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795492

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	Business: Regulation
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 it remains his Department's policy to reduce the level of regulation by £10bn and what progress he has made on meeting that target.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	115913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The target to deliver £10 billion of savings only applied in respect of the last Parliament, which was originally expected to run for five years from 2015 to 2020. The Government is currently considering its approach to setting a Business Impact Target in respect of the current Parliament.</p><p>The Government will publish the progress that was made against the £10 billion target in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/11/2017 15:44:14 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

772361

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Redundancy: Pregnancy
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 paragraph 70 of the Women and Equalities Committee's report of Session 2016-17, Pregnancy and maternity discrimination, HC90, whether he plans to implement a system similar to that used in Germany under which pregnant women and new mothers can be made redundant only in specified circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	108335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report said that we would consider further and bring forward proposals to ensure that the protection in place for those who are pregnant or returning from maternity leave is sufficient.</p><p>Protection already exists through the Maternity and Parental Leave etc Regulations 1999. Where redundancy means that it is not practicable to continue to employ a woman on maternity leave under an existing contract, Regulation 10 requires an employer to offer appropriate alternative employment on terms which are not substantially less favourable. We are considering the implications of extending this right into the period when a new mother returns to work and into the period while she is pregnant and at work. In terms of initial consultation, we have also sought the views of the Alliance for Maternity Rights on other potential measures.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 108120 question first answered 23/10/2017 10:18:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

772365

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
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	Redundancy: Pregnancy
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 the timetable is for the Government's review of redundancy protection for pregnant women and new mothers.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	108120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report said that we would consider further and bring forward proposals to ensure that the protection in place for those who are pregnant or returning from maternity leave is sufficient.</p><p>Protection already exists through the Maternity and Parental Leave etc Regulations 1999. Where redundancy means that it is not practicable to continue to employ a woman on maternity leave under an existing contract, Regulation 10 requires an employer to offer appropriate alternative employment on terms which are not substantially less favourable. We are considering the implications of extending this right into the period when a new mother returns to work and into the period while she is pregnant and at work. In terms of initial consultation, we have also sought the views of the Alliance for Maternity Rights on other potential measures.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 108335 question first answered 23/10/2017 10:18:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

754286

registered interest
date	19/07/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Red Tape Initiative
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 Answer of 18 July 2017 to Question 3012, on the Red Tape Initiative, how many (a) items of correspondence and (b) other forms of contact his Department has exchanged with the Red Tape Initiative project since 20 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	6116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 20 April 2017, officials in the Department have had four e-mail exchanges and held one meeting with the Red Tape Initiative project.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 10:19:01 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

753618

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Overseas Companies
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 the Government takes to ensure that British businesses abroad uphold (a) international law on free, prior and informed consent, (b) the International Labour Organisation Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and (c) the rights of land and environmental activists operational in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	5939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights implements the United Nations’ voluntary Guiding Principles and sets out expectations of businesses to respect human rights wherever they operate. As part of this, businesses are encouraged to adopt appropriate due diligence policies to identify, prevent and mitigate human rights risks and to consult people who may be affected at all stages of project design and implementation, in ways which ensure their participation and take into account language or other potential barriers, and to pay particular attention to indigenous peoples. The Government’s Overseas Business Risk service helps with this by providing geopolitical and economic analysis on overseas markets to exporters, including information on potential human rights risks.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/07/2017 08:55:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

751680

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
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	Regulation
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 Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 1354, on regulation, whether his policy on regulating over the course of the current Parliament includes contact with the Red Tape Initiative launched on 20 April 2017 and chaired by the right hon. Member for West Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	4818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering how best to continue to deliver our commitment to regulate more efficiently and effectively over the course of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/07/2017 15:10:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

748689

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Red Tape Initiative
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 place in the Library copies of his Department's correspondence with the Red Tape Initiative project since that project's inception.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers do not routinely place copies of their department’s correspondence with external organisations in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/07/2017 13:18:34 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

747719

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Minimum Wage: Unpaid Taxes
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 the total sum of arrears recovered by HM Revenue and Customs was for non-compliance with the national minimum wage in 2016-17; how many (a) workers and (b) employers those arrears relate to; how much of that total sum of arrears was recovered through the self-correction mechanism introduced in 2015; and how many (i) workers and (ii) employers those self-corrected arrears relate to.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Enforcement statistics for the 2016/17 reporting year will be made available in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/07/2017 14:33:10 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

747720

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013: Fines
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 financial penalties have been imposed to date on respondent employers for aggravated breach of employment law under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013; how many such penalties (a) have been paid and (b) remain unpaid; and what the total value is of penalties (i) imposed, (ii) paid and (iii) not yet paid.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>18 financial penalties have been imposed to date on respondent employers for aggravated breaches of employment law under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. Of these, 12 penalties have been paid and 6 remain unpaid either because the company has been dissolved or efforts by the debt collection agency for recovery of the amounts have been exhausted.</p><p>The total value of penalties imposed is just over £54,400. The total paid is just over £17,700, which was fully paid within 21 days so the 50% discount applied. The value of the 6 unpaid penalties is £19,000.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/07/2017 16:19:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

747721

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Employment Tribunals Service: Fines
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 Answer of 11 January 2017 to Question 58968, how many (a) warning letters and (b) financial penalty notices have been issued to respondent employers to date under section 150 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 for failure to pay an employment tribunal award; how many of those financial penalties (i) have been paid and (ii) remain unpaid; and how much in previously unpaid awards has been recovered by his Department following (A) the issuing of a warning letter only and (B) the issuing of both a warning letter and a financial penalty notice.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since April 2016, when the penalty regime for failure to pay employment tribunal awards started, 349 warning letters and 152 penalty notices have been issued.</p><p>Four financial penalties have been paid and 148 remain unpaid. Of these, 101 are being pursued through a debt collection agency, 20 were withdrawn because the employment tribunal award was paid, 10 are not enforceable due to liquidation and/or insolvency and 17 are within the payment period.</p><p>Over £500,000 in previously unpaid awards has been recovered following the issuing of only a warning letter. Over £91,000 has been recovered as a result of issuing both a warning letter and a penalty notice.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/07/2017 16:17:17 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas