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1713091

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Public Holidays
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 merits of creating additional bank holidays in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland for their respective saints' days.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	23150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of celebrating the respective saints’ days across the UK. While an additional bank holiday may benefit some communities and sectors, the cost to the economy of an additional bank holiday remains considerable. The latest analysis estimates the cost to the UK economy for a one-off bank holiday to be around £2bn. The Government fully considers the effects of any additional bank holidays, which is why we rarely create them.</p><p>The Government has no plans to change the well-established and accepted arrangements for bank holidays.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 15:11:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1681904

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State of Business and Trade, what estimate she has made of the contribution of domestic medicinal cannabis production to the economy.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	9454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) actively assists life sciences companies in their endeavours to invest, expand, and export, thereby generating employment and economic growth.</p><p>UK-based life sciences businesses receive support from DBT through trade missions to key markets, participation in major trade events, tackling market access barriers, upskilling exporters, and guidance on entering new markets. Although routine assessments of the economic impact of specific life sciences’ subsectors like medicinal cannabis are not conducted, DBT is committed to supporting companies of various sizes throughout their export and inward investment endeavours while adhering to national regulatory guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/01/2024 17:59:05 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1676657

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
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	Locksmiths
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 take steps to improve the (a) regulation and (b) monitoring of locksmiths to help prevent exploitative practices in that industry.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	5950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>There is a robust framework of consumer protection law that all traders, including locksmiths, must comply with which requires that services are delivered to a high standard and consumers have means of redress when they are not.</p><p>Consumers are encouraged to use service providers that operate under a regulated trusted trader scheme, such as the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA), which has a robust licensing scheme in place to ensure approved locksmiths are appropriately vetted, inspected and qualified.</p><p>We are further strengthening the enforcement of this framework in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill. Therefore, the Government has no plans to further regulate the locksmith sector.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/12/2023 16:36:31 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1671806

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
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	Fireworks
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 has taken to address the illegal sale of fireworks to underage people in England.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	2797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>It is for Local Authority Trading Standards to enforce against the illegal sale of fireworks in their local area and to determine what steps need to be taken to protect the public.</p><p> </p><p>It is an offence for a retailer to sell F1 fireworks (other than Christmas crackers) to anyone under the age of 16 or F2 or F3 fireworks to anyone under the age of 18. Retailers committing a sales offence could be subject to a fine or imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 28/11/2023 11:41:31 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1669047

registered interest
date	09/11/2023
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	Warehouses
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 support the warehouse sector in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	1053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to deliver a wide range of business support schemes, with over 40 offers that help businesses start, grow and export. We are continuously improving our offer to help businesses access the finance and support they need, improve their skills and remove barriers to trade. This includes relevant businesses in the warehouse sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides extensive support to businesses through our Help to Grow Management, Business Support Helpline and Growth Hubs.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses can also access government-backed financial support from the British Business Bank.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/11/2023 09:28:18 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1664047

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department has made an assessment of the decline in the number of local pubs on communities.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	201900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>We understand the many challenges pubs are facing. The Government is supporting pubs with business rates relief, the Brexit Pubs Guarantee, and help with energy costs. We are also working across Government to identify opportunities to ease regulatory and licensing burdens.</p><p>We continue to work with businesses, including members of the Hospitality Sector Council, to deliver our 2021 Hospitality Strategy, which aims to support the sector's recovery from COVID-19 and improve longer term resilience.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/10/2023 12:51:45 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1655882

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
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	Minimum Wage: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information she holds on the number of recorded breaches of minimum wage legislation by employers in Romford constituency in the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	195759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>All businesses – irrespective of their size, business sector or location – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p> </p><p>National Minimum Wage enforcement data is not held at constituency level but regional data for London can be seen in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Arrears (£)</p></td><td><p>Workers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>6,456,315</p></td><td><p>59,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>3,298,935</p></td><td><p>42,917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>1,285,697</p></td><td><p>10,005</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>5,408,629</p></td><td><p>55,133</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 11/09/2023 16:52:29 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1627593

registered interest
date	15/05/2023
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	Department for Business and Trade: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which retained EU laws her Department has repealed in the last two years; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of repealing those laws on the international competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises based in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	184908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to using our new regulatory autonomy to ensure that our regulations are tailored to the needs of the UK economy and businesses based in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced a new subsidy control regime to support British businesses and innovation through greater freedom to design subsidies which deliver both local and national objectives; reforms to EU competition block exemption regulations; and the Professional Qualifications Act which will revoke EU-derived rules on the recognition of professional qualifications in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is available on gov.uk. Departments, including the Department for Business and Trade will assess, where required, the impacts of any further changes to EU laws that are made using the powers in the Bill including on small and medium-sized enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/05/2023 14:57:49 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1581589

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Royal Mail: Universal Service Obligation
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 profitability of the services carried out by Royal Mail Group under the Universal Service Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	133957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Postal Services Act 2011 designates Ofcom as the independent regulator for the postal sector with a duty to ensure the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient universal postal service.</p><p> </p><p>Under its duty, Ofcom monitors the service provided by Royal Mail and its financial performance and publishes its findings in an Annual Monitoring Update. This is focused on Royal Mail’s ‘Reported Business’, which includes all universal services, as well as other services which are delivered over the universal service network, namely access products and retail bulk mail.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom’s Annual Monitoring Update 2021-22 is available at: <a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/monitoring_reports" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/monitoring_reports</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/02/2023 13:08:46 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1581590

registered interest
date	27/01/2023
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	Royal Mail: Vesa Equity Investment
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 potential impact of acquisition of Royal Mail by Vesa Equity on the future of the Universal Service Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	133958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Universal Service Obligation is a legally binding commitment on the designated universal service provider and its ongoing provision would be required irrespective of ownership of the business.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 06/02/2023 13:10:00 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell