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443710

registered interest
date	11/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment the Government has made of whether the TTIP trade deal will make the UK more vulnerable to lawsuits; if the Government will insist that TTIP does not contain provisions which would allow similar lawsuits to be brought in the UK; and if the Government will reconsider its support for TTIP in response to that lawsuit.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	22006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>The Government does not comment on cases in which it has no involvement. Under UK laws a foreign investor can already sue the Government over allegedly unfair or unlawful treatment. UK domestic courts and our legal system will continue to be the main route for resolving the vast majority of disputes between foreign investors and the Government regardless of any investment protection provisions included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This is because our domestic courts typically offer a quicker and cheaper method of resolving disputes.</p><br /><p>The European Commission has published its proposal for investment protections in TTIP. This includes various possible measures to ensure these provisions are fair and transparent, including prohibiting claims from being pursued simultaneously under investor-state dispute settlement provisions and in domestic courts.</p><br /><p>The UK will continue to work with the Commission on the details of these latest proposals. We need investment protections that ensure UK investors are treated fairly overseas by foreign governments. But the UK will make sure that governments can continue to regulate lawfully in the public interest.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/01/2016 16:09:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

442506

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: European Union
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff in his Department are working on matters related to (a) European policy, (b) the future of Europe, (c) reform of the EU, (d) the renegotiation of the UK's relationship with the EU, (e) the EU referendum and (f) the consequences of the EU referendum; how many full-time equivalent staff are working on such matters; what the (i) staff and (ii) other cost of such work is; what proportion of that work is undertaken by such staff on (A) communications, (B) strategy and (C) policy; whether his Department has established any specific unit or units to deal with those matters; to whom such (1) staff and (2) units report; whether his Department has issued guidelines to staff on those matters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harwich and North Essex
tabling member printed	Mr Bernard Jenkin
uin	21071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in the United Kingdom - so we can get a better deal for our country and secure our future. Departments are appropriately resourced to support the Government's priorities in Europe, including the renegotiation and referendum.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/01/2016 15:54:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	40 label Biography information for Sir Bernard Jenkin

442507

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will suspend all licences permitting UK-produced arms to be sold to Saudi Arabia.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	21060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>All export licence applications are carefully assessed on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account all relevant factors at the time of the application. A licence will not be issued for any country if to do so would be a breach of the Criteria.</p><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/01/2016 16:18:24 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

442508

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 1958, what the total budget of the BIS Automotive sector team was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	21009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The total administrative budget associated with the BIS Automotive sector team for the last five financial years was £6,265,356. This is illustrated below:</p><br /><p>Financial Year Administrative Cost</p><p>11/12 £1,393,614*^</p><p>12/13 £1,187,636^</p><p>13/14 £1,207,986^</p><p>14/15 £1,256,570^</p><p>15/16 £1,219,550^</p><p>*Includes funding for the Advanced Manufacturing Showcasing team who were under the same administrative budget for these years.</p><p>^ Includes one FTE on loan to the Office for Low Emission Vehicles.</p><br /><p>The total budget to support Industrial R&amp;D primarily for the Advanced Propulsion Centre and Driverless cars over the last 3 years* was:</p><br /><p>RDEL(Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit) - £79.327m</p><p>CDEL (Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit) - £11m.</p><p>RDEL CDEL</p><p>13/14 £452,000 £0</p><p>14/15 £26,000,000 £5,000,000</p><p>15/16 £52,875,000 £6,000,000</p><p>*There is no data available for 11/12 and 12/13</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/01/2016 17:19:51 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

442511

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Manufacturing Industries: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate how many new EU regulations and directives have been implemented in the UK in 2015 which affect British manufacturing industries.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <br /><p>All regulations implementing EU legislation that were introduced in 2015 and their associated impacts can be found on legislation.gov.uk<em>. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/01/2016 17:36:03 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

442589

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Israel: Arms Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what export licences have been granted to UK manufacturers since 2010 to export (a) military and (b) police-related equipment to Israel.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	20985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p /> <p>Information on arms export licences are published as Official Statistics (from January 2015) in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Strategic Export Controls. These reports contain detailed information on export licences issued, refused or revoked, by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. They are available to view at GOV.UK.</p><p /> <p>The most recently published information covers the period until 30 June 2015.</p><p /> <p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p><p /> <p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/01/2016 17:22:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

442625

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to allow greater flexibility for the UK to develop trade agreements outside Europe as part of the renegotiation of the UK relationship with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is fighting hard to fix the aspects of our EU membership that cause so much frustration in Britain - so we get a better deal for Britain and secure our future.My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister has set out the four objectives at the heart of our renegotiation: economic governance, competitiveness, sovereignty and migration/welfare.The Government is focused on success: it believes it can and will succeed in reforming and renegotiating our relationship with the EU.</p><br /> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/01/2016 15:51:21 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

442229

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Effect of UK Equity Markets on the Competitiveness of UK Business Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to follow up the recommendations in the Kay Review of UK equity markets and long-term decision making, published in July 2012.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	20814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department published a detailed progress report on the implementation of the Kay Review in October 2014.</p><br /><p>The Government’s Productivity Plan, “Fixing the Foundations”, published in July 2015, emphasised the central importance of encouraging long-term business investment as part of an ambitious vision to boost productivity in the UK economy. In particular, the Plan welcomed an initiative by several of the largest institutional investors to develop an Action Plan to support and challenge companies to invest for long-term productivity and growth. The Government is engaging with the Investment Association as it takes forward this work, and is also considering what further steps may be appropriate to encourage a culture of long-term investment on the part of UK companies and their shareholders.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/01/2016 16:02:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

442230

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	West Ham United FC: Sportsgrounds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has had discussions with the London Legacy Development Corporation about EU state aid rules and West Ham United Football Club's occupancy of the Olympic Stadium.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	20797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><br /><p>My Department has had discussions with the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) about papers, prepared by the LLDC, for the Competition Directorate General of the European Commission. These papers explained the contractual arrangements relating to West Ham United Football Club's use of the Olympic Stadium.</p><br /><p>I can confirm that the Commission considered these papers and reached a preliminary assessment that the contractual arrangements did not involve state aid and decided not to pursue their investigation any further.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 12/01/2016 15:59:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

442236

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what support his Department provides to UK-based renewable energy companies seeking to invest in developing country markets; how many companies in that sector have received such support; and what steps he is taking to increase such support (a) in general and (b) through export guarantees.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	20744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) supports UK companies who want to grow their business overseas. We provide tailored support packages for companies from first time exporters to medium sized businesses, whilst also providing digital and online support to all businesses. We continue to proactively support UK renewable companies and recognise the huge potential in developing country markets. Support from UK Export Finance (principally in the form of insurance to exporters, guarantees to banks and loans to overseas buyers) is also available for UK exporters in all sectors including the renewable energy sector.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 13/01/2016 17:03:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady