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1484646

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Natural Gas: Ynys Môn
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 potential merits of introducing a grant for those on the Island of Anglesey who rely on domestic heating oil or liquified natural gas in order to connect them to the mains gas supply.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	27763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Meeting the UK’s net zero target will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised. The Government is working with the Welsh Government (and the other devolved administrations) to address the challenges of decarbonising heating. This includes building the evidence to support a decision on the future use of the gas grid.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of the programme of local area energy planning underway in Wales, which will identify the changes needed to the local energy system to decarbonise heat and local transport, support strategic network planning and realise opportunities for local renewable energy production.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/07/2022 15:25:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1484674

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Telephone Services: 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, if he will take steps to institute financial penalties against firms which fail to answer customers' telephone calls within a specified acceptable period of time; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	27499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>High quality customer service makes commercial sense and the Government expects all businesses to treat consumers fairly. However, the Government does not seek to intervene in the detail of how businesses conduct their activities, which are essentially commercial matters. For free advice on consumer rights and how to make complaints, consumers may contact the Citizens Advice consumer service on 0808 223 1133 (www.consumeradvice.org.uk/) or Advice Direct Scotland on 0808 164 6000 (www.consumeradvice.scot) for consumers living in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/07/2022 15:56:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1484708

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022
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 consultation he has undertaken on the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	27627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government carried out a consultation on revoking the ban on using agency workers to cover strikes in 2015. It asked what effect the removal would have on a wide variety of stakeholders, including workers, employment businesses, employers, employees on strike and about the impact on wider economy and society. It received a large number of substantive responses from a wide range of stakeholders, including employers, agencies and trade unions which have been carefully considered before deciding to proceed with removing Regulation 7 of the Conduct Regulations 2003.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/07/2022 15:55:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1484772

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Social Services: Recruitment
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 tackle recruitment agencies that unlawfully charge recruitment fees for people seeking roles in the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	27628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Employment Agencies Act 1973 and its associated Conduct Regulations apply to all recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain and are enforced by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate. This state-enforced framework prohibits recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain from charging work-finding fees, so any agency in the care sector in Great Britain that charges work-finding fees is acting illegally. EAS investigates all relevant complaints. It takes a compliance-based approach initially to support businesses to correct breaches but does undertake robust enforcement action where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 27630 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:57:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1484774

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Social Services: Recruitment
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 potential merits of legally requiring care sector recruitment agencies to demonstrate that they are not charging recruitment fees as a pre-condition for obtaining their licence to operate.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	27630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Employment Agencies Act 1973 and its associated Conduct Regulations apply to all recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain and are enforced by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate. This state-enforced framework prohibits recruitment agencies operating in Great Britain from charging work-finding fees, so any agency in the care sector in Great Britain that charges work-finding fees is acting illegally. EAS investigates all relevant complaints. It takes a compliance-based approach initially to support businesses to correct breaches but does undertake robust enforcement action where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 27628 question first answered 04/07/2022 15:57:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1484880

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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 and Hydrogen: 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 (a) carbon footprint of the methane plasma process for producing hydrogen and (b) suitability of that process for Government decarbonisation grants such as the net zero hydrogen fund.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	27595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The most common form of converting methane into hydrogen is through steam or thermal reformation. Plasma technology could also be used to convert methane into hydrogen, but this has not yet been proven at commercial scale. This was not one of the hydrogen production routes modelled to support the development of the UK Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard as this was not considered to be amongst the main potential routes for production in the UK pipeline and lacked broadly available emissions data. As set out in the standard, the Government welcomes evidence from stakeholders on emerging technologies and potential production routes that could contribute to the UK’s future net zero energy system.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/07/2022 15:24:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1484882

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
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	Measurement
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 has had recent discussions with UKRI on the reintroduction of imperial measurements.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	27596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is reviewing the current law on units of measurement and has recently launched its consultation, ‘Choice on units of measurement: markings and sales’.</p><p>BEIS has not discussed this with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) but continues to gather views through this early-stage consultation.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/07/2022 15:53:22 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1484179

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Fuels: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 16933 on Fuels: Prices, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the difference in retail petrol prices between 2014 and 2022 that is the result of changes in (a) traded wholesale prices for the fuels and (b) exchange rates; and if he will publish those prices and exchange rates.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	26766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>UK petrol and diesel prices since 2014 have been primarily driven by the underlying price in the global market of crude oil. These are also influenced by exchange rates and a range of other supply and demand factors specific to the wholesale markets for the fuels, including stock levels, logistics and distribution costs and seasonal demand variations.</p><p>BEIS publishes weekly national average pump prices online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-road-fuel-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/weekly-road-fuel-prices</a>.</p><p>BEIS does not publish wholesale prices nor UK exchange rates.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/07/2022 15:22:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1484195

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 Union (Wales) Act 2017
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 Written Statement of 23 June 2022 on Business Update, Official Report, HCWS137, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives of the (a) Welsh Government, (b) Wales TUC, (c) CBI Wales and (d) Secretary of State for Wales on the Senedd's Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	26882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>While we continue to work with the Welsh Government in a number of areas, it has always been the case that employment and industrial relations law is a reserved matter for the UK Government.</p><p> </p><p>It is right that we seek to apply trade union law equally and fairly across Britain to ensure that services, such as train lines, are run as effectively as possible.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/07/2022 15:51:33 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1484271

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 Tribunals Service
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 Answer of 25 October 2021 to Question 59782 on Employment Tribunals Service, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the report by the Law Commission entitled Employment Law Hearing Structures, published on 29 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	26770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The full response to the Law Commission’s recommendations will be available on the Law Commission website in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/07/2022 15:50:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis