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709816

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	ARM: SoftBank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they were consulted by SoftBank before that company's sale of an interest in ARM Holdings; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which that disposal is consistent with the commitments which were secured by the Government from SoftBank at the time they endorsed its investment.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL5950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Takeover Panel is responsible for the enforcement of post-offer undertakings.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 15/03/2017 16:14:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

709517

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their plans for the next Contracts for Difference bidding round; when they expect the round to open for bids; when they expect it to close; when they expect to announce the winners; how much funding is available; and whether they intend to apply any new conditions, different from Round 1, and if so, what.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL5924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>On 9 November 2016, we published information relating to the second Contracts for Difference (CFD) Allocation Round, which will open in April 2017. This included reconfirming the budget of £290m annual support for 15 years for ‘Pot 2’/less established technologies for projects starting to generate from 2021/22 or 2022/23.</p><p>The CFD Counterparty Body - The Low Carbon Contracts Company - has published the CFD implementation plan, which sets out key indicative dates in relation to the second allocation round. The plan includes the shortest and longest likely duration from the allocation round opening to when contracts are awarded. This is approximately between 4 and 6 months depending on whether or not there are any reviews and appeals through the process.</p><p>There are some variations from Round 1. The minima for wave and tidal, which applied to the 2015 CFD round, will not be extended as the expected costs for Wave and Tidal Stream remain high relative to other less expensive technologies in Pot 2.</p><p>We have also introduced a temporary cumulative cap of 150MW (equivalent to a budget maximum of £70m) on fuelled technologies for this round. The Government believes that it is appropriate and proportionate to impose a temporary maxima while we review these technologies and consider the recent Call for Evidence on fuelled technologies in the CFD.</p><p> </p><p>Wave, tidal stream and fuelled technologies all remain eligible to compete in Pot 2 for CFD contracts, alongside geothermal and offshore wind, which will help to drive costs down.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/03/2017 17:49:53 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name CFD Implementation Plan V2 .pdf title CFD Implementation Plan
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

709138

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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	Disasters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' announcement on 26 January setting the 2017 time of the Doomsday Clock at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight; and what action they intend to take in response.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL5895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>We have made no assessment of recent changes to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock and therefore do not plan to take any action.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 21/03/2017 17:38:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

708702

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Insolvency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review pre-pack administration, in the light of reports that the system is being abused in relation to creditors and commercial property owners.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL5833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>In 2014, the independent Graham Review into pre-pack administration commissioned by Government found that pre-packs were a useful business rescue tool but that there was evidence of less successful outcomes where the pre-pack sale was to a connected party. A voluntary, industry-led package of reforms to pre-pack administration based on the Graham Review’s recommendations commenced in November 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 created a power for Government to make regulations to impose conditions on property sales to connected parties in administration (including via a pre-pack). This power expires in May 2020. Government will assess the impact of the voluntary package of reforms and consider whether further regulation is needed prior to the power’s expiration.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 20/03/2017 16:20:23 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

708713

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Agriculture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they intend to incorporate agriculture into their industrial strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL5844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The industrial strategy includes measures to enable growth in all parts of the economy – for example through our commitments on science and innovation funding, skills, and digital infrastructure. In addition we have set out proposals for new, business-led sector deals, with the first set of deals already under development.</p><p>We look forward to working with sectors, including farming and agri-food, which can organise behind strong leadership to address shared challenges and opportunities, building on the close working to date.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/03/2017 12:59:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

707551

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
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	Government Departments: Copyright
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to encourage government departments to adhere to copyright licensing rules.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Clancarty
uin	HL5774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>Each Department is responsible for its own licensing adherence.</p><p> </p><p>The National Archives, in collaboration with the Intellectual Property Office and the Government Digital Service, has recently issued simple new guidance to civil servants on the duties associated with copyright belonging to the Crown or to third parties: <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/copyright-and-re-use/crown-copyright/" target="_blank">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/re-using-public-sector-information/copyright-and-re-use/crown-copyright/</a></p><p> </p><p>This joins The National Archives’ existing guidance at: <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/crown-copyright-an-overview-for-government-departments.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/crown-copyright-an-overview-for-government-departments.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The cross-sector guidance issued by the Intellectual Property Office also provides an introductory framework for government: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/topic/intellectual-property/copyright" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/topic/intellectual-property/copyright</a></p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL5774.docx title Cross Sector Guidance 2 file name Second attachment to HL5774.docx title Guidance to civil servants 3 file name Third attachment to HL5774.pdf title National Archives guidance question first answered 16/03/2017 13:00:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3391 label Biography information for The Earl of Clancarty

707557

registered interest
date	02/03/2017
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	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 1 February (HL4937), what evidence they have for their statement that the observed evidence of global average surface temperature is not consistent with natural internal variability.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL5780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>Evidence that observed global average surface temperatures are not consistent with natural internal variability in the climate system can be found in Working Group I of the IPCC’s 5<sup>th</sup> Assessment Report (AR5 WGI).</p><p>Observations show that global average surface temperature has risen by between 0.6 to 0.7°C since 1951. AR5 WGI concluded that it was virtually certain (&gt;99% probability) that natural internal variability alone could not account for this observed increase in temperature. Amongst other reasons, it showed that the spatial pattern of observed warming differed from that associated with internal variability. AR5 WGI stated that more than half of the observed increase in global average surface temperature from 1951 to 2010 was extremely likely (&gt; 95% probability) due to the anthropogenic increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and other anthropogenic forcings together.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/03/2017 16:53:02 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

706897

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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	Fire Prevention: Furniture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 22 February (HL5402), whether, in the light of the fact that the European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) represents more than 70 per cent of all furniture production in Europe, they will respond specifically to the EFIC on the points made in their letter of 10 November 2016.
tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
uin	HL5750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) requested that their letter dated 10<sup>th</sup> November be considered as part of their formal response to the 2016 consultation on the Furniture and Furnishing (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988. The Department is therefore considering the points raised by EFIC in the letter as part of the consultation analysis and will respond as part of the formal Government response, which I expect to be published in the spring.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/03/2017 14:14:54 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

706899

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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	Employment: Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 28 February (GC 207), what criteria will be used to monitor whether sufficient progress is made in giving effect to the recommendations by Baroness McGregor-Smith in her report <i>Race in the workplace </i>to eliminate racial discrimination in employment.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL5752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomes Baroness McGregor-Smith’s report and encourages businesses to take forward her recommendations. The practicalities of implementation will differ depending on the business in question, but as we set out in the Government response, we will be working with Business in the Community in supporting companies to make these changes. My hon. Friend the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility has also announced that she will chair a new Business Diversity and Inclusion Group which will bring together some of the key figures leading work on this agenda to provide strategic leadership and ensure that we deliver a clear and coherent message to the business community on what they are expected to do.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/03/2017 15:00:13 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

706900

registered interest
date	01/03/2017
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	Employment: Racial Discrimination
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they intend to take in response to the recommendations by Baroness McGregor-Smith in her report <i>Race in the workplace</i> to eliminate racial discrimination in the workplace.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL5753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The business case for action has been made. While we know that many companies are already taking forward some of the recommended actions, more needs to be done. We set out in the Government response that we will be working with Business in the Community in supporting companies to make these changes including developing a simple guide on how to discuss race in the workplace, ensuring easy access to an online portal of best practice and celebrating success through a list of the top 100 BME employers. We will also monitor progress through the new Diversity and Inclusion Group, chaired by my hon. Friend the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 09/03/2017 15:00:42 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill