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522838

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Equality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that North Korean workers are producing garments for Burberry Group Inc.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>We have made no such assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Modern Slavery Act, enacted last year, includes a demanding transparency in supply chains disclosure provision. This provision requires businesses operating in the UK, with an annual turnover of more than £36 million, to produce a slavery and human trafficking statement setting out the steps they have taken during the financial year to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any of its supply chains or its own business.</p><p> </p><p>The provision obliges eligible companies to publish this information on their website, with a conspicuous link from their homepage, so that consumers, investors and the general public know what steps businesses are taking in this regard.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 15/06/2016 15:12:22 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

522876

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Russia: Jehovah's Witnesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider linking the interest rate on student loans to the Consumer Price Index rather than the Retail Price Index.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to link the interest rate on student loans to the Consumer Prices Index, rather than the Retail Prices Index. The Retail Prices Index has been used as the basis for calculating the interest rates applied to income-contingent student loans since they were introduced in 1998.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 16/06/2016 12:32:49 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

522877

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Central African Republic: Peace Negotiations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact on graduates of freezing the income level at which student loans become repayable, and what estimate they have made of the number of students who would be rendered liable if that level were frozen.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The impact of freezing the repayment threshold for 5 years was described in the government’s consultation document, which was published in July 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold</a></p><p> </p><p>Those who earn above the £21,000 threshold can expect to repay nearly £6 extra per week by 2021 (in 2021 prices), or around £306 per year.</p><p> </p><p>We expect that an additional 9% of graduates will start to repay as a result of the threshold freeze. This equates to 190,000 of the 2.1 million Plan 2 graduates expected to be in repayment by 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The £21,000 threshold remains higher in real terms than that applicable to student loans taken out before 2012.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 15/06/2016 15:13:19 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park attachment 1 file name HL428 - student-loan-repayment-threshold-consultation.pdf title student-loan-repayment-threshold-consultation
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

522883

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	RMS St Helena
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards they have put in place to ensure that, if the student loan book is sold on, students are not faced with increased rates of interest on their student loans.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>As stated in the March 2016 Budget, the Government is continuing to prepare for the sale of the pre-2012 income contingent repayment student loan book, with a first sale expected in 2016-17.</p><p>Purchasers would have no direct relationship with borrowers, and would have no power to amend the terms of repayment. Government would still finance student loans and continue to collect repayments.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 14/06/2016 13:16:03 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

522886

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they intend to take to increase international student numbers from India, in the light of the publication of <i>Indian Student Mobility Report 2016</i> by M M Advisory Services. which points out that, despite the high growth in overseas students from India, the number of students coming to the UK has declined steeply in recent years and is likely to be overtaken by Germany.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>We welcome international students from all countries to study at our world-class universities. There is no cap on the number that can come here and the UK remains the second most popular destination for international students.</p><p>The Government is working closely with India to strengthen education ties with the UK. In November 2015, the Indian and UK Prime Ministers’ jointly announced the ‘2016 UK-India Year of Education, Research and Innovation’ and the following month my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Minister of State for Universities and Science led a delegation to India, accompanied by 28 vice-chancellors and college leaders to increase sector-to-sector partnerships.</p><p>We are funding major bilateral agreements, including: the UK India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI) which supports partnerships in education and research; the Newton-Bhabha Fund, bringing together science and innovation partners to tackle economic development challenges; and supporting the Generation UK-India programme which is increasing the number of UK students taking placements in India. We are also promoting recruitment to the UK through the Britain is GREAT marketing campaign.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 15/06/2016 12:26:38 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

522896

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they plan to respond to the Waterson Review on secondary ticketing published on 26 May, as required by section 94 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015, and whether that response will be within the two months expected for responses to reports by House of Lords committees.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering Professor Waterson’s Review and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL448 HL449 question first answered 09/06/2016 13:35:54 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

522897

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	European Environment Agency
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement the findings of the Waterson Review on secondary ticketing published on 26 May as required by section 94 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering Professor Waterson’s Review and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL447 HL449 question first answered 09/06/2016 13:35:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

522898

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they will hold with the Competition and Markets Authority and the National Trading Standards Board in the light of the recommendations of the Waterson Review on secondary ticketing published on 26 May.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering Professor Waterson’s Review and will publish its response in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe grouped question UIN HL447 HL448 question first answered 09/06/2016 13:35:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

522940

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what (a) representations he has received from and (b) meetings his Department has had with companies based in the British Overseas Territories on the future of the Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. We have received views from a large number of businesses and individuals. My department is analysing these responses and the Government will issue a response in due course. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry and, as such, no bids have been received.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 14:39:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

522941

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the letter he received from the hon. Member of Tottenham of 2 June 2016, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the privatisation of the Land Registry on the amount of money related to corruption entering the UK property market.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	39280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>A Government consultation seeking views on options to move Land Registry operations to the private sector closed on 26 May. My department is analysing these responses and the Government will issue a response in due course. Anti-fraud and corruption protections are amongst the factors being considered as the Government is committed to tackling corruption and increasing corporate transparency. No decision has been taken on the future of Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 09/06/2016 14:40:08 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy