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1121536

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Competition and Markets Authority: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the First Delegated Legislation Committee of Wednesday 10 April 2019, Official Report, column 15, and the oral contribution of the member for Sefton Central, whether he will publish the results of the CMA consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	244067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is responsible for publishing the response to its consultation on the Guidance on state aid notifications and reporting, rather than my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State. The CMA is currently analysing the responses to its consultation, and intends to publish the result in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/04/2019 15:30:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1121537

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Competition and Markets Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the First Delegated Legislation Committee of Wednesday 10 April 2019, Official Report, column 14, and the oral contribution of the member for Sefton Central, what involvement the CMA will have with local and regional government, industry bodies, trade unions and civil society.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	244068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The CMA will be responsible for approving notifications of new State aid and investigating potential breaches of the State aid rules by all levels of government, including local government. Industry bodies, trade unions and civil society will be able to submit a complaint or comments to the CMA about any aid which might affect their interests.</p><p> </p><p>The CMA has committed to continuing to make its senior staff available to maintain and strengthen links with regional governments and devolved administrations. This includes building relationships with State aid teams in devolved governments across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The CMA has significantly expanded its Scotland office during the past year including appointing a dedicated State aid ‘point person’, based in their Edinburgh office, to liaise with the Scottish Government and wider Scottish stakeholders in relation to State aid. Recruitment is ongoing for similar liaison positions in Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/04/2019 15:30:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1121539

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the First Delegated Legislation Committee of Wednesday 10 April 2019, Official Report, column 15, and the oral contribution of the member for Sefton Central, what plans he has to change the policy of the application of state aid.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	244069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The aim in bringing across the EU State aid acquis into UK law under the draft Regulations considered in the First Delegated Legislation Committee on 10<sup>th</sup> April is to provide certainty and continuity for aid givers and beneficiaries. There are therefore no plans to change policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/04/2019 15:30:53 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1121540

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Competition and Markets Authority: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the First Delegated Legislation Committee of Wednesday 10 April 2019, Official Report, column 15, and the oral contribution of the member for Sefton Central, what arrangements he plans to introduce for Parliamentary oversight of the CMA.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	244070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) must submit an annual plan and an annual report to Parliament on its work. The intention is that State aid would be included in these documents when the CMA takes on this new responsibility.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the CMA publishes all its decisions on individual cases on its website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/04/2019 15:31:02 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1121541

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	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	Competition and Markets Authority: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the First Delegated Legislation Committee of Wednesday 10 April 2019 and the oral contribution of the member for Sefton Central, what assessment he has made of the expertise of the staff recruited by the CMA with responsibilities for the state aid regime.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	244071
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has supported the CMA in ensuring that it has robust and appropriate plans in place to recruit and train staff.</p><p>We understand the CMA has already recruited and trained the staff that it considers necessary to start operating the regime at the point this is required.</p><p>These staff join an organisation which is already highly skilled and experienced in dealing with markets and competition issues. The CMA has assured us that in recruiting its State aid staff, it has continued to recruit staff of the highest calibre, who are capable of delivering work of the high standards that will continue to be required by the CMA. In addition, during February and March those staff who are expected to be working on State aid cases each received extensive State aid training.</p><p>Both the National Audit Office (NAO) and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) have over the last year undertaken assurance reviews of the CMA’s preparedness to take on its State aid role and found that the CMA’s plans were robust.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 24/04/2019 15:31:07 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1105845

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	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	State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
	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 he has had discussions with the Leader of the House on a new date for bringing forward his Department's State Aid (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	238331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State continues to discuss the timing of a debate on these Regulations with Cabinet colleagues, including the Leader of the House.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/04/2019 15:13:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1105337

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Furs: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans his Department has for imposing a ban on the importation of fur products.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	237099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The ban on cat and dog fur as introduced by EU Regulation No 1523/2007 will be rolled over as part of the Withdrawal Act.</p><p>The Government has no plans to remove this ban once we leave the EU.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 02/04/2019 16:14:02 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1093466

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pregnancy: Alcoholic Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Public Health England's guidance, Health Matters: Identifying and offering brief advice to tobacco and alcohol users, published on 21 March 2019, for what reasons that guidance does not make reference to the risk of drinking alcohol in pregnancy.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	235768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>‘Health Matters: identifying and offering brief advice to tobacco and alcohol users’ guidance supports service providers in implementing the screening and advice for tobacco and alcohol use in inpatient settings commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) scheme. Health Matters can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/21/health-matters-identifying-and-offering-brief-advice-to-tobacco-and-alcohol-users/" target="_blank">https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/21/health-matters-identifying-and-offering-brief-advice-to-tobacco-and-alcohol-users/</a></p><p>The national CQUIN scheme offers National Health Service providers the chance to identify and support adult inpatients who smoke and adult inpatients who are drinking above the United Kingdom chief medical officers’ (CMOs’) low risk drinking guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 27/03/2019 15:44:52 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1092605

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	UK Endorsement Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of 20 March 2019 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kelly Tolhurst to the Eighth Delegated Legislation Committee on the Draft International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, Official Report, column 8, who will carry out the work that the endorsement board will be responsible for until that body is constituted.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	235296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The International Accounting Standards and European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 transfer the European Commission’s powers to endorse and adopt International Accounting Standards (IAS) to the Secretary of State. It also provides for these powers to be sub-delegated to a UK body. The policy intention is that the sub-delegation to a UK Endorsement Board will be performed by an affirmative SI later this year. Until then, the responsibility to endorse and adopt IAS for use in the UK will lie with my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State. He will be supported in this role by the FRC and, once appointed, the Endorsement Board secretariat staff. Recruitment is currently underway.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/03/2019 15:10:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1091398

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he had with Cabinet colleagues on the timetable for parliamentary scrutiny of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidization) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	234186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has brought forward legislation under the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 to establish the UK’s trade remedies system in the event that we leave the EU without a withdrawal agreement.</p><p> </p><p>To give business the necessary confidence they will continue to receive protection against injury from unfair trade or unforeseen surges in imports, the provisions were commenced the day after they were laid. However, Parliamentary scrutiny procedures still apply. Cabinet clearance applied to this legislation in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Meon Valley answering member printed George Hollingbery question first answered 22/03/2019 12:30:49 answering member 4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson