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1546432

registered interest
date	29/11/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the terms of any draft UK-India free-trade deal subject to a vote by the House of Commons.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	98810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that Parliament can effectively scrutinise the UK’s trade deals. It is the Government’s view that to give Parliament binding votes over international agreements would fundamentally change the UK’s constitutional settlement and undermine the Government’s flexibility to negotiate deals that best serve the interests of UK businesses, consumers and communities.</p><p> </p><p>The India trade agreement will be subject to pre-ratification scrutiny through the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act. Furthermore, any legislative changes required to give effect to the agreement will also be scrutinised and passed by Parliament in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/12/2022 14:42:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 39318 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1464658

registered interest
date	20/05/2022
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	Electricity: Consumers
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 Answers of 25 April to Question 156512 and to Question 156513 and with reference to (a) the trend of growth in domestic meter points and (b) the proposal to recover payments from meter points rather than individual accounts or households, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that energy companies do not ultimately profit from the repayment of the £200 loan under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	5667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) will work within the existing energy system, regulated by Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recently closed a technical consultation on the Scheme and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/05/2022 14:59:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1458817

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Electricity: Consumers
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 number of domestic electricity consumers was in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	156512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>BEIS publishes statistics on the number of domestic electricity customers in Great Britain and also Northern Ireland. These statistics were last updated on the 31st of March 2022.[1]<sup>,[2]</sup> [3]</p><p> </p><p>A summary of the historic number of meter points from these published statistics is provided in table 1. (Figures are only available up to 2020 for Northern Ireland).</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Table 1 - Total number of domestic electricity customers 2017 -2021</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>28,217,000</p></td><td><p>28,439,000</p></td><td><p>28,663,000</p></td><td><p>28,831,000</p></td><td><p>29,082,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>886,000</p></td><td><p>895,000</p></td><td><p>904,000</p></td><td><p>907,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,103,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,334,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,567,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,738,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>N/A</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><br>Note: the GB figures are taken from the December total for each year. Also, the total number of customers reported in the above statistics is based on the number of electricity meter points. As a result, these values are higher than from the total number of households in the UK, owing to some household having multiple meters.</em></p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics</a></em></p><p><em>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-consumption-statistics-in-northern-ireland" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-consumption-statistics-in-northern-ireland</a></em></p><p><em>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-consumption-statistics-in-northern-ireland" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-consumption-statistics-in-northern-ireland </a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2022 16:13:35 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1458818

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
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	Electricity: Consumers
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 forecasts his Department has made for the total number of domestic electricity consumers in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	156513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>BEIS does not publish formal forecasts on future electricity customer numbers. However, as part of the supporting analysis for the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) consultation[1] an estimated profile of future domestic electricity meter points in Great Britain was included.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold an estimate on the number of future domestic electricity customers in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-proposals-for-the-energy-bills-support-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-proposals-for-the-energy-bills-support-scheme</a></em></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/04/2022 16:43:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1457451

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
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 discussions he has had with the energy industry on allowing customers to opt-out of receiving the £200 loan under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	154098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme, as announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 February, is currently the subject of a government consultation issued on 11 April. The implementation of the policy will be reviewed following the conclusion of the consultation. Allowing consumers to opt out of receiving the reduction on their bills would likely increase the administrative costs and complexities of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/04/2022 16:18:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1280000

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the World Trade Organisation on the development of intellectual property waiver agreements to facilitate the mass production of coronavirus vaccines.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	142978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK has engaged regularly in debates at the World Trade Organisation’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council and other international institutions to promote affordable and equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, including in developing countries. As part of this, the UK has encouraged evidence-based discussions between WTO members to find real solutions to the issues at hand within the multilateral intellectual property framework.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/01/2021 11:42:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1182687

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she plans to negotiate a carve-out provision based on the definition by the European Public Services Union excluding (a) the NHS and (b) other public services from a trade deal with the US.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	25147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s public services, including the NHS, are protected by specific carve-outs, exceptions and reservations in the trade agreements to which the UK is a party, and the UK will continue to ensure that the same rigorous protections are included in future trade agreements. Decisions about public services will continue to be made by the UK Government (or the Devolved Administrations, where appropriate), not by our trade partners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the NHS is not, and never will be, for sale to the private sector, whether overseas or domestic and this position was reaffirmed in our negotiating objectives for a UK-US Free Trade Agreement published on 2 March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2020 12:17:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1182688

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of protecting regulatory data exclusivity for innovative drugs in a UK-US trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	25148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s objectives for US negotiations state that we will secure provisions that protect the UK’s world-leading intellectual property standards and seek an effective and balanced regime which supports innovation within the pharmaceutical sector, while reflecting wider public interests such as ensuring patient access to medicines.</p><p>The Government is clear that when negotiating free trade agreements, the NHS and the price the NHS pays for medicines will not be on the table. We will not agree to measures which undermine the Government’s ability to deliver our NHS manifesto commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2020 12:07:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1182689

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps the Government is taking to protect the role of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in regulating drug prices in the event of a UK-US trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	25149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department for Health and Social Care. Questions about NICE should be referred to my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Health &amp; Social Care.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the price the NHS pays for drugs is not on the table in trade negotiations. This position was reaffirmed in our negotiating objectives for a UK-US Free Trade Agreement published on 2 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/03/2020 12:12:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

882472

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Trade Agreements: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the effect on the protection of human rights of arbitration clauses in Free Trade Agreements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	135534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 23 April 2018, UIN: 135535.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/04/2018 14:23:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady