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1088604

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Employment: 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 steps he is taking to promote the creation of skilled green jobs.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	909869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>There are around 400,000 people already working in low carbon businesses and their supply chains across the UK. Our recently launched Offshore Wind Sector Deal highlights our commitment to grow this green sector from 7,200 jobs to 27,000 jobs by 2030.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/03/2019 18:01:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1088683

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 of pre-construction agreements between offshore wind farm owners and contractors on employment (a) conditions, (b) practices and (c) levels.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	232557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>Terms and conditions of employment are for negotiation and agreement between employers and employees (or their representatives). Once agreed they form a legally binding contract of employment. While it is always open to either party to seek to renegotiate the terms of the contract, if the employer changes any of the terms without the employee’s agreement, the employee may be entitled to seek legal redress.</p><p> </p><p>Importantly, workers on offshore windfarms are entitled to the same protections as UK workers, including National Minimum Wage for all their work on the installation, construction and maintenance of the windfarms regardless of nationality or where they ordinarily work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/03/2019 12:31:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 108909 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1088747

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Public Houses: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to begin a review of the Pubs Code.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	232543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the format of the statutory review of the Pubs Code which will cover the operation of the Code from when it came into force to 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/03/2019 11:44:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088802

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Trading Standards
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 Trading Standards.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	232583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2018-2019 the Department is providing over £14 million to National Trading Standards and Trading Standards Scotland to coordinate local authority trading standards services work on fair trading. Following the Modernising Consumer Markets Green Paper in 2018, the Government has been considering options to strengthen consumer protection. These will build on the Office for Product Safety and Standard’s work with trading standards to increase their capacity to prevent and remove unsafe goods in UK markets.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 26/03/2019 18:00:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1088805

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Motor Vehicles: 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, with reference to the Government's Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to support the UK automotive industry in the ambition set out in the that strategy to secure the UK’s position as a world leader in shaping the future of mobility.
tabling member constituency	Meriden
tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Spelman
uin	232518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a long-standing programme of support to maintain the competitiveness of the UK automotive sector. Through our Industrial Strategy and landmark Automotive Sector Deal, we are placing the UK at the forefront of new automotive technology development.</p><p>Government and industry have pledged joint commitment of £1 billion over 10 years to 2023 for the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) with three APC competitions running this year. Government has committed £246m to the Faraday Battery Challenge including £80m for the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre to scale up new technologies. And in the last Budget, Government committed up to £80m for research and development of electric motor technology. The Sector Deal also includes £32 million of joint funding for an industry-led supply chain competitiveness programme to help grow the UK supply chain and assure international competitiveness.</p><p>In May 2018, as part of the Future of Mobility Grand Challenge, my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced our intention for the UK to be at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vehicles and in July we published Road to Zero to deliver on that commitment. As well as the technology investment, we have committed £1.5bn for consumer incentives, charging infrastructure and R&amp;D to support the transition to zero emission vehicles.</p><p>We are determined to ensure that the UK continues to be one of the most competitive locations in the world for future automotive investment, alongside other advanced manufacturing.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:25:10 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman

1088821

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Parental Leave
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on additional paid leave for (a) parents of premature babies and (b) multiple birth parents.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	232569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department is conducting a short, focussed internal review of the provisions for parents of premature babies and sick babies and those that experience multiple births.</p><p> </p><p>Preliminary work on this has now completed and my officials have identified potential areas for further work and options for taking this forward, including opportunities to work with other Government Departments.</p><p> </p><p>I expect to be in a position to say more about this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/03/2019 11:44:09 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1088860

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the increased use of solar panels on domestic properties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL14565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>On 8 January, Government published a consultation on a Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), which would ensure that small-scale low carbon generators do not export their electricity to the grid for free including, solar PV. The SEG consultation closed on the 5 March 2019. We are currently considering the responses submitted and will respond in due course.</p><p>The consultation can be viewed on the GOV.UK consultations website.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/03/2019 17:13:17 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1088862

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Wind Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage increased wind power generation in public sector buildings.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL14567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to encourage increased wind power generation in public sector buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/03/2019 15:37:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1088245

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Public Houses: Closures
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 pubs closed in the 12 months (a) before the business rates revaluation came into force in 2017 and (b) after that revaluation.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	231972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not hold the requested information.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/03/2019 17:21:41 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1088253

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 progress his Department is making in its assessment of the merits and development of small modular nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	231904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Our landmark Nuclear Sector Deal announced up to £56m to support the development of advanced nuclear technologies, including small and advanced modular reactors. Of this, up to £44m is for the Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) Feasibility and Development project. We have received all 8 feasibility studies for Phase 1 and are assessing these now. We aim to announce any contracts for the next phase in the Summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Expert Finance Working Group on Small Reactors, which was set to advise Government on how small reactor projects could raise private investment in the UK, submitted its independent report to Government in August 2018. We are considering the report and its recommendations and will announce next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>We are also considering a proposal from a UK Consortium led by Rolls-Royce that could result in a significant joint investment. We expect to make a decision on this in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:25:18 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar