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1602996

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Windsor Framework
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what powers, beyond monitoring, will be given to the Office of the Internal Market under paragraph 52 of the Windsor Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Dodds of Duncairn
uin	HL6297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>As set out in paragraph 52 of the Windsor Framework the Office of the Internal Market (OIM) will make full use of its remit by specifically monitoring any impacts for Northern Ireland arising from relevant future regulatory changes.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Government has committed that, in cases where Northern Ireland authorities request that the OIM specifically investigate a concern about a future UK regulatory change, we will provide a full response to any OIM report, taking into account the real-world impacts the report raises.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 23/03/2023 17:16:05 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1602594

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Local Government: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether all the undistributed (1) Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant, and (2) Additional Restrictions Grant, scheme funds have now been paid back by local authorities; and what is the total amount that has been repaid.
tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Hindhead
uin	HL6281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with Local Authorities to reconcile undistributed monies for all Covid 19 business grant schemes, including the Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant (OHLG) and Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). The value of the schemes and receivables due to the Department will be included in the BEIS Annual Report and Accounts which will be published later in the year.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 27/03/2023 16:21:10 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4542 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Hindhead

1602215

registered interest
date	07/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what business expansion grants are available for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL6227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Businesses of all sizes can access government-backed finance from the British Business Bank. The Start Up Loans Company provides loans and pre- and post-application support to new entrepreneurs, including a year of free business mentoring for successful applicants. The Recovery Loan Scheme helps smaller businesses access loans and other kinds of finance up to £2 million per business group so they can grow and invest. Additionally, SMEs seeking to grow through exports can access the Export Academy and UK Export Finance.</p><p>The newly-launched Help to Grow website contains links to the full range of government funding available to small businesses.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 23/03/2023 17:15:17 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1601218

registered interest
date	03/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Urine Drainage Bags: Import Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to permanently removing the six per cent import duty on urine drainage bags by re-classifying them as medical devices under the UK Global Tariff regime.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL6114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>In 2021 the Government implemented temporary tariff suspensions on a set of goods, including urine drainage bags, to support the healthcare response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government has extended the majority of these suspensions until 31 December 2023.</p><p>HM Revenue and Customs has reviewed the classification of urine drainage bags and although these are used in conjunction with medical products (e.g. catheters), they are not considered to be medical devices. As such they are classified as articles of plastic (tariff heading 3926). This is in line with classification decisions previously issued by the World Custom Organization, which member countries are expected to follow. Businesses can direct queries on classification to <a href="mailto:classification.enquiries@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">classification.enquiries@hmrc.gov.uk</a> or through this link <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fhm-revenue-customs%2Fcontact%2Fcustoms-international-trade-and-excise-enquiries&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cparly.pqs%40trade.gov.uk%7C394707e6952f4e0ff17008db247ebeb8%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C638143898997309920%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dnAMr8qwof7Eyq8HxgcbXm7OOOxeOVgbVBz6ntFIF%2FY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/contact/customs-international-trade-and-excise-enquiries</a>.</p><p>The Government have recently received stakeholder feedback on tariffs on urine drainage bags. We are considering the evidence provided alongside wider UK Government analysis.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 21/03/2023 16:20:50 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1601232

registered interest
date	03/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Minerals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which department the minister with responsibility for critical minerals will be based in; and when the Critical Minerals Strategy announced in 2022 will be updated as planned.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL6128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department with lead responsibility for critical minerals is the Department for Business and Trade. The Government is planning to publish a refreshed approach to the Critical Minerals Strategy in Spring this year to reinforce the 2022 Strategy, highlight delivery progress to date, and set out upcoming delivery milestones.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 14/03/2023 14:41:02 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1600599

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of days lost in strike action per 1,000 workers in each of the last five years in (1) the UK, (2) France, (3) Spain, and (4) Italy; and what assessment they have made of the comparison between the UK and those countries in respect of those figures.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
uin	HL6055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the UK show that in the 7 months to December 2022, there were 2,472,000 working days lost from striking workers. This is the highest for a seven-month period since June to December 1990 (when 3,837,000 working days were lost).</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that direct comparisons with other European countries are particularly helpful because of the different administrative and legal frameworks governing industrial action. It remains the case that, while the exact arrangements vary, the other countries mentioned in the question have had minimum service levels in place for a variety of services for many years.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 22/03/2023 15:27:43 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4977 label Biography information for Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway

1600600

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes: Public Sector
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Prime Minister’s comments on the 11 January (HC Deb col 553) that minimum service levels during strike action “should not be controversial” as they are present in France, Italy and Spain, what assessment they have made of those countries’ provision of powers to remove protection from unfair dismissal for public sector workers on strike.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
uin	HL6056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill outlines appropriate enforcement mechanisms to maximise the assurance that Minimum Service Levels (MSLs) will be achieved on strike days where they are applied, whilst also ensuring that these mechanisms are consistent with existing trade union legislation.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 21/03/2023 15:52:36 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4977 label Biography information for Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway

1600601

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Confederation of British Industry and Trades Union Congress
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many times (1) the Prime Minister, (2) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and (3) the Secretary of State for Business and Trade have each met (a) the General Secretary of the TUC, and (b) the Director-General of the CBI, since 1 January.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
uin	HL6057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available here: former <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dit-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">Department for International Trade</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel" target="_blank">HM Treasury</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank">Cabinet Office</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 23/03/2023 17:30:23 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4977 label Biography information for Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway

1600602

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment: EU Law
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks made by Lord Benyon on 28 February (HL Deb col 205) in which he stated “Defra’s default approach will be to retain EU law unless there is a good reason either to repeal or to reform it”, whether they will apply the same approach to employment rights, including transfers of undertakings, equal pay, paid holidays, unsafe working hours, maternity and parental leave, redundancy consultation, agency and part-time workers’ rights, and other protections.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
uin	HL6058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>We are proud of the UK’s record on labour standards, having raised domestic standards over recent years to make them some of the highest in the world.</p><p>In leaving the EU we regained the ability to regulate autonomously, and the government is therefore conducting a comprehensive review of all retained EU employment law to ensure that our regulations are tailored to the needs of the UK economy and help create the conditions for economic growth.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 09/03/2023 17:13:46 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	4977 label Biography information for Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway

1600606

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Leisure and Service Industries: Government Assistance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to (1) retail, (2) hospitality, and (3) leisure, businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL6062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>The Spring Budget 2023 announced a £63m fund for public swimming pool providers to help with immediate cost pressures and make facilities more energy efficient. It has also been announced that there will be an increase in Draught Relief from 1 August to 9.2% to freeze the duty charged on a typical pint of beer in the pub and ensure this will always be lower than in the supermarket.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn Statement 2022 announced a package of changes to business rates worth £13.6bn over the next 5 years in lower bills. This includes a freeze to the multiplier, scrapping the downward revaluation cap and extending and increasing the generosity of the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief from 50% to 75% in 2023-24, up to £110,000 per business.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the Energy Bills Relief Scheme, which discounts businesses’ energy bills until 31 March 2023; the new Energy Bills Discount Scheme; the increased Employment Allowance of £5,000, which takes the smallest 40% of businesses out of paying any National Insurance at all; and setting the Annual Investment Allowance at £1 million permanently.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 22/03/2023 15:26:14 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick