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1169503

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date	08/01/2020
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: Safety
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 progress the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has made on developing a fact-based evidence base relating to firework safety; and if the OPSS will make that evidence base available to the public.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	1324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 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 fuller picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether further action is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The evidence base work includes reviewing existing literature, research and data sources which are already publicly available. The work to develop a full evidence base is an ongoing exercise which is not time limited and we will report in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/01/2020 17:18:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1169214

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how frequently she plans to raise the National Living Wage to meet the Government target of two-thirds of median earnings by 2024.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has announced that in April 2020 the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 6.2 per cent to £8.72 for those aged 25 and over. The Government has also announced inflation-beating increases in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates for younger workers and apprentices of between 4.6 per cent and 6.5 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has pledged that the NLW will increase further, reaching two-thirds of median earnings by 2024, providing economic conditions allow. The Government also plans to expand the reach of the NLW, bringing down the eligibility threshold first to age 23 in 2021 and then to 21 by 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Government increases the NLW and NMW rates annually with consideration to recommendations made by the independent Low Pay Commission (LPC). The Government will publish the LPC’s 2020 remit, which will include details of the new target for the NLW to reach two-thirds of median earnings by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 14/01/2020 10:05:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088747

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Public Houses: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to begin a review of the Pubs Code.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	232543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the format of the statutory review of the Pubs Code which will cover the operation of the Code from when it came into force to 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/03/2019 11:44:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088245

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Public Houses: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many pubs closed in the 12 months (a) before the business rates revaluation came into force in 2017 and (b) after that revaluation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	231972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/03/2019 17:21:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi