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date	24/03/2020
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	Conditions of Employment: Kidney Donors
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 employment protections are in place for kidney organ donors.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	34349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully supportive of all types of donation whether by living donors or not.</p><p> </p><p>Most employees are entitled to employment protection such as statutory sick leave, protection from unfair dismissal and protection from unlawful discrimination. We would generally expect employers to be sympathetic when, for example considering requests for extra leave, which may be needed in these circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England will also reimburse living donor patients in order to ensure that the financial impact on the donor is cost neutral. Through this scheme, living donors can receive a refund for loss of earnings and some other costs such as travel.</p><p> </p><p>The policy on reimbursement was revised in 2018 in collaboration with NHS Blood and Transplant and is published on the NHS England website - <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.england.nhs.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F08%2Fcomm-pol-reimbursement-expenses-living-donors-v2.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGurpreet.Chana%40beis.gov.uk%7Cd9be41b1041f4f81663708d7e12c2d84%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637225452161868312&amp;sdata=9On0VogBqKQvJE7iy%2FCrCYMIyMiRQ1Ucn4GCnPHaseE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/comm-pol-reimbursement-expenses-living-donors-v2.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2020 08:51:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1187168

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Newsagents: Prices
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 regulate pricing of stock in small newsagents to prevent fluctuations on essential items during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	33564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government condemns exploitative pricing practices in the light of the Covid-19 outbreak. The Competition and Markets Authority has created a Covid-19 taskforce to address concerns that some businesses are exploiting consumers through their pricing practices. The taskforce has already been in contact with traders about excessive hand sanitiser prices. Enforcement authorities will take action against companies that have broken competition or consumer protection law, and the Government continues to monitor these practices closely.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/04/2020 08:49:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck