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988783

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Natural Gas: Northern Ireland
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 on rural households in Northern Ireland of recent trends in the level of gas prices.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	180192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Energy policy is devolved to Northern Ireland, so the Government is not in a position to comment on the prices that a particular set of consumers in Northern Ireland are paying.</p><p>I am aware, however, that the regulation of the supply of gas to domestic consumers in Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Utility Regulator who, among other responsibilities, set a maximum price that can be charged to a defined set of consumers by the dominant gas suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2018 16:52:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984352

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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	Public Sector: Electrical Engineering
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 he is taking to ensure that public sector projects are resourced with adequately qualified electrical workers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	177309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department endorses the industry developed and managed Construction Skills Certification Scheme and the Electrotechnical Certification Scheme. These industry-wide schemes aim to ensure all construction clients and consumers can have confidence that those undertaking electrical work have the relevant training and qualifications to perform the work required.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2018 15:43:13 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

933811

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Petrol: 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 reduce the cost of petrol for consumers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	159600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department monitors the prices of crude oil and retail road fuels and publishes weekly reports at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics</a>.</p><p>The Department’s analysis indicates that changes in the price of crude oil are the main driver of changes in the national average retail prices of petrol and diesel.</p><p>The Government believes that it is essential that consumers get a fair deal and that a competitive market is the best way to keep prices low. The Office of Fair Trading last looked at this in 2013, and I expect its successor, the Competition and Markets Authority, to keep this under review.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2018 12:45:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

895250

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	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, what steps he is taking to meet new international climate change targets of net zero emissions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>We will seek the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term targets, after the release of the IPCC Special Report later this year. We will consider the CCC’s advice carefully when it is received.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/05/2018 16:35:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

833947

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing reforms to the UK's corporate insolvency framework to remove potential barriers to the resolution of cross-border insolvencies after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	125705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 currently before Parliament will give Government the powers it needs to correct inoperabilities in the law following withdrawal, and preparations for a range of outcomes are under way.</p><p> </p><p>The exact future relationship between the EU and UK on civil judicial cooperation, including the recognition of insolvency and restructuring procedures and judgments, is subject to negotiations with our EU partners. The Government has made clear that an effective framework of civil judicial cooperation is an important part of the deep and special partnership we want to establish with the EU. It is in the interests of the UK and the EU that there continues to be an effective framework for resolving cross-border legal disputes after we leave.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 13:37:38 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

833010

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	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, whether his Department plans to reform the corporate insolvency framework.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	125326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>In May 2016 the Government published its Review of the Corporate Insolvency Framework consultation. The consultation contained a package of proposals to improve the rescue opportunities for financially-distressed companies in Great Britain. A summary of responses to the consultation was published in September 2016. Since this time Government has continued to engage with a wide range of interested parties to consider the issues raised in response to the consultation and to further develop the proposals. This further work will ensure that any reforms, if necessary, will achieve the Government’s aims of ensuring that businesses have the appropriate options for rescue when facing financial difficulties. A response to the consultation will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this consultation, similar proposals were subsequently published in a draft EU Directive in November 2016. The Government is currently involved in negotiations on the draft text and any future implementation of the Directive, if adopted, will be determined by the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 125327 question first answered 05/02/2018 10:45:54 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

833011

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the need to introduce reforms to the UK’s corporate insolvency framework after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	125327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>In May 2016 the Government published its Review of the Corporate Insolvency Framework consultation. The consultation contained a package of proposals to improve the rescue opportunities for financially-distressed companies in Great Britain. A summary of responses to the consultation was published in September 2016. Since this time Government has continued to engage with a wide range of interested parties to consider the issues raised in response to the consultation and to further develop the proposals. This further work will ensure that any reforms, if necessary, will achieve the Government’s aims of ensuring that businesses have the appropriate options for rescue when facing financial difficulties. A response to the consultation will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this consultation, similar proposals were subsequently published in a draft EU Directive in November 2016. The Government is currently involved in negotiations on the draft text and any future implementation of the Directive, if adopted, will be determined by the terms of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 125326 question first answered 05/02/2018 10:45:54 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

822816

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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	Queen's University Belfast
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 discussions he has had with Queen's University on funding for that institution for medical research.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	122499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>There have not been any recent Ministerial discussions with Queen’s University Belfast regarding funding for medical research.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provides funding for medical research through the Medical Research Council (MRC). The table below sets out funding to Queen’s University Belfast over financial years 2012/13 to 2016/17:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12/13</p></td><td><p>13/14</p></td><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>16/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MRC</p></td><td><p>2,230,000</p></td><td><p>2,513,000</p></td><td><p>2,715,000</p></td><td><p>3,554,000</p></td><td><p>3,782,264</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 22/01/2018 11:32:36 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

819811

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Employment: Disadvantaged
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 she is taking to ensure that people who live in socially deprived areas are aware of their employment rights.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	121883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) provides free and impartial information and advice to employers and employees on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law. Where Acas identifies a potential complaint in relation to National Minimum Wage (NMW), agency workers, working time, gangmasters and agricultural wages rights, it will forward calls to the relevant enforcement body.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government does work to support and promote use of this service, and increase workers’ awareness of their rights. For example, the Government is developing a targeted communications campaign to ensure workers are aware of their rights to the NMW. This will follow the £1.75 million campaign we ran over Spring 2017 to achieve the same ends.</p><p> </p><p>To increase accessibility, the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate have also worked with the Romanian and Bulgarian Embassies to produce a leaflet in these respective languages, detailing what the minimum standards workers should expect from employment businesses and agencies are. The same leaflet is also available in English and provides contact numbers for agency workers to raise concerns or complaints. HMRC also carry out risk based enforcement using risk modelling and intelligence that they receive to enforce the NMW on behalf of workers who may not be aware of their rights, and are therefore less likely to complain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 17/01/2018 13:21:25 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

809551

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Nuclear Power: Iran
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 his Department has had discussions with the Iranian Government on its nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	120209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>BEIS officials have attended international meetings in Vienna and Brussels including officials from Iran, alongside other signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or in support of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to discuss the implementation of civil nuclear aspects of the JCPOA by the parties to the Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/12/2017 10:35:40 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon