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1151180

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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	Trade Marks: Internet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to legislate to ensure that web search engines de-index (1) URLs or (2) websites from its web search index when trademarks have been infringed.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>There are various options available to trade mark owners who believe their rights have been infringed online, and these range from injunctive web site blocking available through the courts, to voluntary cooperation between enforcement agencies and registrars such as Nominet to suspend domain names that are used for IP infringing activity.</p><p> </p><p>The government works closely with web search engines on a number of voluntary initiatives to tackle IP infringement of all kinds online.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 25/10/2019 13:12:47 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1150752

registered interest
date	19/10/2019
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	Individual Voluntary Arrangements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess the adequacy of regulations in regard to Individual Voluntary Arrangements.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the regulatory framework for insolvency practitioners, which will include those responsible for delivering individual voluntary arrangements. In its recently closed Call for Evidence, Government sought views on the effectiveness of the current regulatory regime and whether there should be further consultation on changes to the system. The Government’s response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 28/10/2019 17:09:20 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1149846

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to make 2025 the new target for zero carbon emissions.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Our independent advisors, the Committee on Climate Change, made clear in their report on Net Zero, published on 2 May 2019, that they do not consider it credible for the UK to aim to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions earlier than 2050.  We have legislated in line with this advice; to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and end the UK’s contribution to climate change.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 29/10/2019 11:54:22 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1149752

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
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 actions of financial and other advisers to Thomas Cook Group in seeking the payment of fees before the Group collapsed; what plans they have, if any, to launch an investigation into such actions; and whether such an investigation will examine whether these actions constituted an act of fraudulent preference to the disadvantage of UK taxpayers.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL45
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Business Secretary has written to the Insolvency Service to ask them to prioritize and fast-track their investigation into the circumstances surrounding Thomas Cook going into liquidation.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Insolvency Act 1986, the Official Receiver as liquidator may seek to overturn a range of transactions made prior to the liquidation, for example where preference payments have been made to a creditor/s or where a transaction is to the detriment of creditors.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 28/10/2019 12:45:47 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1149755

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	British Business Bank
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of loans made by the British Business Bank and sourced from peer-to-peer platforms have defaulted.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL48
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2014, the British Business Bank has invested over £2.18bn via peer-to-peer platforms, benefitting over 19,617 SMEs (as at March 2019).</p><p>The default rate in the British Business Bank’s peer-to-peer platform investments is commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 28/10/2019 12:47:11 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1146961

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Companies: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to introduce penalties for UK companies that do not achieve the 2050 targets set out in the Paris Agreement.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 08/10/2019 16:55:20 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1146725

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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 Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their targets for the production of clean energy achieved by nuclear fusion by (1) the public, and (2) the private, sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
uin	HL17867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 08/10/2019 16:55:25 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

1146741

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
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	Equal Pay: Social Class
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce workplace pay gaps where cases are based on social class discrimination.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Lord.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 08/10/2019 16:55:31 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick