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386199

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Director of Public Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will make it his policy to enable a Select Committee to hold a confirmation hearings for the post of Director of Public Prosecutions.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	4608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <blockquote><p> </p><p>The post of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is a Civil Service appointment. The process is conducted by the independent Civil Service Commission in line with statute and the Government has no plans to change this. The Commission appoints a panel to carry out the process. In recent competitions, the panel has consisted of the Cabinet Secretary, a senior Civil Service Commissioner, a non-executive director from the relevant department and an external stakeholder - which in the case of the DPP might be a Court of Appeal judge.</p><p> </p></blockquote> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 07/07/2015 11:00:36 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

451691

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2016
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what planning his Department has undertaken in the event of the UK voting to leave the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	26617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's view is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 22/02/2016 16:39:34 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

536451

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	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 make it his policy to renegotiate the strike price per megawatt hour for Hinkley Point C; and if he will assess the potential merits of imposing a limit on the taxpayer subsidy to EDF.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	42794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Hinkley Point C is a good deal for consumers – it will provide reliable energy at an affordable cost, powering nearly six million homes for around 60 years and creating more than 25,000 jobs.</p><p>Today nuclear provides around 19% of our electricity but these ageing plants won’t go on forever. Therefore the Government is committed to our policy of building new nuclear in the interest of energy security and decarbonisation, and keeping costs down for the consumer.</p><p>Consumers will only pay when Hinkley is up and running.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2016 08:42:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

650372

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2016
	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	Unified Patent Court
	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 due consideration was given to alternatives to the Unified Patent Court before the announcement of the proposed ratification of the UK's membership of the Unified Patent Court.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	56050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government considered its announcement to become a signatory of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court very carefully, in the light of the benefit to business in being able to protect their patent rights across Europe in a more streamlined way and the value of having a division of the court in London.</p><p> </p><p>The announcement should not be seen as pre-empting the UK’s objective in the forthcoming negotiations with the EU and is without prejudice to the UK’s future position on the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the UK has left the EU. The Unified Patent Court is established by a non-EU Intergovernmental Agreement which is currently only open to EU member states.</p><p> </p><p>The announcement demonstrates that the UK will continue our approach of constructive engagement as long as we remain a member of the EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/12/2016 16:02:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 25288 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

709444

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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	Small Businesses: Credit
	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 he is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in accessing extended credit terms.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	66992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Extended credit terms from suppliers can help businesses to meet their working capital needs, as can prompt payment from customers. While payment terms are a matter for each business to negotiate with their trading partners, the Government is committed to ensuring that all businesses and entrepreneurs across the UK are able to access the finance and support they need to grow and have the right conditions to invest long-term, as set out in the Industrial Strategy Green Paper.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/03/2017 16:02:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

895401

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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: Licensed Premises
	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 potential effect of the proposed EU ecodesign and energy labelling regulations on the sustainability of UK entertainment venues.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	140222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not carry out cost benefit analysis of early drafts of EU Ecodesign Regulations. Once we see the final version of this regulation before the Regulatory Committee vote in Brussels, where the UK and other Member States will vote on the regulation, we will carry out a cost benefit analysis for the UK but not specific sectors. The Ecodesign proposal for lighting that I assume you are referring to will be voted on in October/November 2018 and we would expect to see a final version one month prior to that.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/05/2018 14:58:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

156777

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	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	Small Businesses: Clacton
	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 he has made of the effect of his policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises on businesses in Clacton constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	215147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Small businesses are vital to our economy and our small business owners have driven this economic recovery. The Clacton constituency has benefitted from a number of support schemes. The Business Bank’s Start-Up Loan programme has already provided 26 loans, with a value of £99,230 to people starting a business in Clacton. And since May 2010, the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme has supported 14 loans in the area with a total value of £1.8m.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We are committed to making Britain the best place in the world to start and grow a business, and are doing this in a number of ways:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>A more stable economic environment.</li><li>£10 billion of financing will be unlocked for smaller business over the next 5 years by our British Business Bank;</li><li>Government grants of up to £3,000 for better internet connectivity are available to small businesses;</li><li>The Business Support Helpline is available to provide bespoke information and advice;</li><li>Cuts to corporation tax from 28% to 21%; and</li><li>£2,000 cut from the National Insurance bills of small firms from the new Employment Allowance.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 11:13:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

419146

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	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	European Court of Justice: Judgements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has for implementation of the ruling of the European Court of Justice in case C-266/14 of 10 September 2015, on justice and citizens' rights.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	10395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>This judgment of the European Court of Justice automatically became part of UK law on the date of its publication. It is not necessary to amend UK domestic legislation to implement the judgment.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 14/10/2015 14:06:07 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

455693

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: UK Membership of EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 35, on the European Council, whether his Department is undertaking planning in the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the EU referendum.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	28707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/03/2016 16:54:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 48668 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

485493

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2016
	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	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Private Education
	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 staff in his Department were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and what the cost to his Department was of providing that allowance for staff based (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	32311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Continuity of Education Allowances are not paid to any staff in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills at present or in the past.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/04/2016 16:35:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell