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717786

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date	04/04/2017
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	Unified Patent Court
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of Brexit, whether the UK will continue to participate in the Unified Patent Court; and whether the central division dealing with pharmaceuticals and life sciences will continue to be based in London, in accordance with the announcement by Baroness Neville-Rolfe at the October 2015 EU Competitiveness Council.
tabling member printed	Lord Cromwell
uin	HL6595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government confirmed in November 2016 that the UK will proceed with preparations to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement. Those preparations are progressing. No decision has been taken on our future involvement in the court once we have left the EU. That will be part of the negotiations which have not yet begun. It would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance but the Government’s efforts will be focussed on seeking the best deal possible in the negotiations with our European partners.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 14:19:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2594 label Biography information for Lord Cromwell

717787

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	EU Intellectual Property Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the UK will continue to participate in the EU Intellectual Property Office following Brexit; and if so, what will be the mechanism by which this will be achieved.
tabling member printed	Lord Cromwell
uin	HL6596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The UK's future relationship with the European Union Intellectual Property Office is a matter for negotiations with the EU. It would be inappropriate to set out unilateral positions in advance.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the Intellectual Property Office, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for Exiting the European Union are considering the options available to us with the aim of achieving the best outcome for UK right holders and the UK as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile, UK businesses will continue to be able to apply to the European Union Intellectual Property Office for EU Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs covering the member states of the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 14:18:47 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2594 label Biography information for Lord Cromwell

717813

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	Energy: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the risk to consumers from energy scams.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL6622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p> </p><p>The NTS scams team works with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to them rebuild their lives.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 14:19:55 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

717820

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the decision to withdraw from Euratom, what is their timetable for implementation of alternative arrangements for the regulation of civil nuclear power generation and radioactive waste management in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains absolutely committed to the highest standards of safety, safeguards and support for the civil nuclear industry and will continue to comply with international standards once we leave Euratom.</p><p> </p><p>We will work to ensure that there is no interruption in the quality and robustness of our civil nuclear regime and that we achieve a smooth and orderly exit from Euratom. The nuclear industry remains of key strategic importance to the UK and we have been clear that this does not affect our clear aim of seeking and maintaining close and effective arrangements relating to civil nuclear cooperation with Europe and the rest of the world.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 14:18:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

717822

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of Santander’s reported use of employment contracts guaranteeing one hour of work per month, what is their estimate of the number of people who are currently employed on such contracts in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on specific short hour contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes everyone deserves to be treated fairly at work regardless of the type of contract they are on and what their working pattern is, and is absolutely clear that employers must take their employment law responsibilities seriously.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we have asked Matthew Taylor to look at employment practices in the modern economy which is considering the impact of non-standard working arrangements on employment status and employment rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/04/2017 13:13:16 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

717834

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	Energy: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to publish energy and climate policy price impact tables for the years 2015 and 2016, which were last released in the Annual Energy Statement 2014, covering various types of consumer, and in the low, central and high fossil fuel price scenarios.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL6643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>In November 2016 the Government published the Consumer-Funded Policies Report, setting out expenditure and outcomes of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s consumer funded energy policies.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of domestic consumers having regular, reliable data on the costs and impacts of Government energy policies and on energy prices and bills and we will be publishing our latest estimates in the near future.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/04/2017 13:49:54 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

717835

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	Electricity Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the original version of the Frontier Economics paper <i>Whole Power System Impacts.</i>
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL6644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has published the final report, as provided by Frontier Economics. The Government will consider the Freedom of Information requests that have been submitted in relation to publishing draft material prepared by Frontier Economics.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 10:16:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

717836

registered interest
date	04/04/2017
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	Electricity: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to address rising electricity prices, in the light of data released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change showing that prices in the rest of the EU15 countries are not rising.
tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
uin	HL6645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to make sure that the cost of energy is affordable, fair and internationally competitive, both for businesses and households.</p><p>The recent Committee on Climate Change report on the impact of energy policies on consumers’ energy bills found that energy efficiency policies bring down bills and outweigh the cost of other energy and climate change policies for households.</p><p>The Industrial Strategy Green Paper, published in January 2017, announced our intention to commission a review to look at the cost of energy and the opportunities to reduce the cost of achieving our decarbonisation goals in the power and industrial sectors.</p><p>The latest BEIS published international energy price comparison statistics show that medium-sized domestic electricity prices including taxes rose in most other EU15 countries in 2016 compared to 2015. The UK electricity price, however, fell over the same period. Prices are expressed in pounds sterling and the relative price increase across the rest of the EU15 is mainly due to pound/euro exchange rate changes.</p><p>Over the same period, electricity prices for industrial users increased across most EU15 countries but were broadly unchanged in the UK. As with domestic price comparisons, exchange rate movements will have contributed to increases in electricity prices for other EU countries when expressed in pounds sterling.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 14:35:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

717203

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
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	Regional Growth Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the expected £16 billion of private sector investment for the Regional Growth Fund has already been secured; and from which industry sectors that investment has been received.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL6504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>Private sector investment secured by the Regional Growth Fund to date stands at £8.5 billion. Private leverage has been secured from the following sectors:</p><p>Access to finance</p><p>Business support</p><p>Development - Commercial</p><p>Development - Housing</p><p>Manufacturing - Aerospace</p><p>Manufacturing - Automotive</p><p>Manufacturing - Chemical</p><p>Manufacturing - Electronics</p><p>Manufacturing - Food</p><p>Manufacturing - Low carbon/renewables/energy</p><p>Manufacturing - Materials</p><p>Manufacturing - Materials/chemicals/pharma</p><p>Manufacturing - Pharma/ Life Sciences</p><p>Manufacturing - Transport/telecoms/utilities/port</p><p>Manufacturing - Transport/telecoms/utilities/ports/infrastructure</p><p>Manufacturing - Waste</p><p>Services - Consumer services</p><p>Services - Finance &amp; business</p><p>Services - Media/Technology</p><p>Services - Tourism</p><p>Skills</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 13:16:35 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

717204

registered interest
date	03/04/2017
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	Regional Growth Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the expected 550,000 jobs have been (1) safeguarded, and (2) created, to date, as a result of the Regional Growth Fund.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL6505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2017 answer text <p>229,677 monitored jobs have been created and safeguarded to date.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/04/2017 13:16:48 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington