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registered interest
date	02/11/2018
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	Chemicals: 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, what estimate he has made of any potential increase in red tape from the proposed associate status of the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & restriction of Chemicals programme after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	187324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The detail of the UK’s association to the EU Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation &amp; restriction of Chemicals programme after the UK leaves the EU is part of ongoing negotiations. The UK and the EU have a mutual interest in maintaining our integrated chemical supply chains as the chemicals industry is an economically significant sector in both regions, and it underpins key downstream sectors including automotive, aerospace, construction and pharmaceuticals. In the White Paper on our future relationship with the European Union published in July, the UK has proposed that chemicals are part of a UK-EU free trade area on goods, with continued UK participation in the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) underpinning this arrangement. This proposal is part of ongoing negotiation.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2018 14:57:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

989523

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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, if he will publish the criteria his Department used to determine the £9 billion Business Impact Target.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	180701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced on 20 June 2018 that the Business Impact Target for this Parliament would be set at £9 billion of savings to business, as outlined in the 2017 Conservative Party manifesto. In setting the target, my rt hon Friend the Secretary of State had regard to the criteria specified in section 21(6) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 25/10/2018 13:53:27 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

969049

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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	Pay
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 take steps to replace the living wage and national minimum wage with one minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	171373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Through the National Minimum Wage (NMW) and the National Living Wage (NMW) the Government protects the lowest paid within our society.</p><p>The Government sets differentiated and age-related minimum wage rates to protect younger workers who are more vulnerable to being unemployed than older workers.</p><p>These are set based on the independent and expert advice of the Low Pay Commission.</p><p>Since the NLW was introduced in April 2016, a full-time worker on the NLW will earn over £2,000 more than someone working the same hours on the 2015 NMW. In April this year, those aged 18-20 and 21-24 experienced the greatest rise in the NMW in a decade.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/09/2018 15:27:06 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

944672

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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	Trade Agreements
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 standards equal to or higher than those in the EU directive banning animal-tested cosmetics will remain in place as part of any preferential trade agreement that the UK agrees.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	166149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>Testing finished cosmetic products and cosmetic ingredients on animals is prohibited under EU Cosmetics Products Regulation. In the White Paper published on 12th July, the Government set out its ambition for a future economic partnership with the EU, which includes a proposal for a UK-EU free trade area underpinned by a common rulebook for goods. This would cover those rules necessary to provide for frictionless trade at the border and would be supported by arrangements covering all relevant compliance activity necessary for products to be sold in the UK and EU markets, while allowing the UK to negotiate new international trade agreements consistent with the proposals in the White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/07/2018 12:00:30 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

926950

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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: Departmental Responsibilities
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 priority has been accorded to the policy areas of (a) energy security, (b) action on climate change and (c) renewable energy since his Department took on responsibilities from the Department for Energy and Climate Change; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	155263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Ensuring that the UK has secure, reliable and low carbon supplies of energy are key priorities for the Government. We are investing in new power generation technologies that are diversifying our electricity generation and reducing carbon emissions while ensuring security of supply.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, supported by our investment of more than £52bn, renewable capacity has quadrupled, while the UK has had the highest rate of decarbonisation of any G20 country in 2016[i]. The Capacity Market has ensured that security of supply can go hand in hand with decarbonisation, having already secured the bulk of our electricity needs through to 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>[i] PwC’s Low Carbon Economy Index</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/06/2018 15:47:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850639

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Carillion: Insolvency
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 an assessment of the effect of the collapse of Carillon on construction projects in the Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	129893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has established the Carillion Taskforce, to advise on the impact on small businesses and employees affected by Carillion insolvency. The Taskforce’s attendees included representatives from leading business bodies, the construction trade sector, unions, banks and government. This has already led to useful collaborations, in particular in relation to ensuring firms and employees have access to support from Government and the banks.</p><p> </p><p>The nature of Carillion’s business was to sub-contract significant proportions of its work and a significant number of those sub-contractors have sub-contracted further elements. The complexity of the contracting structure is such that it is not possible for the Official Receiver at this stage in the liquidation process to have a complete picture of companies and therefore projects affected across the UK. He is continuing to work through Carillion’s systems to identify all contracts. To date, we are not currently aware of any Carillion related redundancies in Hendon.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/03/2018 10:56:39 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850975

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Small Businesses: Billing
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 estimate his Department has made of the level of debt accrued by SMEs as a result of late payments.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	130177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 130178 130179 question first answered 07/03/2018 13:54:14 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850976

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Small Businesses: Billing
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 his Department has made of the number of businesses that have been wound up as a result of late payments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	130178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 130177 130179 question first answered 07/03/2018 13:54:14 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

850977

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Small Businesses: Billing
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 estimate the his Department has made of the number of SMEs that have been forced to take legal action to recover late payments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	130179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 130177 130178 question first answered 07/03/2018 13:54:14 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757516

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Directors: Females
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 has been made on increasing the representation of women on company boards.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Since 2011, the number of women on FTSE 350 boards has more than doubled from 289 (9.5% of positions) to 744 (24.4%). There are now only 7 all-male boards, down from 152 in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>We are going further and are supporting the work of the business-led Hampton-Alexander Review and its target of 33% women on FTSE 350 boards by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 12:48:58 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord