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1110828

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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	Waste: Energy
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 investment his Department has made in university and other institutions researching into energy from waste with heat recovery.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	242707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funds high quality research and innovation as part of the Government’s wider ambition to increase the UK’s total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. UKRI works in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities, and government to create the best possible environment for research and innovation to flourish.</p><p> </p><p>Current examples that relate to generating energy from waste include £1.7m from Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council through the Global Challenges Research Fund for <a href="https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FS011439%2F1" target="_blank">a project led by the University of Leeds</a> to facilitate the production of biogas, clean water, and the recovery of nutrients, from nutrient rich waste.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/04/2019 15:43:22 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1015337

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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	Coal Fired Power Stations: Environment Protection
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 his Chinese counterpart on the environmental consequences of that Government establishing coal-fired power stations throughout the world.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	907902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy recently met his Chinese Counterpart at the UK-China Energy Dialogue in December 2017, where they discussed a wide range of issues around transitioning to a low carbon economy, including China’s efforts to reduce the amount of coal in its energy mix. Last year the UK and Canada established the Powering Past Coal Alliance - which now counts over 70 members - to encourage countries, businesses and other organisations around the world to advance the transition from unabated coal power generation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/12/2018 10:42:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1010191

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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	Lidl: Land
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 number of jobs that have been lost as a result of commercial evictions arising from land acquisition by Lidl.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	192723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available from official sources. Land acquisition deals are a commercial matter for the parties concerned, and the use/reuse of purchased land is for the relevant local authority.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/11/2018 15:04:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1006924

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
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 takes to prevent the sale of faulty and substandard carbon monoxide alarms that do not meet the EN 50291-1 safety standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	191292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Carbon monoxide alarms are regulated under the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 which require that products must be safe before they can be placed on the market.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authority Trading Standards have powers to take action to remove or recall products which do not comply with the regulations and the Office for Product Safety and Standards will work with them to monitor the safety of these products.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 traders must ensure that goods are as described and of a satisfactory quality and be fit for a particular purpose if that purpose was made known to the consumer.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/11/2018 15:36:22 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1006929

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	Natural Gas: Carbon Monoxide
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 targets are planned as part of the RIIO-2 process to ensure gas distribution networks (a) raise awareness of and (b) take steps to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	191293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for Ofgem. I have asked Ofgem to write directly to the Honourable Member and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/11/2018 17:22:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

850744

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	Business: Ethics
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 the Government is taking encourage businesses to adopt (a) ethical business practices and (b) policies that protect workers from being abused and exploited in (i) the organisations and (ii) the global supply chains of such businesses.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	129981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government expects businesses to behave ethically as part of their social and environmental responsibility, and we encourage responsible business practices across policies and legislation. The welfare of workers is addressed in employment provisions such as the National Minimum and Living Wages, health and safety in the workplace, and regulation of employment agencies; whilst the Government’s Good Work Plan responded to the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices to focus on improving the quality of jobs. The Government’s national action on business and human rights responds to the UN’s Guiding Principles, and it includes steps to address human rights implications of UK business activities both at home and overseas. As a result of the world-leading provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015, thousands of businesses have published transparency statements detailing how they are tackling modern slavery in their business and supply chains. The Government has also launched the ‘Business Against Slavery Forum’ which aims to establish a new partnership between Government and business to accelerate progress in tackling modern slavery and help smaller businesses to take action.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 07/03/2018 15:33:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

834217

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
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 it his Department's policy to ensure that people installing smart meters are equipped with carbon monoxide monitors.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>There is no specific legal requirement for persons entering and working in domestic properties to wear personal carbon monoxide (CO) alarms. It is for employers of meter installers to assess the level of risk to which these installers are exposed to as a result of their meter exchange activities.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/02/2018 14:18:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

834219

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
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 it his Department's policy to ensure that checks are made for carbon monoxide gas from gas appliances when smart meters are installed.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	125853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>While no specific test for carbon monoxide is undertaken once a gas smart meter has been installed and a gas appliance re-commissioned, energy suppliers are required to comply with a number of existing regulations and other requirements when fitting gas smart meters. These include the Gas Safety (Installations and Use) Regulations (1998) and the Meter Asset Managers’ Code of Practice (MAMCOP) which set out the roles, responsibilities and expectations of meter installers when safety issues are identified during meter installation visits.</p><p>Energy suppliers must also comply with the Smart Meter Installation Code of Practice. This states that the installer should inform the customer about the dangers of carbon monoxide and the need to regularly have all gas appliances serviced and checked by a Gas Safe Registered engineer. Energy suppliers are also required as part of their licence conditions to take all reasonable steps to provide, free of charge, information about the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning and the benefits of fitting an audible carbon monoxide alarm complying with a relevant British or European safety standard to their domestic customers at least once a year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/02/2018 14:39:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765844

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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: Rented 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords do not avoid compliance with the minimum energy standards for rented homes.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p><em>The Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and wales) Regulations 2015</em> require that, subject to certain exemptions, domestic and non-domestic private rented sector landlords improve their properties to a minimum energy efficiency rating of E from April 2018.</p><p>The Department has recently published guidance to assist landlords of domestic property in complying with their obligations under the regulations, and has commenced discussions with Local Authorities to support them in fulfilling their enforcement duties. The Department has also launched a landlord exemptions register, a requirement of the Regulations, which will be used by enforcement authorities to help target their enforcement activities.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2017 11:28:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

765852

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Adoption: Self-employed
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of extending statutory adoption leave to the self-employed.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	105717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>In contrast to employees, self-employed adopters do not need a statutory entitlement to adoption leave as they are able to decide themselves how much time off work they take and when.</p><p>Local Authorities may make a payment equivalent to Maternity Allowance in cases where adopters do not qualify for family related statutory pay because they are self-employed. This payment is discretionary and means-tested to ensure that resources are targeted at those adopters who need it most and is part of a package of post-adoption support.</p><p>Since 2010, we have taken significant steps to equalise the state benefits provided to the employed and self-employed, including giving the self-employed access to the full rate of the new State Pension for the first time, (worth up to £1,800/year more).</p><p>We continue to keep all differences in treatment between self-employed and employed people under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 16/10/2017 16:18:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman