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708475

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	Energy: Meters
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 effect of the installation of smart meters on customers' ability to switch supplier.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	66594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s aim is that smart meters installed by one supplier can be operated by another so that consumers can switch energy supplier readily and retain the benefits of their smart metering service. That is why the Data and Communications Company (DCC), and the latest version of the smart metering technical specifications (known as SMETS2), have been established.</p><p>Smart meters complying with the first version of the technical specifications (SMETS1) are delivering real benefits to consumers and have helped the industry prepare for the main installation stage of the roll-out. Consumers with these meters are still able to switch supplier. If the new supplier is not able to operate the meter in smart mode, the meter will continue to record energy consumption accurately and can be used in traditional mode, with meter readings taken manually. The meter will not normally need to be replaced. Work is underway to make SMETS1 smart meters interoperable between energy suppliers, through enrolment into the DCC’s system.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2017 16:47:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

708543

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surrogacy: Lone Parents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39606, on surrogacy law and lone parents, what progress he has made on plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give single parents with children born through surrogacy the same rights as couples.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	66737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is developing plans to introduce a Remedial Order to Parliament to address the incompatibility in the Human Fertility and Embryology Act. The Remedial Order would allow single people to apply for parental orders, which transfers legal parenthood in surrogacy arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 08/03/2017 09:55:37 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

708643

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	Manufacturing Industries: County Durham
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 bring forward proposals to improve competitiveness and promote employment opportunities for manufacturing in East Durham.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	66541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I have given today to Question UIN 66289.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/03/2017 16:16:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

708645

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	Coal: Colombia
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 discussions he has had with his counterpart in the US on elimination of child labour in the Colombian coal mining industry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not engaged with the US government on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/03/2017 17:47:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

708647

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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Policy
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 his Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	66658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>BEIS is at the heart of the Government’s ambition to create a stronger, fairer Britain – and a country that is more outward-looking than ever before.</p><p>BEIS has a critical role driving forward the changes that will build an economy that works for everyone. To deliver this ambitious agenda, our focus in 2017 will be: delivering a modern industrial strategy to enable all parts of the country to succeed– supporting and shaping a highly-skilled, competitive economy that benefits people throughout the UK. We will also be playing our role in a smooth and orderly exit from the European Union that works for the UK and for the EU, striving to be ambitious in the negotiations, securing the best possible access for businesses to trade with and operate in the European market.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/03/2017 16:38:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

708652

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	Higher Education
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 it is his policy to seek for the UK to remain a member of the Bologna Process after the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and whether he plans that UK university degrees will be considered compatible with degrees in EU member states under the Bologna Process following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	66647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Bologna Process, which created the European Higher Education Area in 2010, is an intergovernmental agreement among 28 countries in the European region. It is not an EU body and therefore UK membership will not be affected by the UK’s departure from the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 08/03/2017 12:55:47 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

707623

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	BBC Monitoring
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what agreement the Government has made with the BBC on (a) who will receive the proceeds of the sale of Caversham Park, Reading and (b) permitted uses of those proceeds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	66480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>No agreement has been made. Who will receive the proceeds of a sale, and the use of those proceeds is dependent on ownership, which the Government is in the process of clarifying.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 08/03/2017 16:24:28 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

707628

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual change in on-trade beer prices in each year since 2007 for the purposes of assessing beer duty.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	66486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The British Beer and Pub Association have published estimates of the annual change in beer prices in “The story of beer duty: 2008 to 2016”. This can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/bbpa-prod/attachments/documents/uploads/24356/original/BBPA%20Duty%20Impact%20Report%202016.pdf?1477316467" target="_blank">http://s3.amazonaws.com/bbpa-prod/attachments/documents/uploads/24356/original/BBPA%20Duty%20Impact%20Report%202016.pdf?1477316467</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/03/2017 10:49:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

707629

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Beer: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on jobs and investment in the beer industry of a reduction in beer duty.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	66487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, including alcohol duties, and is always willing to consider any evidence in relation to alcohol taxation policy. Any changes to beer duty need to take account of a wide range of factors, including the Exchequer impact, the impact on businesses and consumers, and on public health.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 08/03/2017 10:53:54 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

707630

registered interest
date	03/03/2017
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	Social Services: Taxation
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 give direction to HM Revenue and Customs not to pursue care providers for back-dated tax which predates the guidance issued on the national minimum wage and sleep-in payments.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	66459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>I currently have no plans to issue a direction requiring HM Revenue and Customs not to pursue social care providers for arrears of pay or penalties relating to periods that pre-date amended Government guidance.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/03/2017 17:08:39 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias