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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	Pregnancy: Discrimination
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 Government response to the First Report of the Women and Equalities Committee of Session 2016-17, Pregnancy and maternity discrimination, published on 26 January 2017, Cm 9401, when he plans to implement the Government's commitment to bring forward proposals to ensure that those protections in place for women who are pregnant or returning from maternity leave are sufficient.
tabling member constituency	East Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Jo Swinson
uin	108107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <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 proposals.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/10/2017 13:52:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson

709771

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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: Secondment
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 (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff in his Department have been seconded from (i) businesses and (ii) charities.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	67307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy currently has 44 staff seconded from (a) businesses and 11 from (b) a charity.</p><p>We don’t hold centralised data on how many are (a) full time and (b) part time.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/03/2017 15:50:16 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

709772

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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: Meetings
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 meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) businesses and (ii) registered charities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	67316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>Records of all Ministerial meetings are published quarterly on the Gov.uk website at the following links:</p><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a></p><p>Department for Business, Innovation and Skills:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-quarterly-publications-april-to-june-2012</a></p><p>Department for Energy and Climate Change</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a></p><p>Information about meetings between officials, businesses and charities are not centrally held and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/03/2017 15:51:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

687156

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
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	Furs: Labelling
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 effectiveness of EU regulations on the labelling of animal fur on consumer protection; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	63705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The EU legislation <em>Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 – on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products</em>, ensures consumers are properly protected when purchasing textile products containing ‘non-textile parts of animal origin’, including fur.</p><p>This requires these products to have the phrase ‘contains non-textile parts of animal origin’ on the labelling or marking of the product. The regulation stipulates that the presence of non-textile parts of animal origin must be clearly labelled or marked in such a way that is not misleading and that the consumer can easily understand. This enables consumers to make an informed choice between textile products that contain non-textile parts of animal origin and those that don’t.</p><p>The Regulation does not require a detailed description of particular materials or parts, but businesses are free to disclose more details about the materials used (e.g. cowhide, lambskin etc.) as long as this information is not false and misleading and consumers can make enquiries with the retailer as to what the non-textile parts of animal origin are.</p><p>This year, the UK Government is undertaking a review of the Textile Products (Labelling and Fibre Composition) Regulation 2012/1102, which sets out the enforcement provisions that apply to Regulation 1007/2011. The UK is obliged to review the enforcement provisions by May 2017. A report will be laid before Parliament. The legislation is also regularly reviewed by the EU, most recently in 2013 when the Commission filed its report on Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011.</p><p>The report is available on the EUR-Lex website:</p><p><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52013DC0656" target="_blank">http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52013DC0656</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/02/2017 11:09:30 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

678757

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on what dates he has had meetings with the representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises to discuss strengthening UK supply chains in advance of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	61670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets with representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises regularly and discusses a range of topics. As part of these discussions the impact of the UK leaving the EU on the strength of competitive supply chains are discussed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/02/2017 17:22:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

622113

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	ACAS: Staff
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 information his Department holds on the number of staff working for ACAS who are (a) BME, (b) disabled, (c) female, (d) male and (e) over 50 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	50496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Information provided by Acas shows that at 30 September 2016 the number of staff working for Acas who are (a) BME, (b) disabled, (c) female, (d) male and (e) over 50 years of age is as set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>BME</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong>Disabled </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Over 50 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>81*</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>415</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* an additional 49 responses were given as ‘unknown’ or ‘prefer not to say’</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2016 15:22:51 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

622114

registered interest
date	26/10/2016
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	ACAS
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 consultation process has taken place on the proposed reforms to ACAS and its staffing structure.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	50495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2016 answer text <p>Reform and other business processes are an operational matter for Acas.</p><p> </p><p>Since October 2015 Acas has held regular and in depth discussions with trade union representatives and consulted them as it developed ideas on the reform proposals. Acas listened to what trade union and other colleagues said and took it into account.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/10/2016 15:17:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens