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541735

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	UK Consumer Product Recall Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 4 July (HL751), whether they plan to publish (1) the terms of reference, and (2) the minutes, of the steering group set up as a result of their response to the independent review by Lynn Faulds Wood.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
uin	HL1412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2016 answer text <p>The Recall Review Steering Group is led by Industry and its work is supported by officials from my department. It is for the Group to consider whether they wish to publish material relating to its meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/08/2016 10:17:15 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

541771

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	British Chambers of Commerce
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their relationship with the British Chambers of Commerce; what assessment they have made of the performance of that organisation; whether they have expressed any concerns to that organisation in the past four years; and if so, what was the nature of those concerns.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL1447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2016 answer text <p>The British Chambers of Commerce is an important stakeholder for government and we engage actively with their senior team and the network of 52 accredited Chambers of Commerce in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The British Chambers of Commerce is also a delivery partner for the Overseas Business Network initiative – a programme to increase the number and range of private sector partners supporting UK exporters in overseas markets. In 2013/14 and 2014/15, UK Trade &amp; Investment trialled a number of initiatives with the British Chambers of Commerce, including co-ordinating UK-end activity and accrediting the overseas delivery partners.</p><p> </p><p>Following a review in November 2014, it was agreed that responsibility for co-ordinating the UK-end activity would be shifted from the British Chambers of Commerce to UK Trade and Investment’s regional delivery contracts with effect from April 2015. The British Chambers of Commerce continue to accredit overseas delivery partners.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/08/2016 13:50:04 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

542101

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	ARM: Cambridge
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 take steps to ensure that ARM's headquarters remain in Cambridge.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	43958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>SoftBank has made a legally-binding undertaking to maintain ARM’s headquarters in Cambridge. The undertaking is enforceable by the Takeover Panel for five years.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/09/2016 09:58:36 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

542249

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	ARM: SoftBank
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 implications for the security of the UK of the proposed takeover of ARM Holdings by the Japanese company Softbank; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	43943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>I can confirm that the takeover of ARM as currently proposed does not undermine the UK’s national security.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 08/09/2016 10:48:09 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

542312

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	Directors: Equality
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 support his Department has allocated to support Sir John Parker in his report on diversity on corporate boards.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	43979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>The secretariat to Sir John’s review is provided by private sector sponsors and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been very supportive of the review and providing support at ministerial and official level.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/09/2016 13:13:25 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

542313

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	Directors: Females
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 support the Government gave to Lord Davies during his work to produce his report on women on boards.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	43980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>Lord Davies chaired the independent and business-led Women on Boards review from 2010 to 2015 to increase the representation of women on FTSE 100 boards to 25% by 2015.</p><p>The former department (BIS) provided a small secretariat to support his work. A number of sponsors and stakeholders also contributed to the successful publishing of his reports.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/09/2016 13:17:18 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

542314

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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 Supply
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 address the downgrading of the UK's rating for energy security in the World Energy Council's 2015 Energy Trilemma Index, published in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	43964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes energy security very seriously, and our energy security has not been downgraded. According to the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma index, the UK scored an ‘A’ for the energy security element and increased its country ranking for energy security from 9th in 2014 to 4th in 2015 after there was a downgrade on a point of Energy Equity.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 12:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

542317

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	Directors: Equality
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 the timescale is for completion of Sir John Parker's report on diversity on corporate boards.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	43978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2016 answer text <p>Sir John Parker is conducting an independent review. We expect he will report his findings by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 06/09/2016 13:12:32 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

542318

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	ARM: SoftBank
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 implications for the technological competitiveness of the UK of the proposed takeover of ARM Holdings by the Japanese company Softbank; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	43942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The UK remains open for business and we welcome firms that want to invest in growth here. The UK’s technological innovations, skilled workforce and competitive business environment make it one of the world’s best destinations for investment.</p><p> </p><p>ARM Holdings is a highly respected company who have achieved great things: working with the UK’s Takeover Panel, Softbank have published a set of clear and binding undertakings, including that ARM’s global headquarters would remain in Cambridge and that the UK workforce would at least double if the acquisition is finalised. This provides reassurance that ARM would continue to develop leading-edge technology in the UK as part of the UK technology industry.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/09/2016 10:50:57 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

542319

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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: Electricity
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 electricity companies are required to provide financial compensation to business customers who are affected financially by delays in connection to the electricity network.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	43903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Electricity network companies are required, under specified circumstances, to make a payment to business customers where agreed connection dates are missed. For distribution connections these arrangements are covered by the Guaranteed Standards of Performance.[1] For transmission connections any payment to the customer for late delivery of a connection would be set out in the customer’s bilateral connection agreement.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/698/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/698/contents/made</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 12:56:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper