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810701

registered interest
date	22/12/2017
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	Standardisation: EU Law
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 the United Kingdom will remain a member of the European Committee on Standardisation after we leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	121046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The British Standards Institution (BSI) is the UK’s National Standards Body and it is a member of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). BSI and CEN are independent of the UK Government and European Union, respectively. BSI has made clear its preference to remain a member of CEN. We are working with BSI to ensure that the UK’s future relationship with the European Standards Organisations, including CEN, continues to support a productive, open and competitive business environment in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/01/2018 15:46:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

810532

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Better Regulation Executive
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 the performance indicators are for the Better Regulation Executive.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires the Government to publish a target to monitor the economic impact on business of certain changes to regulation. The target will apply for the duration of this Parliament and must be set by June 2018.</p><p>The target will inform the approach taken by the Better Regulation Executive to regulatory reform in this Parliament, including any relevant performance indicators.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 120880 120884 question first answered 09/01/2018 16:16:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810535

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Business: Regulation
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 regulations the Better Regulation Executive has identified for (a) revocation and (b) amendment in order to reduce burdens on business.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires the Government to publish a target to monitor the economic impact on business of certain changes to regulation. The target will apply for the duration of this Parliament and must be set by June 2018.</p><p>The target will inform the approach taken by the Better Regulation Executive to regulatory reform in this Parliament, including any relevant performance indicators.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 120877 120884 question first answered 09/01/2018 16:16:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810539

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Business: Regulation
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 the one-in-two-out approach to regulatory costs is still being applied by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires the Government to publish a target to monitor the economic impact on business of certain changes to regulation. The target will apply for the duration of this Parliament and must be set by June 2018.</p><p>The target will inform the approach taken by the Better Regulation Executive to regulatory reform in this Parliament, including any relevant performance indicators.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 120877 120880 question first answered 09/01/2018 16:16:20 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810647

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Bereavement 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, if he will make it his policy to bring forward a mandatory minimum period of bereavement leave for workers who have experienced the death of a close relative.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	120992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the loss of a close family member is deeply distressing.</p><p> </p><p>Acas has published guidance for employers on supporting bereaved colleagues and managing grief in the workplace, which was developed in partnership with Cruse Bereavement Care and others. The Government is clear that it expects all managers to act with the sensitivity and flexibility deserved at such a difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in view of the commitment in the Conservative Party manifesto, the Government is supporting the Private Member’s Bill brought forward by my hon Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake) to introduce a new statutory paid leave entitlement for employees who suffer the bereavement of a child.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/01/2018 15:49:45 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

810650

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Battery Chargers: Regulation
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 his Department is taking to ensure electrical chargers comply with regulatory standards.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	120995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Electrical chargers must comply with the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations which require manufacturers to only put safe products on the market. These Regulations are primarily enforced by Local Authority Trading Standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is now considering a recommendation made by the Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety to provide more central capacity to support consumers on product safety, including with regard to electrical products, and we will respond to that recommendation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/01/2018 15:43:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk