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1381183

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2021
	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	Copyright: Publishing
	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 her Department has made of the potential Americanisation of (a) spelling, (b) vernacular, (c) cultural reference and (d) design in British books in the event that the Intellectual Property Office introduces an international copyright exhaustion regime.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	80459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recently held a consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime. The Government will provide an update on this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/11/2021 15:00:52 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1379509

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2021
	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	Publishing: Intellectual Property
	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 has taken to ensure that the publishing industry is consulted by the Intellectual Property Office as part of its review of the UK’s future intellectual property exhaustion regime.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	76821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recently held a consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime. During the consultation period, the Intellectual Property Office held constructive discussions with stakeholders across multiple business sectors, including representatives of the publishing industry and wider creative industries.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/11/2021 15:14:05 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1379510

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2021
	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	Intellectual Property: Writers
	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 effect of an international exhaustion regime on UK author incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	76822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recently held a consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime. The potential impact of an international exhaustion regime on UK authors is likely to form part of the overall assessment, alongside the potential effect on other sectors of the economy. The Government will provide an update on this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/11/2021 15:12:18 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1365527

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	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	Intellectual Property
	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 her Department has taken to ensure that concerns of the publishing industry and wider creative industries are taken into account by the Intellectual Property Office in its consultation into the UK’s future intellectual property regime.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	68438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recently held a consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime. Before and during the consultation period, the Intellectual Property Office held constructive discussions with stakeholders across multiple business sectors, including representatives of the publishing industry and wider creative industries. The Government is currently considering consultation responses and is grateful for the contributions from interested parties.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/11/2021 15:42:58 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1365528

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	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	Intellectual Property: Writers
	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 an international exhaustion regime on UK authors.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	68439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recently held a consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime. The Government is currently assessing consultation responses. and will provide an update on this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/11/2021 15:53:23 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1365529

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	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	Arts: Intellectual Property
	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 his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact on UK creative industries exports in the event of international exhaustion regime being implemented following consultation by the Intellectual Property Office.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	68440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government recently held a consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime. The Government is currently assessing consultation responses. and will provide an update on this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/11/2021 15:40:51 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1223842

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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	Ofgem: 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 assessment he has made of the compliance of Ofgem's RIIO-2 Draft Determinations for Transmission, Gas Distribution and Electricity System Operator with the UK's net zero target.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	73076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>Ofgem, as the independent expert regulator, has an important role in the transition to net zero. Its principle duty is to protect the interests of existing and future consumers, and this includes consumers’ interests in the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions from electricity and gas supply. Ofgem also has a duty to have regard to the effect on the environment of activities connected with the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and gas. These duties are set out in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 and Electricity Act 1989.</p><p> </p><p>Network regulation is a matter for Ofgem – by law Government has no role. In its RIIO-2 Draft Determinations Ofgem has announced £3bn of upfront funding to connect green electricity sources and transmission grid upgrades. In addition, Ofgem is introducing mechanisms to inject £10bn or more of additional funding that companies can access over the price control to drive decarbonisation and infrastructure upgrades as required, and help to drive green and resilient economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In its Decarbonisation Action Plan (link to Plan <a href="https://www.ofgem/" target="_blank">here</a>), Ofgem stated that it would be ‘reviewing the way our energy systems are managed to ensure they are fit for a net-zero future’.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 73077 73078 question first answered 21/07/2020 11:12:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1223843

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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	Ofgem: 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, with reference to the publication of the RIIO-2 Draft Determinations for Transmission, Gas Distribution and Electricity System, whether he plans to align Ofgem’s remit to net zero.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	73077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>Ofgem, as the independent expert regulator, has an important role in the transition to net zero. Its principle duty is to protect the interests of existing and future consumers, and this includes consumers’ interests in the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions from electricity and gas supply. Ofgem also has a duty to have regard to the effect on the environment of activities connected with the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and gas. These duties are set out in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 and Electricity Act 1989.</p><p> </p><p>Network regulation is a matter for Ofgem – by law Government has no role. In its RIIO-2 Draft Determinations Ofgem has announced £3bn of upfront funding to connect green electricity sources and transmission grid upgrades. In addition, Ofgem is introducing mechanisms to inject £10bn or more of additional funding that companies can access over the price control to drive decarbonisation and infrastructure upgrades as required, and help to drive green and resilient economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In its Decarbonisation Action Plan (link to Plan <a href="https://www.ofgem/" target="_blank">here</a>), Ofgem stated that it would be ‘reviewing the way our energy systems are managed to ensure they are fit for a net-zero future’.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 73076 73078 question first answered 21/07/2020 11:12:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1223844

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	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	Ofgem
	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 take steps to ensure that Ofgem policies support an investment-led green economic recovery.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	73078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>Ofgem, as the independent expert regulator, has an important role in the transition to net zero. Its principle duty is to protect the interests of existing and future consumers, and this includes consumers’ interests in the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions from electricity and gas supply. Ofgem also has a duty to have regard to the effect on the environment of activities connected with the generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity and gas. These duties are set out in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 and Electricity Act 1989.</p><p> </p><p>Network regulation is a matter for Ofgem – by law Government has no role. In its RIIO-2 Draft Determinations Ofgem has announced £3bn of upfront funding to connect green electricity sources and transmission grid upgrades. In addition, Ofgem is introducing mechanisms to inject £10bn or more of additional funding that companies can access over the price control to drive decarbonisation and infrastructure upgrades as required, and help to drive green and resilient economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>In its Decarbonisation Action Plan (link to Plan <a href="https://www.ofgem/" target="_blank">here</a>), Ofgem stated that it would be ‘reviewing the way our energy systems are managed to ensure they are fit for a net-zero future’.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 73076 73077 question first answered 21/07/2020 11:12:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1194597

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2020
	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	Arts: Intellectual Property
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that the intellectual property of sports bodies is protected from piracy; what plans he has to investigate the potential commercial effect of the activities of the Saudi-based pirate broadcaster beoutQ on the UK's creative industries; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	45435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>Officials in the Intellectual Property Office work closely with their counterparts in the Department for International Trade work, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on matters relating to the protection of intellectual property (IP) rights around the world.</p><p> </p><p>Government Ministers and HM Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have raised this matter with the Saudi Arabian Government and will continue to make representations about any alleged broadcast infringement activities of UK IP.</p><p> </p><p>We understand broadcasting piracy in Saudi Arabia, through the pirate operator beoutQ, has now stopped. This followed pressure by the UK, the US, European countries, and major sports rights holders.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to with the UK creative industries to try to understand the commercial effect of the alleged piracy by beoutQ.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 45434 question first answered 18/05/2020 13:17:54 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling