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1316236

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
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 he has plans for the Net Zero Strategy to include an assessment of the steps required to decarbonise the UK steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	4062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Decarbonising UK industry is a core part of the Government’s ambitious plan for the green industrial revolution. The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy published on 17 March, commits to work with the Steel Council to consider the implications of the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>Hydrogen, electrification, and carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) are the main technological options being examined as part of this process. The industry decarbonisation pathways technical annex of the strategy (pg. 153-155) presents two possible options for the decarbonisation of the iron and steel industry: Our wide-ranging support also includes: providing over £500m in recent years to help with the costs of energy; a £315m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, which aims to support businesses with high energy use to cut their bills and reduce carbon emission; and our £250m Clean Steel Fund that will support the decarbonisation of the steel sector.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi grouped question UIN 4063 question first answered 24/05/2021 12:58:40 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1316245

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Music: Copyright
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 plans he has to update copyright law in the music industry.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	3862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no specific plans to update copyright law in the music industry.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is aware of the current debate around music streaming revenues and is following it closely. Any change in the law would need to be justified by robust evidence, so we welcome the DCMS Select Committee’s inquiry into this issue and look forward to its analysis and recommendations. Alongside this, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is working closely with industry on a research project to investigate the flow of money to music creators. This project is due to report in summer 2021 and will help improve our understanding of this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/05/2021 10:01:30 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1316246

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect of clause 182D of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 on artists' incomes.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	3863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made no recent assessment of the effect of section 182D of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 on artists' incomes.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is aware of the current debate around revenues for musicians and is following it closely. Robust evidence in this area is vital, so we welcome the DCMS Select Committee’s inquiry into the economics of music streaming and look forward to its analysis and recommendations. Alongside this, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is working closely with industry on a research project to investigate the flow of money to music creators. This project is due to report in summer 2021 and will help improve our understanding of this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/05/2021 10:00:30 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

1315643

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Medicine: Research
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 support charity funded medical research programmes that have been affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	3008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognise that this is a particularly difficult time for medical research charities, given the impact of COVID-19 on their fundraising activities. We appreciate the globally recognised expertise of these charities, and the substantial contributions they make to our world-leading life sciences sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government already provides significant funding to charities’ research, for example through Research England’s Quality Related (QR) charity support funding. This year charity QR will amount to £204 million, to support charity funded research in universities in England and equivalent support is provided in Scotland through devolved funding arrangements.</p><p /><p>The Government has demonstrated its ambitions for research by committing £14.9 billion to R&amp;D in 2021/22. This funding will support the life sciences sector within which medical research charities operate alongside other research areas.</p><p /><p>BEIS and DHSC regularly discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on charity-funded research with the Association of Medical Research Charities in order to review how we might provide support for medical research charities this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/05/2021 09:58:32 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1315912

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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: Civil Service Agencies
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 proportion of the membership of boards of each of his Department's agencies are (a) women, (b) minority ethnic and (c) disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	3000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>BEIS sponsors 43 public bodies, including Arm’s Length Bodies (Executive Agencies, Non-Departmental Bodies and Non-Ministerial Departments), statutory officeholders and Public Corporations.</p><p> </p><p>Any Public Appointments to the Boards of these organisations are made by BEIS and are regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. The diversity statistics for these appointments are reported on a regular basis via the Cabinet Office Public Appointment Data Report. In the most recent report, the proportion of BEIS Public Appointees who identified as female, minority ethnic or having a disability were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ethnic Minority</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Declared a disability</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>You can see the report in more detail here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-appointments-data-report-201819" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-appointments-data-report-201819</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office will be publishing the 2019-2020 report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/05/2021 09:57:08 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1315913

registered interest
date	18/05/2021
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
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 plans he has to support the UK Steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	3001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has reformed and co-chairs the UK Steel Council, an important a forum to work together on transitioning to a competitive, sustainable and low carbon future. My noble Friend the Minister for Investment, Lord Grimstone, has also formed and co-chairs the Steel Procurement Taskforce to help the sector be well placed in competing for and securing public contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Our wide-ranging support also includes: providing over £500m in recent years to help with the costs of energy; a £315m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, which aims to support businesses with high energy use to cut their bills and reduce carbon emission; and our £250m Clean Steel Fund that will support the decarbonisation of the steel sector. The sector has also had access to our unprecedented package of COVID support, which is still available to the sector to protect jobs and ensure that producers have the right support during this challenging time.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 24/05/2021 12:56:06 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1315042

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Universities: China
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 Government has undertaken an assessment of the potential links between (a) universities based in the UK and research institutes in China and (b) the People’s Liberation Army.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	2310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s research sector is independent, but Her Majesty’s Government is supporting the sector to make informed decisions on international research collaboration. The government has published “Trusted Research” and supported the Universities representative body, Universities UK, to develop its own security guidelines which were published in October 2020. We continue to work closely with universities to promote advice and best practice, and to respond to specific inquiries.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/05/2021 12:18:17 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1315053

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Space Debris
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 recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of a Kessler Syndrome type of occurrence in space on the UK's (a) national security, (b) domestic and international defence operations, (c) economy, (d) communications capability, (e) scientific research capability, (f) weather forecasting, (g) aviation and shipping sectors, (h) GPS needs; and what assessment the Government has made of the level of risk of an event of that kind occurring.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	2402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The UK Space Agency, as an executive Agency of BEIS, is the lead department assessing and mitigating space-based risks to Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), covering the aspects including those highlighted in (a) to (h). There are heavy dependencies between the CNI sectors such as defence operations, communications, aviation and shipping, which we are engaged in identifying as well as working to ensure the impact of disruptions to space services is understood and mitigated. A Kessler Syndrome incident is a theoretical risk which has the potential to significantly impact operational services, up to and including a total loss. This has never been experienced, but we are working to understand the likelihood, assess the impacts and mitigate the risk.</p><p>The Government is committed to regularly reviewing and assessing risks to ensure that they are accurately prioritised in our resilience framework. Our Space Surveillance and Tracking function is dedicated to reducing the risk from orbital hazards. We supplement US data with UK sensors and analysis to monitor orbital collisions and other events, working in conjunction with MOD Space Operations Centre. We also support several programmes and initiatives looking at options for safely removing orbital debris.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/05/2021 10:18:38 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1315078

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Nuclear Power: Finance
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 progress he has made on the funding models for nuclear energy announced in the Energy White Paper; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of those models on Ynys Môn.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	2492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>As we stated in our response to the consultation on a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) for nuclear published on 14<sup>th</sup> December 2020, the Government is continuing to explore a RAB model. We will also continue to consider the potential role of Government finance during construction, provided there is clear value for money for consumers and taxpayers and subject to relevant approvals.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that a RAB remains a credible model for large-scale nuclear projects, including future projects proposed for Wales, as it has the potential to help reduce the cost of raising private finance and thereby reduce consumer bills in the long run.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/05/2021 16:22:02 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1315084

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Advanced Research and Invention Agency: Procurement
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 progress he has made on updating procurement strategies for the Advanced Research and Invention Agency prior to projects beginning.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	2390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is expected to commission and support others to conduct research in pursuit of its highly ambitious goals, bringing together parties from public and private spheres. This may involve procuring R&amp;D services and equipment to support research goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill exempts ARIA from the Public Contracts Regulations, to enable ARIA to procure services, equipment and works relating to its research goals at speed, in a similar way to the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the statutory requirement for ARIA’s statement of accounts and annual report to be provided to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State, and laid before Parliament, ARIA will report publicly on its procurement activities.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/05/2021 10:16:26 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore