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1224363

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date	14/07/2020
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	Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
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 he plans to publish a review of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 in response to his Department's 2014 consultation on amendments to those regulations and the accompanying technical annex.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	73693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government consulted in 2014 and 2016 on amending the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988. The Government published a response to the 2016 consultation on 18 July 2019.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to publish a review of the Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988. In its response to the 2016 consultation the Government announced that it will now develop a new approach to the regulations which is based on essential safety requirements to bring the regulations in line with modern product safety legislation.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/07/2020 15:55:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1224393

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund
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 13 July 2020 to Question 68687, what formula was used to determine how much funding local authorities received from the Coronavirus Discretionary Grant Fund.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	73790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Each of the 314 billing authorities currently involved in the delivery of the Small Business Grants Fund and Retail, Hospitality &amp; Leisure Fund will receive a fixed minimum allocation for the Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund as a 5% uplift of the value of its in-scope hereditaments as identified at 3 May 2020. Individual letters were issued to all 314 Local Authorities on 20 May 2020 with a detailed explanation of their allocation.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/07/2020 15:57:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1224445

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Personal Care Services: Coronavirus
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 plans his Department has to review the date for resuming facial treatments in beauty salons as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	73836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>In my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s announcement on 17 July, close contact services including treatments to the face are allowed to resume as of 1 August, as long as they operate in a COVID-secure way.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/07/2020 14:01:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1224468

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Protective Clothing: Shops
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 he is taking to mitigate the effect of the mandatory wearing of masks in shops on (a) customers and (b) shop workers who are (i) deaf and (ii) hard of hearing that rely on (A) lip reading and (B) facial expressions to communicate.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	73737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>From 24 July all customers must wear face coverings in shops and supermarkets. This is in addition to the requirement to wear face coverings on public transport.</p><p> </p><p>As is the case for public transport, there will be a range of exemptions set out in law. This will include children under 11 and those with certain disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/07/2020 15:59:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1224511

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Physiotherapy: Coronavirus
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 differences were identified between physiotherapists and sport therapists which led to the Government issuing guidance for those businesses to reopen on separate dates as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	73958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Close contact services – which includes sports and massage therapy – in England, except Leicester, were able to reopen from Monday 13 July, subject to them following the COVID-secure guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/07/2020 16:00:28 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1224526

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Metals: Factories
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 comparative estimate he has made of the number of rare earth separation plants in (a) the UK, (b) the People’s Republic of China, (c) the EU, (d) the United States, (e) Australia and (f) Canada.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	74010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made no such estimate. However, we fully recognise the importance of rare earth materials to industry, particularly those industries that underpin the clean, green economy to which we are committed such as wind turbines and low-emission vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/07/2020 16:03:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1224527

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Minerals
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 British companies mine rare earth minerals; and what proportion of total global output do they produce.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	74011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is not aware of any current rare earth minerals mining activity in this country.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 22/07/2020 16:06:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1224560

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Package Holidays
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 he is taking steps to ensure that online travel operators will meet ABTA's 31 July 2020 deadline to issue cash refunds to customers for cancelled holidays; and what steps he plans to take to ensure compliance with the package holiday travel regulations by operators that do not issue cash refunds.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	73944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Consumers are entitled to a full refund if a package holiday is cancelled due to unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances, which should be issued within 14 days. The Government is clear that these refunds must be paid when asked for by the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued guidance to explain to consumers and business the circumstances when refunds are due as a consequence of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. The CMA has a programme of work to ensure refunds arising from the Covid-19 outbreak are paid. If the CMA finds evidence that companies are failing to comply with the law, the CMA will take appropriate enforcement action, which could include taking a firm to court if it does not address its concerns. The CMA has also set up a Covid-19 taskforce for consumers to register complaints, available through: <a href="https://www.coronavirus-business-complaint.service.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.coronavirus-business-complaint.service.gov.uk/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/07/2020 14:05:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine