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1584910

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date	07/02/2023
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	EU Law: Parliamentary Scrutiny
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional time for parliamentary scrutiny before automatically revoking certain retained EU law.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	141488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2023 answer text <p>Retained EU law (REUL) will automatically cease to exist after 31 December 2023 unless the Government takes steps to keep it as “assimilated law” under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill. This provides the most effective way to remove unnecessary or outdated EU laws, without taking up resources and parliamentary time to revoke every such law individually, and additional time for parliamentary scrutiny is not necessary.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to update a published REUL dashboard which lists over 3,700 pieces of REUL to provide transparency about affected legislation. We will also be bringing forward an extensive programme of secondary legislation, subject to parliamentary scrutiny, to preserve, restate, or reform REUL where it is in the United Kingdom’s interests to do so. This includes powers to extend the sunset date, or revoke legislation proactively, in specific instances where this is more appropriate than a 31 December 2023 sunset.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/02/2023 11:55:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1584926

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Royal Mail: Vesa Equity Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department allowed Vesa Equity to increase its stake in Royal Mail group.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	141432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State takes decisions under the National Security and Investment Act 2021 in a quasi-judicial capacity. The Investment Security Unit coordinates expertise from across Government so that the Secretary of State may make decisions based on the evidence. It would not be appropriate to comment on the detail of national security assessments.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 27/02/2023 19:04:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1584997

registered interest
date	07/02/2023
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	Productivity: Insomnia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the impact of insomnia on UK productivity.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	141451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>We have no plans to make an assessment of the impact on insomnia on UK productivity.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/02/2023 15:31:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1584341

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much funding her Department has provided for the decarbonisation of the automotive industry since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	140086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a comprehensive R&amp;D and capital investment programme to deliver a UK led solution to the decarbonisation of road transport.</p><p> </p><p>Government and industry have jointly committed more than £1.3 billion to support innovative projects through the Advanced Propulsion Centre, accelerating the commercialisation of strategically important vehicle technologies. Alongside this ambitious R&amp;D programme, the Government is committed to growing our electric vehicle supply chain. That is why in 2021 the Net Zero Strategy announced £350m of funding for the Automotive Transformation Fund. This funding is additional to the £500m announced in 2020 as part of the 10 Point Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The automotive sector is also benefiting from £541m funding from the UKRI cross-sector Faraday Battery Challenge and £80m from the Driving the Electric Revolution programmes.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/02/2023 15:20:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1584344

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Motor Vehicles: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of jobs that are supported (a) directly by and (b) through the supply chain of the automotive industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	140087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>In 2021, the automotive manufacturing sector accounted for 155,000 direct jobs and estimated to support an additional 347,000 indirect jobs elsewhere in the economy. ONS Employee Jobs data does not separately report employment by propulsion-type of car manufactured.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/02/2023 15:19:25 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1584345

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Electric Vehicles: Batteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an estimate of the number of electric vehicle batteries that were produced in the UK in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2020 and (d) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	140088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/02/2023 15:18:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1584346

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	BritishVolt: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the closure of Britishvolt.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	140089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>As part of our efforts to see British companies succeed in the industry, the Government offered significant support to Britishvolt through the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF). Full due diligence was completed before a final grant offer letter was awarded.</p><p>Funding was designed so that agreed milestones had to be achieved for the company to drawdown any funds.  These milestones were not met and therefore no ATF funds were paid to Britishvolt.</p><p>The Government want to ensure the UK remains one of the best locations in the world for automotive manufacturing as we transition to electric vehicles. That includes investing record sums in battery R&amp;D – such as the recent announcement of £211 million into the Faraday Battery Challenge, which will help deliver 100,000 jobs in battery gigafactories and the battery supply chain by 2040.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/02/2023 15:16:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1584441

registered interest
date	06/02/2023
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	Driverless Vehicles: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what funding her Department has made available for commercial self-driving (a) passenger and (b) freight services.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	140183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has allocated £66 million R&amp;D funding to the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles to pilot commercially sustainable deployments of self-driving passenger and freight services and support a growing, UK-based supply chain.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/02/2023 15:22:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1583390

registered interest
date	02/02/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	British Steel: Redundancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the potential job losses at British Steel.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	138364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing a sustainable and competitive future for the UK steel sector.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that this will be a concerning time for British Steel employees following recent discussions between the company and union representatives regarding potential job losses, and we stand ready to support them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has worked intensively with British Steel on a generous package of support, which, combined with shareholder investment, would help protect jobs and put British Steel on a sustainable and decarbonised footing. Whilst this is ultimately a commercial decision, we urge British Steel to continue discussions with us to reach a solution.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 08/02/2023 11:52:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1582796

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she will take steps to (a) publish an equality impact assessment of the Brexit Freedoms Bill in accordance with the public sector equality duty or (b) demonstrate due regard to equality in another way.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	137983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The equality impact assessment for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill was published on 22 September 2022. This is available on the Bill page on <a href="http://www.parliament.uk" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> via the following weblink: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0156/REUL_Bill_Impact_Assessment_22-09-2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-03/0156/REUL_Bill_Impact_Assessment_22-09-2022.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 08/02/2023 12:18:08 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds