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1676606

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	Products: Origin Marking
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 potential merits of introducing the compulsory labelling of products to indicate whether they were British-made or imported.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	5966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Aside from certain specified products such as food there is no requirement for goods to be labelled with their country of origin. The Government does not have plans to introduce such a requirement on behalf of consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, traders are banned from using misleading statements about the geographical or commercial origin of products including in response to requests for information by consumers.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/12/2023 16:06:27 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1676608

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	Companies: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to prevent companies being set up using other people's personal information without their consent.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	5967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 amends the Companies Act 2006 to introduce a range of measures aimed at preventing the abuse of personal information. Once commenced, these will mean that (amongst other things) those incorporating and running companies will be required to verify their identities, and that the registrar of companies will have enhanced powers to ensure that people’s personal addresses are not misused.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/12/2023 16:10:50 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1661903

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
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	Business: Environment Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the Sustainability Disclosure Standards.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	200424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2023 answer text <p>The <em>Green Finance Strategy</em> (March 2023) set out the Government’s plans for endorsement of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation’s recently published sustainability disclosure standards. This document explained that the Government is establishing an endorsement process that will assess the suitability of the standards for use for UK companies, with the aim of publishing a UK-endorsed version of the standards that could be used by UK companies. This version of the standards will form the basis of any regulatory or legal changes that Government or the Financial Conduct Authority may wish to make at a later stage.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 17/10/2023 14:36:23 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1652981

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
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	Voucher Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum time period after which gift cards can expire.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	194072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>Whilst there is no legal minimum term for the validity of gift cards, the Government has worked with the UK Gift Card &amp; Voucher Association (GCVA) to encourage businesses to use expiry dates of at least two years and has made it clear that retailers should be transparent about the terms and conditions offered to consumers including card expiry dates.</p><p> </p><p>We asked the Law Commission to consider the issue of gift card and voucher expiry terms and they concluded that there was not a need to introduce additional measures in this area.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/07/2023 13:36:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1612257

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
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 a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing compulsory ethnicity pay gap reporting.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	181548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to tackling all areas of disparities in this country, including in employment. It is crucial that everyone is treated fairly in the workplace, so that they can thrive and reach their full potential and we want to ensure that everyone has access to the same employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Ethnicity pay gap reporting is just one type of tool to assist employers in doing this and it may not always be the most appropriate mechanism for some types of organisation. Therefore, as set out in the “Inclusive Britain” report published in March 2022, the Government will not be legislating to make ethnicity pay reporting mandatory at this stage. Instead we have produced guidance to support those who wish to report voluntarily.  This was published earlier this month.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 181550 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:00:26 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1612259

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
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	Equal Pay: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the ethnicity pay gap.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	181550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to tackling all areas of disparities in this country, including in employment. It is crucial that everyone is treated fairly in the workplace, so that they can thrive and reach their full potential and we want to ensure that everyone has access to the same employment opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>Ethnicity pay gap reporting is just one type of tool to assist employers in doing this and it may not always be the most appropriate mechanism for some types of organisation. Therefore, as set out in the “Inclusive Britain” report published in March 2022, the Government will not be legislating to make ethnicity pay reporting mandatory at this stage. Instead we have produced guidance to support those who wish to report voluntarily.  This was published earlier this month.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 181548 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:00:26 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1563632

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Parental Leave
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 BEIS consultation entitled Making Flexible Working the Default published in September 2021, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating publishing of parental leave policies as part of gender pay gap reporting.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	114733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on whether employers should be required to publish and report on their family-related leave and pay policies in 2019. Having reviewed consultation responses from a range of stakeholders and taken account of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government decided that such a requirement should be considered as part of the process of considering how successful the Gender Pay Gap Reporting Regulations have been, and how Gender Pay Gap Reporting may be taken forward.</p><p> </p><p>A fully considered review of Gender Pay Gap Reporting will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 12/01/2023 12:12:39 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1563633

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	Flexible Working
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 merits of introducing a day one right to request flexible working from job offer rather than first day of employment.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	114734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on whether all employees should be given a ‘day one’ right to request flexible working in 2021. Having reviewed consultation responses from a range of stakeholders, the Government decided to proceed with plans to extend the right to all employees from their first day of employment.</p><p> </p><p>This conclusion was set out in our response to the consultation “Making Flexible Working the Default”, which was published in September 2022.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/01/2023 11:56:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1524392

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Clothing: Manufacturing Industries
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 his Department has to help improve working conditions and employment rights in the fashion industry.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	67136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes enforcement of employment rights across the whole economy seriously. This is why the Government has more than doubled the budget for national minimum wage compliance and enforcement to £27.8 million for 2022/23, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 31/10/2022 14:50:23 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq