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1440825

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	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	Companies: Registration
	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 companies are registered at Companies House without any Directors in post as of 14 March 2022.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	139571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>16,448 live companies are currently registered at Companies House without any Directors as of 15th March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/03/2022 18:28:13 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1503297

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape Review
	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 he plans to publish the independent review of the research, development and innovation landscape.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	44969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the impact of the medical cannabis industry on the economy or employment levels. The Department annually publishes data on the impact on the economy and employment of the wider Life Sciences sector in the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbioscience-and-health-technology-database-annual-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRobert.Reid%40officeforlifesciences.gov.uk%7C52a0f4af72164a3b141608da90ba3996%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637981426767702174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xG98g%2B1%2BBzW72DAM8Cpp8i%2FEn2ic5G1qf2ZbOzZsXXU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Bioscience and health technology sector statistics</a>, and this includes analysis of the bio-pharmaceuticals sector of which the medical cannabis industry is an important part.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In leading his independent Review of the Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape, Sir Paul Nurse has gathered input from members of the Review’s Scoping Group and Sounding Board, alongside hundreds of organisations in the UK’s RDI landscape. Work is underway to consider and finalise the Review’s recommendations, which will consider input from those group members, ahead of the Review’s publication in the coming months.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/09/2022 09:25:52 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 12:34:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 20886 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1503298

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape Review
	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 the (a) Scoping Group and (b) Sounding Board to the review of the research, development and innovation landscape will approve the recommendations of the Review.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	44970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the impact of the medical cannabis industry on the economy or employment levels. The Department annually publishes data on the impact on the economy and employment of the wider Life Sciences sector in the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbioscience-and-health-technology-database-annual-reports&amp;data=05%7C01%7CRobert.Reid%40officeforlifesciences.gov.uk%7C52a0f4af72164a3b141608da90ba3996%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637981426767702174%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xG98g%2B1%2BBzW72DAM8Cpp8i%2FEn2ic5G1qf2ZbOzZsXXU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Bioscience and health technology sector statistics</a>, and this includes analysis of the bio-pharmaceuticals sector of which the medical cannabis industry is an important part.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In leading his independent Review of the Research, Development and Innovation Organisational Landscape, Sir Paul Nurse has gathered input from members of the Review’s Scoping Group and Sounding Board, alongside hundreds of organisations in the UK’s RDI landscape. Work is underway to consider and finalise the Review’s recommendations, which will consider input from those group members, ahead of the Review’s publication in the coming months.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/09/2022 09:25:52 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 12:34:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 20889 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1505337

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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	Natural Gas: Production
	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 the Government has plans to strengthen the UK's energy security through an increase in domestic gas production.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	48320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has been in commercial negotiations with both EDF and the Sizewell C project company since January 2021. These negotiations are ongoing and commercially sensitive.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is accelerating all sources of domestic energy, including North Sea oil and gas production. Subject to the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint, The North Sea Transition Authority will be launching a new licensing round for North Sea oil and gas shortly, which is expected to lead to over 100 new licences being awarded.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government will also end the pause on shale gas extraction. Having domestic sources of gas makes us less dependent on foreign imports.</ins></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/09/2022 12:52:51 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 10:37:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 20216 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1550590

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	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	EU Law: Northern Ireland
	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 capacity of Northern Ireland Departments and the Northern Ireland Assembly to update or replace EU Retained Law by December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	108384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government recognises the unique challenges Northern Ireland departments are facing in delivering plans for REUL reforms in the continued absence of a functioning Executive and Assembly. The Brexit Opportunities Unit has established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the REUL Reform Programme.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">My officials are working with the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), other Whitehall departments and Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) counterparts to determine the overall catalogue of REUL and develop an approach that accounts for the political situation in Northern Ireland ahead of the sunset date. We stand ready to assist our NICS counterparts and NIO as and when required.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Departments will analyse their retained EU law carefully to determine what should be preserved as part of domestic law, as well as retained EU law that should be repealed, or amended.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government recognises the unique challenges Northern Ireland departments are facing in delivering plans for REUL reforms in the continued absence of a functioning Executive and Assembly. The Brexit Opportunities Unit which works closely with Northern Ireland Office, has established regular intergovernmental meetings intended to support devolved counterparts with identification of which REUL is devolved or reserved, as part of the REUL Reform Programme.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2022 15:53:21 question first ministerially corrected 20/12/2022 19:16:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 43770 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1505520

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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	Conditions of Employment: Enforcement
	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 it remains the Government’s policy to establish a single enforcement body for employment rights, as stated in its response of June 2021 to a consultation on proposals for such an enforcement body.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	48367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The creation of a single enforcement body for employment rights requires primary legislation which will only be introduced when parliamentary time allows.</del></p><p> </p><p>The creation of this new body will be a substantial organisational change, so it is right that we take our time to thoroughly consider all aspects of this reform before proceeding.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 20/09/2022 14:56:42 question first ministerially corrected 21/09/2022 08:55:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 18910 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1471300

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2022
	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	UK Endorsement Board: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 15 June (HL760), how many applications were received for the post of Chair of the UK Endorsement Board; how many candidates were invited for interview; what was the composition of the interview panel; when and where the announcement was made that Pauline Wallace had been reappointed; and whether they will place a copy of the candidate pack in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL1027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p><em><strong>Diversity summary</strong></em></p><p>Of seven applications to the role of Chair of the UK Endorsement Board, two were female and five are male. A detailed split is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BAME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>With Disabilities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LGBT</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>5 (71%)</p></td><td><p>2 (29%)</p></td><td><p>4 (57%)</p></td><td><p>1 (14%)</p></td><td><p>0 (0%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><strong>Panel Summary </strong></em></p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>Panel Chair and BEIS Representative:</strong> Eoin Parker, Director, Business Frameworks</li><li><strong>Other Panel Member:</strong> John Coomber, Non-Executive Director, Financial Reporting Council</li><li><strong>Other Panel Member:</strong> Clare Cole, Director of Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority</li><li><strong>Independent Panel Member:</strong> Shrinivas Honap, Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Chair, UK Space Agency</li></ul><p> </p><p>As this campaign is still ongoing, no announcement on the successful candidate has been made.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to place a copy of the candidate pack in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/06/2022 16:21:35 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1568649

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2023
	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	Nuclear Reactors
	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 estimate his Department has made of global (a) demand and (b) supply of small modular nuclear reactors.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	127695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p><em><strong>Global SMR Demand</strong></em></p><p>In 2014, The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) estimated the size of the potential global Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market to be significant. This was calculated at approximately 65-85GW and valued at £250-£400bn by 2035. These findings were published as part of the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nnl.co.uk%2Fsmr-feasibility-study-december-2014%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cac37d1e618cc4d2cefe108daffa57f5f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638103383505488741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hhHdPxJg8PptEq7NBdoNeIYzhBeMunoTeT4oPhp51pU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">NNL Feasibility Study</a> on SMRs.</p><p><em><strong>Global SMR Supply</strong></em></p><p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitors the global supply of advanced reactor systems. The IAEA’s Advanced Rector Information System identifies that there are more than 80 different advanced reactor designs under development in 18 countries.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:47:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1524394

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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	Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes
	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 park homeowners, who are billed by landlords for electricity usage, will be entitled to access the Energy Bill Relief Scheme cap on business electricity rates with effect from 1 November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
	uin	67268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p><em>Park Homeowners who are billed by landlords for electricity usage on eligible non-domestic tariffs will be covered by the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. This scheme will provide a price reduction to ensure all eligible businesses and other non-domestic energy users are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. Landlords are required to ensure the benefits of the scheme are passed onto the tenants in a reasonable and proportionate way.</em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/10/2022 16:56:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1524314

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	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	Social Services: Power Failures
	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 with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that care (a) providers and (b) recipients will be protected from energy blackouts in winter 2022; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including care providers in the list of protected sites in the (i) Electricity Supply Emergency Code and (ii) other relevant Government documents.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	67098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p><em>Power cuts are highly unlikely. The Government has developed plans to protect households and businesses in a full range of scenarios this winter, despite the impact of Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Sites that meet the criteria set out in the Electricity Supply Emergency Code </em><em><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Felectricity-supply-emergency-code&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C77d480cd19454ac8321e08dab8390a90%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638024852362504514%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pRa07PhZx1NZDo7B1WvbF07c4yzJmSbTyWmt3V6TjnU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-supply-emergency-code</a> can apply directly through their Distribution Network Operator (or Transmission Network Operator if they connect to that directly) to be on the Protected Sites List. </em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/10/2022 16:59:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft