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1036919

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Electronic Commerce: Unfair Practices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to tackle unfair market practices by e-commerce companies that run online marketplaces; and whether they will ban such companies from selling products in which they have an equity interest.
tabling member printed	Lord Lucas
uin	HL12561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Consumer protection legislation prohibits traders from engaging in unfair commercial practices. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) prohibit traders from engaging in unfair commercial practices such as misleading actions.</p><p> </p><p>There is also legislation in place that protects consumers when buying tickets from secondary ticketing facilities which have an equity interest in the tickets being sold. For example, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires that, where the ticket seller is the operator of a secondary ticketing facility or a person who is employed or engaged by them, they must make this matter known to a prospective buyer.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, the European Commission published a draft Directive to modernise and improve the enforcement of EU consumer law. This included a proposal to require online marketplaces to provide more information to help consumers understand their rights when shopping through an online marketplace. The proposal is still being negotiated.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 16/01/2019 17:01:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1879 label Biography information for Lord Lucas

1036963

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Cars: Manufacturing Industries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help boost growth in the UK car industry.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL12605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The automotive sector is one of the great industrial success stories of our country with one of the highest productivity levels in Europe amongst the major automotive producing nations. The automotive Sector Deal announced last year will ensure that the UK continues to be one of the most competitive locations in the world for automotive manufacturing.</p><p> </p><p>This includes a commitment of £246m to develop and scale-up world leading battery technology for electrified vehicles and a commitment of £1bn over 10 years to the Advanced Propulsion Centre to research and develop the next generation of low carbon technology to keep the sector at the cutting edge of innovation. Since it was announced in July 2013, APC has awarded 44 collaborative R&amp;D projects worth £770 million backed with £368 million from Government. We are also committed to investing over £250 million in public funding up to 2021/22, matched by industry, into R&amp;D and testing infrastructure to accelerate the development of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies and anchor them in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 17/01/2019 13:05:32 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1037009

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
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 reconsider his Department's decision to end the export tariff for new solar installations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	205974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>On 8 January, Government published a consultation on the future for small-scale low-carbon generation. This can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/01/2019 15:54:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1037010

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
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 reconsider his Department's decision to end the small-scale feed-in tariff.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	205975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>On 8 January, Government published a consultation on the future for small-scale low-carbon generation. This can be viewed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/01/2019 15:54:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1037034

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Helium: Research
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 take steps to support geological research into new sources of helium in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	206039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which is now part of UKRI, continues to welcome high quality applications for support into any aspect of geological research and these are judged in open competition with other demands on funding, with awards being made according to their scientific quality and importance.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/01/2019 15:54:32 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1037077

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Iron and Steel : Manufacturing Industries
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 he has made of the disparity in industrial electricity prices for steel producers in the UK and those in France and Germany.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	205863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>A 2017 report prepared for the Committee on Climate Change on the competitiveness of UK energy intensive industries (EIIs) estimated that average industrial electricity prices faced by steel producers in the UK were around double those in France and Germany in 2016[1]. Since 2016 the UK has introduced an exemption for eligible EIIs from the costs of the Contracts for Difference scheme, helping to reduce the differential.</p><p>The Government recognises that industrial electricity prices are currently higher than those in some competitor economies and is committed to minimising energy costs for businesses to ensure our economy remains strong and competitive. The ability of our industries to be able to compete across Europe and globally is a priority for this Government.</p><p>The Budget on 29 October 2018 announced that £315 million is being provided for an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to support industrial energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects to bring energy costs down for vital industries, including the steel sector.</p><p>We also continue to reduce the cumulative impact of energy and climate change policies on industrial electricity prices for key energy intensive industries. This includes a package of relief for these industries worth over £850 million since 2013, of which more than £270 million has been provided to the steel sector.</p><p>[1]Figure 2.8, Competitiveness impacts on energy-intensive industries Cambridge Econometrics March 2017: <a href="https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Competitiveness-impacts-on-energy-intensive-industries-Cambridge-Econometrics-March-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Competitiveness-impacts-on-energy-intensive-industries-Cambridge-Econometrics-March-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/01/2019 16:58:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1037078

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Energy: 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, whether his Department monitors the (a) difference in and (b) reasons for the difference in industrial energy prices between the UK and its competitors to enable informed policy making.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	205864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>BEIS publishes statistics on international energy price comparisons[1]. These show that for the UK, industrial gas prices are among the lowest in the EU-15 but industrial electricity prices have risen to be the most expensive for large and extra-large users of electricity.</p><p>The Government is committed to minimising energy costs for businesses to ensure our economy remains strong and competitive. Higher industrial electricity prices in the UK partly reflect how the costs of the electricity system are distributed across household and industrial customers. For example, while very large German industrial users pay electricity prices that are lower than those in the UK, German households faced electricity prices that were 68 per cent higher than UK households in 2017.</p><p>In his recent energy speech, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out the importance of a fair distribution of costs and the principles that are intended to deliver policies that will lower the costs of the electricity system permanently. Further details will be set out in a White Paper this year.</p><p>The Budget on 29 October 2018 announced that £315 million is being provided for an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to support industrial energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects to bring energy costs down for vital industries, including the steel sector.</p><p>The Government also continues to reduce the cumulative impact of energy and climate change policies on industrial electricity prices for key energy intensive industries. This includes a package of relief for these industries worth over £850 million since 2013, reducing the indirect cost of energy and climate change policies on their energy bills by up to 80 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/international-industrial-energy-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/international-industrial-energy-prices</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/01/2019 16:58:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1037079

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Energy Intensive Industries: Belgium
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 he has made of the Belgian Government’s policy to publish an annual review of the effect of energy costs on energy-intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	205865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2019 answer text <p>I have made no assessment of the Belgian Government’s policy, but I am always interested to look at research from a wide range of sources including that commissioned by other Governments in the EU and across the world.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/01/2019 08:30:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1037080

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Renewable Energy: Finance
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 the cost of supporting renewable generation over the next five years; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of renewable levy exemptions available to UK steel producers.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	205866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility published estimates of the costs of renewable generation at time of the Budget. Please see table 2.7 of the Supporting document entitled ‘<a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fobr.uk%2Fefo%2Feconomic-fiscal-outlook-october-2018%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C6cf9e21adf4044e6d8d908d676390573%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636826384603279206&amp;sdata=BxkOgTna6XrjbjhQZ9VqwC9%2FBOTffTW1jWPp4RB04sQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">October 2018 Economic and fiscal outlook – supplementary fiscal tables: receipts and other</a>’.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible energy intensive businesses in the UK receive relief from up to 85% of the indirect costs of support for renewable electricity deployment through the Contracts for Difference, Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in Tariff schemes. State aid rules set out that any additional relief above 85% must be limited to an amount that is determined by the business’s Gross Value Added (GVA). A decision to provide additional relief would therefore lead to companies producing the same product receiving different percentage levels of relief depending on their GVA. The Coalition Government consulted on providing additional relief from the indirect costs of renewable electricity as allowed under the state aid rules, but concluded that to do so could distort competition in the UK market. The Government keeps this assessment under review.</p><p> </p><p>Relief from renewable electricity costs is part of a wider package of measures to reduce the cumulative impact of energy and climate change policies on industrial electricity prices for key energy intensive industries. This includes a package of compensation for these industries worth over £850 million since 2013, of which more than £270 million has been provided to the steel sector.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/01/2019 14:58:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1037082

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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	Energy Intensive Industries
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 exempting electro-intensive industries from capacity market costs.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	205867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Our assessment is that exempting electricity intensive industries from Capacity Market costs is not compatible with State aid guidelines. This remains our view as we work to restore State aid approval for the Capacity Market as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market is the most cost effective way of ensuring we have the electricity we need now and in the future. This ensures all energy consumers – including energy intensive industries – benefit from a secure and affordable supply of electricity.</p><p> </p><p>Some Energy Intensive Industries can also receive payments through the Capacity Markets by participating as turn-down Demand Side Response, where they are compensated for reducing their consumption during times of stress.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/01/2019 14:58:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden