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1051956

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	30/01/2019
	date tabled	30/01/2019
	ddp created	30/01/2019 21:58:08
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	30/01/2019 22:15:05 07/02/2019 15:28:02
	hansard heading	Sea Level
	house id	2
	identifier	HL13289
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	07/02/2019 14:56:33
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the predicted global rise in sea levels as a result of the increase in Antarctic ice loss in the past four decades; and what steps they are taking, with international partners, in response to that issue.
	session	2017/19 (57)
	session number	1
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 (57) HL13289
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL13289
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK Climate Projections (UKCP18), published in November 2018 by the UK government-funded Met Office Hadley Centre (MOHC), projected a global sea level rise of 29 – 112 cm by 2100, relative to the 1981-2000 average, depending on the scale of future emissions of greenhouse gases. Under a medium emissions scenario, the UKCP18 sea level projections show a net contribution from Antarctica of up to 26 cm by 2100.</p><p>The UK Government is committed to tackling climate change and is actively working with others to meet the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. This includes:</p><ul><li>demonstrating leadership by taking action to reduce our own emissions (we have reduced UK emissions by over 40% compared to 1990 levels);</li><li>taking a prominent leadership role in multilateral fora such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, G20, G7;</li><li>providing International Climate Finance (at least £5.8bn from 2016/17-2020/21) to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to climate change; and</li><li>promoting global alliances to encourage clean growth, such as the Powering Past Coal Alliance.</li><li>Through organisations, such as the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) – a part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the UK is delivering world-leading interdisciplinary research to better understand environmental changes in the polar regions and its impacts. This is often in collaboration with international partners – for example, the £20 million over 5 years UK-US International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration to understand its ice sheet stability and potential impact on global sea-level rise. This and similar projects enable us to better adapt to and mitigate against global climate change.</li></ul><p> </p> question first answered 07/02/2019 14:56:33 answering member 2616
	creator	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

1058805

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:16:46
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:40:19 19/02/2019 14:36:14
	hansard heading	Tidal Power: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	219489
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 14:04:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to promote Scotland's tidal energy potential in 2019.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219489
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219489
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>At the beginning of this month, I met the rt. hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland, the hon. Member Argyll and Bute, and other parliamentary colleagues to discuss industry proposals for developing the wave and tidal energy sectors. Wave and tidal stream projects are eligible to enter the forthcoming Contract for Difference allocation round.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 14:04:02 answering member 3974
	creator	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

1059000

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:28:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:52:47 19/02/2019 16:55:03
	hansard heading	Channel Tunnel and Port of Dover: Customs
	house id	1
	identifier	219342
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:22:04
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment has he made of the effect on businesses using the (a) Port of Dover and (b) Channel Tunnel of the reintroduction of customs procedures between the EU and the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219342
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219342
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Delivering a negotiated deal with the EU remains the Government's top priority, but it is the job of a responsible government to ensure we are prepared for all scenarios, including no-deal.</p><p>The Government aims to ensure that movement through ports will continue to be as frictionless as possible in a no-deal scenario, so that the effects on businesses using the Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel are minimised. To achieve this, the Government’s no deal <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/moving-goods-to-and-from-the-eu-through-roll-on-roll-off-locations-including-eurotunnel" target="_blank">roll on-roll off model</a> (which applies at these ports) moves customs processes away from the border. Furthermore, HMRC on 4 February <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fhm-revenue-and-customs-simplifies-importing-from-the-eu-as-part-of-no-deal-preparation&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cmicah.coleman%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc4eb8b82cf5242eb8a3408d690e57033%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636855712437110562&amp;sdata=OLj6Zl4T3MmwqZpFyOX011p1wVy01LeOkZxKS0iq634%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">announced transitional simplified procedures</a> (TSP) which will aid businesses using these ports, and the Border Delivery Group is actively engaging with prospective declarants on both sides of the Channel.</p><p>As the application of additional customs checks by the EU is outside of our control, the Government has undertaken a range of preparatory measures to mitigate potential impacts and ensure that goods can continue to flow into and out of the UK as freely as possible. These include Operation Brock and other traffic management measures in order to manage HGV flows effectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:22:04 answering member 4487
	creator	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1058986

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:27:47
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:51:41 19/02/2019 14:36:43
	hansard heading	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
	house id	1
	identifier	219405
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 14:03:42
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 217094, what estimate he has made of the cost to the UK Steel industry of preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219405
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219405
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. The Government is undertaking extensive engagement with the UK steel sector on EU Exit. Through these conversations, individual companies have informed us of actions they are taking to prepare for all eventualities but such information is clearly commercially sensitive.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 14:03:42 answering member 4068
	creator	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1058997

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:28:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:52:37 19/02/2019 16:55:05
	hansard heading	Small Businesses
	house id	1
	identifier	219558
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:20:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK moving from 4th to 9th in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business index on the viability of small businesses.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219558
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219558
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK’s 2019 Ease of Doing Business score of 82.65 currently is higher than the average of the OECD high income economies, which is 77.80. The World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Index ranks the United Kingdom 8 out of 140 countries, and in December 2018 Forbes Magazine nominated the UK as the best country in the world for business out of 161 countries.</p><p> </p><p>Through our modern Industrial Strategy, we are focused on maintaining and improving our first-class business environment. We are cutting corporation tax and reforming Business Rates to link them to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and exempt 655,000 firms all together. We have introduced the new Streamlined Company Registration Service, to ease administrative burdens on new businesses and are exempting small and micro-businesses from regulation where possible and desirable.</p><p> </p><p>More widely, we are providing over £5.5 billion of finance to almost 78,000 smaller UK businesses through programmes operated by the Government-owned British Business Bank. We have created the Small Business Commissioner (SBC) with powers to tackle unfair payment practices; in the first year SBC has returned £2.1million to SMEs in payment disputes.</p><p> </p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:20:51 answering member 4487
	creator	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1058742

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:12:24
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:36:11 19/02/2019 16:59:01
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	219385
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:27:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is drawing up plans for specific sectors to boost the UK economy in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219385
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219385
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government continues to work towards a deal with the EU. This is very much in the interest of the EU as well as the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to supporting vital industries in any EU exit scenario. Extensive engagement has taken, and is taking, place between Government and industry to communicate actions businesses can take in preparation and to explore the implications of different scenarios on sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Our modern Industrial Strategy has set out a long-term approach to ensure that we’re building an economy fit for the future and will help us make the best of our relations with Europe and beyond. This includes a range of measures aimed at increasing investment from the private and public sector, from cutting business taxes, slashing red tape to investing in new scientific infrastructure on a record scale.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:27:58 answering member 4487
	creator	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1058982

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:27:39
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:51:32 19/02/2019 14:36:46
	hansard heading	Electrical Control Equipment: Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	219266
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 14:03:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has plans to introduce changes to the regulations under the Electricity, Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations (ESQCR) and the Distribution Connection and Use of Service Agreement (DCUSA) to enable registered electricians to remove cut out fuses.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219266
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219266
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are no plans to change the Electricity, Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations. Regulation 24 requires the cut-out to be locked or sealed to prevent supply interference by unauthorised persons.</p><p>The Distribution Connection and Use of System Agreement is a multi-party contract between licensed electricity distributors, suppliers and generators in Great Britain concerned with the use of the electricity distribution system. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is not a party to this agreement. The industry regulator, Ofgem, is responsible for approving changes to this agreement.</p><p>Government and Ofgem have launched a review into the rules that govern our energy system to develop options for improving the codes and their governance. The Distribution Connection and Use of System Agreement is in the scope of this review.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 14:03:27 answering member 3974
	creator	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1058707

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:10:15
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:26:44 19/02/2019 16:59:06
	hansard heading	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate: Training
	house id	1
	identifier	219467
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 16:26:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what gender awareness training staff at the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate have undertaken in relation to their inspections of employment agencies’ practices; and whether the inspectorate has a gender awareness strategy in place for those inspections.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219467
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219467
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>All staff in the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate have to undertake mandatory training on diversity and inclusion, including unconscious bias training. The Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has a published enforcement policy statement which details their approach to conducting inspections:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615442/employment-agency-standards-inspectorate-enforcement-statement.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/615442/employment-agency-standards-inspectorate-enforcement-statement.pdf</a></p> question first answered 19/02/2019 16:26:57 answering member 4487
	creator	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1058854

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:19:56
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:43:01 14/02/2019 18:29:29
	hansard heading	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	identifier	219472
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/02/2019 17:56:43
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to publish its response to the ethnicity pay gap consultation; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219472
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219472
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The consultation on ethnicity pay reporting closed on 11 January 2019 and we received over detailed 300 responses. We are currently analysing responses and will publish a response in due course.</p> question first answered 14/02/2019 17:56:43 answering member 4487
	creator	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1059075

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/02/2019
	date	11/02/2019
	date tabled	11/02/2019
	ddp created	11/02/2019 21:32:30
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	ddp modified	11/02/2019 21:57:11 19/02/2019 14:36:47
	hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	219251
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	19/02/2019 14:03:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which EU agencies his Department plans to seek continued membership of after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 219251
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219251
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Following our exit from the European Union, we are committed to maintaining a close and collaborative relationship with the EU. The Political Declaration set out that the UK and the EU will explore the possibility of cooperation of United Kingdom authorities with Union agencies such as the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), and the European Safety Agency (EASA).</p><p>Our future partnership is a matter for the next phase of negotiations, and so the exact form of this cooperation will be set out as part of those negotiations. We look forward to constructive discussions with the EU.</p> question first answered 19/02/2019 14:03:20 answering member 4068
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas