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419798

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Universities: Charities
	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 it his policy to use the Charity Research Support Fund as a means to secure investment from the charitable sector into universities.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant contribution made by charitable funders of research. The charity support element of Quality Related research funding, provided through the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), has provided £198m per year over the period 2011-16 to support institutions leveraging funding from the charitable sector.</p><p>Decisions on any funding beyond 2015-16 will be subject to the outcome of the Spending Review later this year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2015 13:11:30 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

419797

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Trade Associations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with which trade associations he has met since his appointment.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published up to 31 March 2015 and can be accessed on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=Ministers&amp;publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=Ministers&amp;publication</a>.</p><p>Further publications of Ministerial meetings will be published in due course across Government in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/10/2015 11:39:23 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

419799

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Business
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has held with businesses or industry associations in the (a) aerospace, (b) pharmaceutical, (c) automotive, (d) chemical and (e) financial services sectors since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published up to 31 March 2015 and can be accessed on Gov.uk at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=Ministers&amp;publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=Ministers&amp;publication</a>.</p><p>Further publications of Ministerial meetings will be published in due course across Government in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 22/10/2015 11:40:27 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

419800

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Small Businesses: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to respond to the Eleventh Report of the Treasury Committee, Conduct and competition in SME lending, Session 2014-15, HC 204, published on 10 March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>The Parliament, and its then Treasury Select Committee, dissolved shortly after this report was published and HM Treasury was not able to prepare a response before dissolution.</p><br /><p>HM Treasury is considering the Committee’s recommendations and will be responding to the new Committee in due course.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 11212 question first answered 29/10/2015 15:16:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

419846

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Interest Rate Hedging Products
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Financial Conduct Authority in dealing with complaints relating to the misselling of interest rate swaps.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of organisations as part of the usual policy making process.</p><br /><p>It might be useful to know that the Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><br /><p>As you are aware, the FCA is an independent non-governmental body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, it has strictly limited powers in relation to the FCA. In particular, the Treasury has no general power of direction over the FCA and cannot intervene in individual cases.</p><br /><p>The independence of the FCA is vital to the role it provides as a safety net for consumers with complaints against financial services firms. Their credibility, authority and value to consumers would be undermined if it were possible for the Government to intervene in their decision-making.</p><br /><p>The FCA regularly publishes information on the progress of the redress scheme. This can be found here: www.fca.org.uk/consumers/financial-services-products/banking/interest-rate-hedging-products.</p><br /><p>You may be aware that the Treasury Select Committee’s report into SME lending, published on 10 March, recommended that the FCA collect the information necessary to establish whether there are systemic failures in the redress scheme. The FCA has responded and the Committee, which published this response on 12 October 2015. It can be found here: www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Responses/Financial-Conduct-Authority-response-to-Conduct-and-Competition-in-SME.pdf</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 10922 10923 question first answered 19/10/2015 14:38:34 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

419847

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Interest Rate Hedging Products
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the misselling of interest rate swaps.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of organisations as part of the usual policy making process.</p><br /><p>It might be useful to know that the Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><br /><p>As you are aware, the FCA is an independent non-governmental body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, it has strictly limited powers in relation to the FCA. In particular, the Treasury has no general power of direction over the FCA and cannot intervene in individual cases.</p><br /><p>The independence of the FCA is vital to the role it provides as a safety net for consumers with complaints against financial services firms. Their credibility, authority and value to consumers would be undermined if it were possible for the Government to intervene in their decision-making.</p><br /><p>The FCA regularly publishes information on the progress of the redress scheme. This can be found here: www.fca.org.uk/consumers/financial-services-products/banking/interest-rate-hedging-products.</p><br /><p>You may be aware that the Treasury Select Committee’s report into SME lending, published on 10 March, recommended that the FCA collect the information necessary to establish whether there are systemic failures in the redress scheme. The FCA has responded and the Committee, which published this response on 12 October 2015. It can be found here: www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Responses/Financial-Conduct-Authority-response-to-Conduct-and-Competition-in-SME.pdf</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 10921 10923 question first answered 19/10/2015 14:38:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

419859

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Serious Fraud Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Serious Fraud Office on allegations relating to (a) systematic undervaluing of properties owned by small businesses and (b) misselling of interest rate swaps.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of organisations as part of the usual policy making process.</p><br /><p>It might be useful to know that the Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><br /><p>As you are aware, the FCA is an independent non-governmental body responsible for regulating and supervising the financial services industry. Although the Treasury sets the legal framework for the regulation of financial services, it has strictly limited powers in relation to the FCA. In particular, the Treasury has no general power of direction over the FCA and cannot intervene in individual cases.</p><br /><p>The independence of the FCA is vital to the role it provides as a safety net for consumers with complaints against financial services firms. Their credibility, authority and value to consumers would be undermined if it were possible for the Government to intervene in their decision-making.</p><br /><p>The FCA regularly publishes information on the progress of the redress scheme. This can be found here: www.fca.org.uk/consumers/financial-services-products/banking/interest-rate-hedging-products.</p><br /><p>You may be aware that the Treasury Select Committee’s report into SME lending, published on 10 March, recommended that the FCA collect the information necessary to establish whether there are systemic failures in the redress scheme. The FCA has responded and the Committee, which published this response on 12 October 2015. It can be found here: www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/treasury/Responses/Financial-Conduct-Authority-response-to-Conduct-and-Competition-in-SME.pdf</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 10921 10922 question first answered 19/10/2015 14:38:35 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

419801

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Research
	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 effectiveness of the existing system for dual support for research in providing stability for research infrastructure and supporting competition of research grants; and what plans he has to review that system's use.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	10924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s Productivity plan – “Fixing the foundations: Creating a more prosperous nation” - reiterated our commitment to excellence in science and research, facilitated through a dual support system.</p><p>In 2013 the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills published a review of the dual funding system and research income across universities, including analysis of the ways in which UK academics can maximise their impact (available on Gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2015 14:04:56 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

420328

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the road traffic construction and use regulations to prohibit blue lights on non-emergency vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	11221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The specification including colour and use of lamps on road vehicles are the subject of The Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. Only emergency vehicles are permitted by this legislation to have blue special warning lamps and warning beacons. No assessment has been made to amend these regulations for blue lamps or warning beacons on non-emergency vehicles, as the prohibitions already exist.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 11:22:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

420329

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will amend the road traffic construction and use regulations to require dashboard warning lights for faulty brake lights to be mandatory.
	tabling member constituency	City of Chester
	tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
	uin	11222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Dash board warning lights are the subject of the Road Vehicle Lighting Regulations 1989. There are no specific requirements for brake light failure warning and there are no plans to amend them. The optional fitment of such a warning light is permitted.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 19/10/2015 10:52:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson