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891427

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Climate Change Convention
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 plans to bring forward legislative proposals to align the UK's domestic climate commitments under the Climate Change Act 2008 with the Paris Agreement during the 2017-2019 Parliamentary Session.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	137888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy made clear that the Government believes the UK will need to legislate for a net zero emissions target at an appropriate point in the future, to provide legal certainty on where the UK is heading.</p><p> </p><p>We will seek the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) advice on the implications of Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term targets, after the release of the IPCC Special Report later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2018 16:35:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

891429

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Climate Change Convention
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 submit a new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) which is separate from the EU's NDC to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as required by the Paris Agreement after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	137890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK is firmly committed to the Paris Agreement and to our emissions reduction and climate finance efforts under it. We have demonstrated our commitment domestically – just last week I announced that we would submit our highly praised Clean Growth Strategy as the UK’s long-term strategy to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). I also announced our intention to seek the advice of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emissions reduction targets after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes its Special Report on 1.5<sup>o</sup>C later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is a party to the UNFCCC individually as well as through the EU and we are bound by all the obligations of the Paris Agreement. This includes the requirement to prepare, communicate and maintain successive nationally determined contributions. A decision on the nature of a future UK NDC once we have left the EU is one of a number of issues we are currently considering carefully. We are looking forward to constructive discussions with the EU to ensure that we reach the best deal for the British people and for tackling climate change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2018 16:35:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

891495

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	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, which areas of Government policy are subject to the one-in-two-out rule for new regulations.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	138105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The One-In-Two-Out policy applied for the duration of the 2010-2015 Parliament. The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, introduced the business impact target to monitor regulatory costs. The Government is currently considering its approach to setting a target for the current Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 30/04/2018 16:17:30 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

890286

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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: West Midlands
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 local businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	137418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized businesses across England can access support through GOV.UK and the Business Support Helpline. Over the last three years, Government has also supported and invested in the creation of 38 Growth Hubs (one in each Local Enterprise</p><p>Partnership area), providing businesses across England with tailored advice and support. To date, Growth Hubs have engaged and supported over 570,000 businesses, delivered 68,000 diagnostic interventions and helped 11,391 individuals to start a business.</p><p> </p><p>Since launch, the six Growth Hubs in the West Midlands have supported over 37,500 businesses; delivered over 2,200 intensive diagnostics; and helped over 1,850 individuals to start a business. Of these, the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Hub has supported over 2,530 businesses; delivered 380 intensive diagnostics and helped 415 individuals to start a business.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the recently launched £250 million Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF), provides finance to help smaller business across the Midlands to start up and grow, helping realise the region’s potential to achieve economic growth through enterprise. As at March 2018, it had made 6 investments into 6 SMEs in the West Midlands with £203k invested.</p><p> </p><p>Aligned to this, the Midlands Engine Strategy sets out our actions to date and the next steps to deliver our vision for the Midlands by tackling local productivity barriers. This includes; £392m for Midland's projects to accelerate local growth, bringing the total Growth Deal Funding for the Midlands to nearly £1.9 billion, a flagship £20 million Midlands Skills Challenge to improve skills across the Midlands, £4 million to support the Midlands Engine Partnership to deepen their excellent work.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, programmes operated by the government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) are supporting £4 billion of finance to over 65,000 smaller businesses (as at end Sept 2017). Since the launch of the British Business Bank in November 2014, its programmes have facilitated over £607m to businesses in the West Midlands. Of this figure, over £75m has supported businesses in Coventry*. Additionally, since 2012, the Start-up Loans programme has made over 4,500 loans totalling over £31m in the West Midlands, this includes 244 loans totalling over £1.5m in Coventry**.</p><p> </p><p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we will continue to back small and medium-sized business to grow and create jobs by providing an environment in which they can thrive.</p><p> </p><p><em>*BBB figures minus SUL are as at end of December 2017</em></p><p><em>** SUL figures at end of December 2017</em></p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:51:02 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

890293

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Heat Pumps: Housing
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 the timetable is for the publication of the analysis of the UK’s off-grid housing stock deemed suitable for using heat pumps as referenced in the Future Framework for Heat in Buildings consultation.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	137460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>We have been carrying out analysis to get a better understanding of the off grid housing stock using current available evidence and data from the English Housing Survey and the devolved equivalents. The analysis aims to understand the proportion of off gas grid homes in which heat pumps could provide sufficient levels of comfort. It will form the basis of further research and analysis later this year, which we intend to publish once complete.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2018 16:34:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

890334

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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: 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, how many of his Department's invitations to tender have received no bidders in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	137436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p>To answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 30/04/2018 16:15:49 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 54703 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

890335

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Insurance: Liability
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 considered the implications for the public liability claims handling process of the non-disclosure by organisations of their public liability insurer.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	137508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>At present, prospective claimants may be able to obtain information about insurance cover held by a prospective defendant under the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 if the defendant is insolvent or in other similar circumstances covered by that Act and under Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules, which permits the court to order the pre-action disclosure of documents in appropriate cases.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not have any plans to change the law in this area.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:51:33 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

890470

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Toys and Games: Safety
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 for the continuation of CE safety and quality marking on British-made toys after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	137382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>A CE marking indicates that a product conforms to the requirements set out in the relevant EU legislation. In some cases the product will also have been tested by a third-party body before the manufacturer labels the product with a CE marking.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s priority is to keep people safe and we are currently considering options regarding CE marking for goods sold in the UK after the UK leaves the EU. As the PM set out in her Mansion House speech, our aim is to ensure that products only need to undergo one series of approvals, in one country, to show that they meet the required regulatory standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with a wide range of businesses to ensure their views are represented as we progress our work on future options regarding CE marking.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 14:14:49 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

890483

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018
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 policy is on the maintenance of the provisions of the Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018 after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	137593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of consumer product safety extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that only safe products, including personal protective equipment, is placed on the UK market now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The safety requirements that personal protective equipment must meet that are based on EU law will be retained through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. This means that, on day 1 after exit, personal protective equipment will only be able to be sold on the UK market if it meets the same safety requirements as it does now.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:51:48 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

890484

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018
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 policy is on the maintenance of the Gas Appliances (Enforcement) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2018 after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	137594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes the issue of consumer product safety extremely seriously and is committed to ensuring that only safe products, including gas appliances, are placed on the UK market now and in the future.</p><p> </p><p>The safety requirements that gas appliances must meet that are based on EU law will be retained through the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. This means that, on day 1 after exit, gas appliances will only be able to be sold on the UK market if they meet the same safety requirements as they do now.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 27/04/2018 13:52:04 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey