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523680

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	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	Hong Kong: Politics and Government
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which trade agreements would have to be individually negotiated in the event of a vote to leave the EU in the forthcoming referendum, broken down by region.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>As set out in the Government’s documents to inform the debate ahead of the referendum, were the UK to leave the EU, as well as losing the UK’s guaranteed access to the Single Market, the UK would also lose the use of the EU’s free trade agreements with over 50 economies worldwide. These countries are listed on page 45 of the Government’s “Alternatives to membership: possible models for the United Kingdom outside the European Union”. This page also provides a map highlighting trade agreements in place, those under negotiation, and those currently being planned for.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 13/06/2016 12:34:05 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price attachment 1 file name Alternatives_to_membership_-_possible_models_for_the_UK_outside_the_EU.pdf title 'Alternatives to membership' publication
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

524498

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2016
	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	Families: Disadvantaged
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many trade agreements are currently being negotiated by the EU, and with which countries.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission is actively negotiating seven bilateral trade and investment agreements. These are with the following countries: USA, Japan, Philippines, India, the Mercosur bloc, Morocco and Tunisia. The European Commission is negotiating bilateral investment agreements with Burma and China. In addition, the European Commission is also engaged in the negotiation of two “plurilateral” agreements on behalf of the EU: the Trade in Services Agreement and the Environmental Goods Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 21/06/2016 13:37:23 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

524499

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2016
	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	Child Rearing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which European trade agreements are awaiting ratification by the UK Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The EU-Southern Africa Economic Partnership Agreement and the EU-Central America Association Agreement are expected to be presented to Parliament in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>The EU has concluded negotiations with the following partners and, assuming that these agreements are approved in Council as being of “mixed competence”, each will need to be approved by Parliament: Canada, Ecuador, Singapore, Vietnam, Eastern Africa, and Western Africa.</p> answering member printed Lord Price question first answered 21/06/2016 12:48:30 answering member 4570 label Biography information for Lord Price
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

177983

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	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	Regional Planning and Development: North East
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made (1) to the North East Local Enterprise Partnership over its lack of a chief executive since April last year, and (2) to the North East Combined Authority over its failure to establish an inward investment function for the region.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL4694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>(1) The appointment of a Chief Executive for the North East Local Enterprise Partnership is a matter for the partnership.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>2) The North East LEP (NELEP) and North East Combined Authority (NECA) have agreed to establish an “Inward Investment Gateway” to manage all inward investment activity. An Invest North East England Gateway Manager was appointed in July last year to provide a focused resource to work with partners to coordinate, develop and implement this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UKTI is providing dedicated resource for 6 months to NELEP and NECA to determine the best options for the Invest North East England delivery model. This will help develop a North East wide inward Investment strategy and implementation plan as well as identify structure, roles, and remit of the NELEP/NECA inward investment team in this important area of the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/02/2015 15:56:46 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

518482

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2016
	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	Pregnancy: Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of figures released by the Citizens' Advice Bureau indicating that pregnancy and maternity discrimination in the workplace is rising; and what action they plan to take as a result.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL8281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with my noble Friend.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 12/05/2016 12:03:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

228705

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take against extractives industry companies which seek to subvert the intention behind the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
	uin	HL5887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:24:18 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228706

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take to ensure that United Kingdom extractives industry companies do not interpret the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 in a way that will enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
	uin	HL5888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government expects companies to comply with the requirements of the Reports on Payments to Government Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations, which came into effect on 1 December 2014, set out the enforcement and penalty regime for any company that fails to comply in part or in full. It is a matter for the company to ensure that it is fully complying with the requirements. On a criminal conviction for not doing so the penalty may be a fine or a term of imprisonment for the directors of the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reports made annually by companies under these Regulations will be published on Companies House website where both government and other interested parties will be able to consider the reports and their accuracy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:22:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228707

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will endorse the United Kingdom extractives industry’s guidance on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 if that guidance could in any way enable corrupt payments in resource-rich countries to stay hidden.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
	uin	HL5889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Any guidance that is produced by industry is for the use of the companies within that sector.</p><p> </p><p>Any company completing a report on payments made to government must be confident that they have met the requirements of the regulations and where appropriate taken independent legal advice.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 25/03/2015 13:26:56 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

228708

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2015
	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	Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to listen to the views of civil society before endorsing any guidance from United Kingdom extractives industry companies on the Reports on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Worcester
	uin	HL5890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We listen to the views of all stakeholders. As well as replying to correspondence from civil society on this matter, the Minister listened to views during a conference call with representatives from the Publish What You Pay coalition this week.</p><p> </p><p>Officials met civil society representatives on four occasions to hear views on industry guidance and considered a number of written representations, including a copy of the Publish What You Pay response to the public consultation exercise undertaken by industry associations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/03/2015 14:57:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4257 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Worcester

222743

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	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	Companies: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to requiring all listed companies to report annually on the ratio between the pay of chief executives and the median pay of workers in that company.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL5084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government introduced new laws comprehensively reforming the governance and reporting of company directors’ pay in October 2013. Quoted companies are now required to report the ratio of average percentage change in employee pay compared with the percentage change in the chief executive’s pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted extensively on the details of the new requirements, and decided not to mandate publication of the ratio between the chief executive’s pay and average employee’s pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes transparency on remuneration, but believes that an explicit focus on this ratio could have negative unintended consequences. For example, it could incentivise companies to outsource jobs to agencies or overseas, or to employ more of the workforce on a part-time basis, in order to manipulate ratios.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 09/03/2015 16:53:59 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans