisory Service will have on businesses receiving services from that service.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	30487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not expect the winding down of the Manufacturing Advisory Service will have an impact on businesses receiving services as contractual commitments to existing customers will be honoured, providing all support and related activity is completed by 31 March 2016. Going forward, manufacturers will continue to be able to access expert advice from the private sector from their local Growth Hub.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/03/2016 16:22:14 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

485495

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Audio Equipment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations his Department has (a) received and (b) made on guidance on volume controls of mobile phones and other devices using headphones.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	32346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received no representations nor made any guidance regarding the volume controls of mobile phones and other devices using headphones.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/04/2016 16:15:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden