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1381835

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Babcock International: CHC Helicopter
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 the Competition and Markets Authority plans to reach a decision on whether to launch a phase two investigation of CHC’s takeover of Babcock International’s offshore oil and gas crew transportation services.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is responsible for assessing the risks and benefits of mergers and acquisitions in relation to competition in the UK, is a non-ministerial department which works independently from BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 80987 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:25:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1381838

registered interest
date	24/11/2021
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	Babcock International: CHC Helicopter
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 the Civil Aviation Authority has participated in the investigation into CHC’s takeover of Babcock International’s offshore oil and gas crew transportation service which was launched by the Competition and Markets Authority in March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	80987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is responsible for assessing the risks and benefits of mergers and acquisitions in relation to competition in the UK, is a non-ministerial department which works independently from BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 80984 question first answered 02/12/2021 16:25:02 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1361929

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
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
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 October 2021 to Question 52489 on Employment Tribunals Service, and with reference to the minutes of the May 2021 meeting of the National Employment Tribunal User Group, published on 2 July 2021, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the Law Commission's April 2020 report on Employment Law Hearing Structures.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	59782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Law Commission’s report on Employment Law Hearing Structures, and the detailed consideration the Commission has given to this important topic.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering these recommendations and expect that the full responses will be available on the Law Commission website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/10/2021 16:02:01 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1357311

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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
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 report by the Law Commission, Employment law hearing structures, published in April 2020, whether he has plans to implement the recommendation in that report that the employment tribunal time limit for claims be extended to six months for all types of claim.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	52489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>A claim to an Employment Tribunal must usually be made within three months. For certain claims, redundancy pay or equal pay, the claim must be made within six months. The Employment Tribunals already have the discretion to allow claims submitted out of time, on a case by basis.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/10/2021 14:16:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1355930

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Recruitment
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, published 14 September 2021, that labour shortages are the main concern of 88 per cent of recruiters for the remainder of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with industry to address sector challenges, which are being faced by countries around the world.</p><p> </p><p>We have expanded the Seasonal Workers Pilot to 30,000 visas for workers to come to the UK for up to six months; and have introduced measures to help tackle the HGV driver shortage.</p><p> </p><p>We have expanded the roles which now qualify for our new Skilled Worker Route: senior care workers, healthcare practice managers, telecommunications engineers, construction and building trades not elsewhere classified and veterinary nurses are now eligible.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to see employers make long term investments in the UK domestic workforce and make employment more attractive through offering training, careers options and wage increases.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing in our Plan for Jobs because supporting people into work, ensuring they get the skills they need to get good jobs and helping businesses fill their vacancies is the best way to secure our economic recovery.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/09/2021 16:42:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1355931

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
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	Migrant Workers: Visas
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 recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the introduction of temporary visas for low skilled workers to supply sectors reporting labour shortages.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has regular discussions with my Rt. Hon. Friend the Home Secretary on a range of issues, including making sure businesses have appropriate access to talent from across the world so that we can build back better from the pandemic and support the national economic recovery.</p><p> </p><p>We have taken action on this issue. We have expanded the Seasonal Workers Pilot to 30,000 visas for workers to come to the UK for up to six months; and have introduced measures to help tackle the HGV driver shortage.</p><p> </p><p>We want to see employers make long term investments in the UK domestic workforce and make employment more attractive through offering training, careers options and wage increases.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with industry to address sector challenges and our Plan for Jobs is helping people across the country retrain, build new skills and get back into work.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/09/2021 16:18:06 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham