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1237595

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that Article 8 of the Withdrawal Agreement is implemented in full.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	95166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK government is committed to implementing the Withdrawal Agreement, including Article 8.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/10/2020 15:45:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1244754

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Weddings: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will put in place a mandatory two-week notice period for changing guidelines for marriages and civil partnerships ceremonies.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	105624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>May I apologise for the delay in answering the question. On 5 November, the Department for Health and Social Care acted swiftly in accordance with growing evidence of virus prevalence to put in place new national COVID-19 restrictions in England. Under these new restrictions, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are not permitted to take place, except in exceptional circumstances where one of those getting married is seriously ill and not expected to recover. We recognise that the restrictions may be disappointing for those who are planning such events. However, by their nature, weddings and civil partnership ceremonies are events that bring families and friends together from across the country and sometimes across the world, making them high risk events for transmission of the virus.</p><p><br>For further information on COVID-19 restrictions, please see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november#weddings-civil-partnerships-and-funerals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/new-national-restrictions-from-5-november</a>. Information for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is available on related websites.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/11/2020 17:06:47 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1172128

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2020
	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	Retail Trade: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of business rates on high street businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	900291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government will conduct a fundamental review of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>My Retail Sector Council industry co-chair and I have already met the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to discuss the Council’s review of the costs retailers face, including business rates.</p><p> </p><p>I will continue to engage with Treasury colleagues as we deliver this important manifesto commitment.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/01/2020 14:54:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1173224

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2020
	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	Fireworks: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide local licensing authorities with regulatory powers over public firework displays; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	7654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks. This includes looking at data on noise and disturbance, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/02/2020 14:56:13 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1198849

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	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	Conditions of Employment: Coronavirus
	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 covid-19 outbreak, what steps he is taking to ensure that employees will not be forced to accept (a) zero-hour contracts and (b) other reduced employment conditions, without being given the option of redundancy, when the furlough ends.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	52318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2020 answer text <p>An employment contract is a matter between an individual and their employer.</p><p> </p><p>Any changes to an employment contract – including an individual’s working hours – should be made by agreement in a way that is consistent with employment law. This Government is clear that employers must take their employment responsibilities seriously and cannot simply opt out of them.</p><p> </p><p>An employer can decide to make a worker redundant when their furlough ends under certain conditions, if they deem this to be the best course of action to take for their business.</p><p> </p><p>The legal position in relation to redundancy remains the same. Any redundancy process should be fair and reasonable, with appropriate equalities considerations.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/06/2020 10:07:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1218855

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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	Energy: Conservation
	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 Queen's Speech of December 2019, what progress has his Department made on investing £9.2 billion to improve the energy efficiency of homes and public buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	66167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>Tackling climate change and reaching our legally-binding emission reduction targets continue to be a top priority for the Government.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to our aspiration for as many homes as possible to reach Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035 where practical, cost-effective, and affordable. Improving the energy efficiency of existing homes will play a critical role in delivering our greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, including Net Zero by 2050 as well as lifting households out of fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to enable greenhouse gas emission reductions in public buildings through the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme, and the fund for England will stand at £385 million by the end of 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS remains committed to energy efficiency and decarbonising buildings, in line with the Manifesto commitment to invest £9.2 billion in low carbon buildings. The funding decisions are a matter for my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/07/2020 10:15:03 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1218871

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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	Energy: Conservation
	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 plans he has encourage the uptake of energy efficiency retrofitting by households to increase private sector investment in that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	66168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>In the Clean Growth Strategy, we set our aspiration for as many homes as possible to be Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning to publish a Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course, which will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings.</p><p> </p><p>These actions include the deployment of energy efficiency measures and low carbon heating as part of an ambitious programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions on how we achieve the mass transition to low-carbon heat and set us on a path to decarbonising all homes and buildings.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/07/2020 12:45:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1220295

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	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	Employment: Disability
	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 take steps to provide additional support for disabled people during the covid-19 outbreak by enabling disabled people to work flexibly.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	68399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to supporting disabled people affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, including making sure they can continue to work. The Government continues to support disabled employees to access assistive technology and other forms of support they need to remain in work. For example, <strong>Access to Work</strong> is continuing to provide support for people with a disability or health condition whether they are working in the workplace or are working from home.</p><p> </p><p>Employers also have particular responsibilities towards disabled workers including making reasonable adjustments to support disabled workers to be able to work.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the Government advice is that people should be working from home where it is possible to do so. Existing employment law gives employees the right to request flexible working, which includes remote working.</p><p> </p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/07/2020 12:12:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1220537

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2020
	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	Housing: Insulation
	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 estimate he has made of the skills gap in the workforce required to retrofit the UK’s housing stock with insulation; and if he will take steps to close that gap.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	68749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>A good supply of skilled workers is essential in order to meet our aspiration for as many UK homes as possible to be EPC Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. In 2018, the domestic and non-domestic energy efficiency sectors employed 153,600 people, but many more will be required. The Government has sponsored the development of Trustmark and PAS 2035 to ensure high standards among energy efficiency installers. The Government is further funding six local supply chain demonstration pilots to support development and training of the supply chain for home energy retrofit. We will continue to work with installers and training providers in order to grow the sector.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/07/2020 16:42:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1226270

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Employment
	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 guidance his Department provides for the workplace for (a) employees on the ADHD spectrum and (b) their employers.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	76826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government appreciates that people with mental health conditions – including those on the ADHD spectrum – may face challenges in the workplace and encourages employers to take appropriate steps to support them.</p><p> </p><p>The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) produces guidance on supporting mental health in the workplace aimed at both employers and workers: <a href="https://www.acas.org.uk/supporting-mental-health-workplace" target="_blank">https://www.acas.org.uk/supporting-mental-health-workplace</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Acas has also produced a framework for positive mental health at work and offers training on understanding mental health issues in the workplace: <a href="https://archive.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1900" target="_blank">https://archive.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1900</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 28/07/2020 13:12:47 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney