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1610263

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on costs for businesses.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	180396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>We have published an overall impact assessment for the Bill which is available on gov.uk. Going forwards, departments will identify how they will reform their REUL using the powers in the Bill. In doing so they will conduct proportionate analysis of any economic impacts, including the impact on costs for businesses. The Government remains committed to engaging with stakeholders to ensure policy decisions are well informed and result in benefits for UK businesses and the wider population.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/04/2023 13:55:48 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1610264

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill on the competitiveness of UK-based businesses.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	180397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>We have published an overall impact assessment for the Bill which is available on gov.uk. Going forwards, departments will identify how they will reform their REUL using the powers in the Bill. In doing so they will conduct proportionate analysis of any economic impacts, and where relevant this will include the impact on the competitiveness of UK businesses.The Government remains committed to engaging with stakeholders to ensure policy decisions are well informed and result in benefits for UK businesses and the wider population</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/04/2023 14:06:04 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1608662

registered interest
date	29/03/2023
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	Manufacturing Industries: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to provide specific support maritime manufacturing and assembly companies involved in (a) offshore wind, (b) business construction, (c) vessels and (d) UK ports.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	176660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh in 2022 which sets out the steps Government will take to create a globally successful, innovative, and sustainable shipbuilding enterprise that works for all parts of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work in partnership with industry to deliver economic benefit for local areas, helping create well-paid jobs for people living in and around the UK’s coastal communities.</p><p> </p><p>For further information, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to my hon. Friend, the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Dr Kieran Mullan) on 14 December 2022, UIN 104345, which outlines in further detail government support to the shipbuilding sector.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/04/2023 13:28:17 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1608121

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
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	Automotive Transformation Fund: Hydrogen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, for what reason hydrogen combustion engines are not eligible for automotive transformation funding.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	175660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>At present, all commercial internal combustion engines produce exhaust emissions that are harmful to health. Although some companies claim hydrogen combustion engines are close to zero NOx emissions, as well as CO2, Government has yet to see evidence to illustrate that zero harmful emissions at the exhaust are possible in either laboratory or real-world conditions.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to focus innovation support to fully zero emission solutions. However, if technology developments enable renewable hydrogen to be used in combustion engines with zero harmful tailpipe emissions, then we would welcome this development.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 03/04/2023 14:35:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1607783

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report by Make UK entitled Who will be the builders? Modular’s role in solving the housing labour crisis, published in March 2023, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of that report's findings.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	174278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government continues to work to encourage the greater use of offsite manufacturing techniques in construction, to deliver both homes and other types of building such as schools and healthcare facilities. Through the Transforming Construction Challenge, the Government directly supported a number of projects that aimed to develop and commercialise new manufacturing techniques for use in delivering housing, including the Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes project.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/03/2023 14:50:20 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1606781

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
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	Aircraft: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support the manufacture of new zero emissions whole aircraft in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	172545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 setting out an approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050.</p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Strategy Government co-invests in ultra-efficient and zero-carbon aircraft technologies through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme. The ATI programme is investing £58m in the development of whole new zero emission aircraft led by Vertical Aerospace, ZeroAvia Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, Rolls-Royce and Hybrid Air Vehicles. Industry has co-invested £57m alongside these grants. As all the aircraft are still in the development phase none have yet entered full scale production.</p><p>To support further work on zero emission flight the ATI led the £15m FlyZero project. This in-depth research study, which was completed in March 2022, found green liquid hydrogen offers the greatest potential to power future zero-carbon emission aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/03/2023 10:26:05 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1606261

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 29 of the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Communiqué, published on 27 May 2022, what steps her Department plans to take to assess the potential (a) impacts of deep sea mining operations and (b) environmental harms; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	171341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>We continue to act responsibly in line with the position set out in the communiqué, including through taking a precautionary approach. We commissioned an independent evidence review into the potential risks and benefits of deep sea mining, which was published in October 2022:</p><p><a href="https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/deep-sea-mining-evidence-review-published/" target="_blank">https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/deep-sea-mining-evidence-review-published/</a></p><p>Through the UK’s sponsorship of academic research and existing exploration licences, over 70 peer-reviewed publications supporting a greater understanding of environmental issues associated with deep-sea mining have already been produced, with more to come. The Government is also part-funding the SMARTEX project on seabed mining and resilience to experimental impact, which aims to build a better understanding of the ecosystem in the Pacific abyss.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/03/2023 13:49:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1606262

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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	Deep Sea Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department plans to take to consult relevant stakeholders on deep-sea mining polices.
tabling member constituency	Eltham
tabling member printed	Clive Efford
uin	171342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK’s approach is both precautionary and conditional. As a responsible international actor and Party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the UK is fully engaged in the negotiations underway at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and will work closely with partners who are committed to ensuring the highest environmental standards are embedded in the Regulatory framework of the ISA.</p><p> </p><p>We would engage in public consultation ahead of making a decision to issue any UK-sponsored deep sea mining exploitation licence.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/03/2023 13:35:44 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 65490 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1606381

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help secure critical mineral supply chains.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	171387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to improving the resilience of critical mineral supply chains. Our Critical Minerals Strategy sets out a wide range of steps we are taking, which will help us accelerate the UK’s domestic capabilities, collaborate with international partners and enhance international markets.</p><p>On 13th March 2023 the Government published a Critical Minerals Refresh to take stock of the changing global landscape, highlight progress to date, and set out our refreshed approach to delivering all aspect of the Critical Minerals Strategy for UK businesses. As part of this, we are launching an independent Task &amp; Finish Group to investigate critical mineral dependencies, vulnerabilities, and opportunities across UK industry sectors.</p><p>Through the Critical Minerals Strategy, HMG will accelerate growth of the UK’s domestic capabilities; collaborate with international partners; and enhance international markets to make them more responsive, transparent and responsible.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 27/03/2023 16:42:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1606382

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
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: Supply Chains
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in demand for critical minerals used in net zero technologies on the critical minerals supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	171388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building resilience and security into UK supply chains for critical minerals. Our recent support for Pensana’s plans to build the UK’s first rare earths refinery in Yorkshire, and Green Lithium’s refinery project in Teesside, shows our intent to put our Critical Minerals Strategy into action.</p><p>We are launching an independent Task &amp; Finish Group to investigate UK industry's critical mineral needs – now and in future – across various sectors, including those making net zero technologies, as well as opportunities for industry to promote resilience in its supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 31/03/2023 14:01:31 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson