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833180

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	GKN: Melrose
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What representations he has received on the attempted takeover of GKN by Melrose.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	903635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>This is a commercial matter for the companies involved. I have spoken to the Chief Executives of GKN and Melrose to understand their intentions, and will continue to monitor the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The Government can intervene in mergers on certain public interest grounds concerning national security, financial stability or media plurality.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 30/01/2018 15:11:20 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

804622

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he has taken to support the development of improved battery technology for (a) electric vehicles and (b) energy storage.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	902900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants the UK to lead the world in design, development and manufacture of batteries, particularly for electric vehicles. That is why we committed £246 million for the Faraday Battery Challenge, including £80 million for the National Faraday Battery Scale-up Facility.</p><p> </p><p>Our 2017 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan supports deployment of batteries on our energy system by removing barriers, opening markets and committing £70 million of innovation funding for smart systems, including storage.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/12/2017 14:00:21 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

759504

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Industry: Productivity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, to ask the Secretary of State what steps he is taking to improve productivity as part of the Industrial Strategy
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	900804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Our Industrial Strategy’s aim is to boost earning power and productivity across the country. We will build on the UK’s world class expertise in industries such as the automotive sector in the North East, underpinned by Nissan in Sunderland, one of Europe’s most productive plants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 12/09/2017 15:40:15 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

732763

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	Industry
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 the sector-based approach in delivering the aims of the Government's industrial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Liz Twist
uin	900040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>I’m sure the Hon. Member will agree that the UK economy benefits from world-leading sectors and that building on their strengths is crucial as we develop our modern industrial strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses know how best to boost their parts of the economy, which is why we have issued an open invitation to any sector to propose ambitious Sector Deals with Government.</p><p> </p><p>I am delighted work is progressing on a number of early sector deals.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 27/06/2017 15:20:36 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4618 label Biography information for Liz Twist

631334

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	Industry
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 the Government has taken to set out its industrial strategy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Chris White
uin	907132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>We are developing an Industrial Strategy that will embrace the opportunities of our new global role and upgrade our economy so it works for everyone. We intend to work with the breadth of British industry, local leaders, innovators, employees and consumers to deliver a successful strategy and create the conditions for future success. We will seek views on our plans in a discussion paper in the coming weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 08/11/2016 16:33:53 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	4114 label Biography information for Chris White