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1016391

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Merchant Shipping: Minimum Wage
	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 plans to improve the enforcement of the national minimum wage for seafarers working on merchant ships operating between UK ports and offshore energy installations on the UK continental shelf.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	196843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Workers who ordinarily work in the UK are entitled to minimum wage for all of their work, including, for example, for work on ships located outside the UK servicing offshore installations. Furthermore, workers on UK registered ships are entitled to minimum wage for all their work on the ship wherever it is located, unless they work entirely outside the UK or are not ordinarily resident in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This Government takes minimum wage enforcement seriously and is committed to ensuring all employers pay their workers correctly. We continue to invest heavily in minimum wage enforcement, increasing the budget to over £25 million for 2018/19, up from £13 million in 2015/16. In addition to following up on every worker complaint received, HMRC undertake proactive investigations and conduct awareness raising activities amongst both employers and workers.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, HMRC identified record arrears of £15.6 million, for over 200,000 workers.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 196844 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:52:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 89697 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1016392

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2018
	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	Shipping: Minimum Wage
	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 HMRC has taken to ensure compliance with the national minimum wage for seafarers working on vessels working in the construction and maintenance phase of the offshore wind industry.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	196844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Workers who ordinarily work in the UK are entitled to minimum wage for all of their work, including, for example, for work on ships located outside the UK servicing offshore installations. Furthermore, workers on UK registered ships are entitled to minimum wage for all their work on the ship wherever it is located, unless they work entirely outside the UK or are not ordinarily resident in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>This Government takes minimum wage enforcement seriously and is committed to ensuring all employers pay their workers correctly. We continue to invest heavily in minimum wage enforcement, increasing the budget to over £25 million for 2018/19, up from £13 million in 2015/16. In addition to following up on every worker complaint received, HMRC undertake proactive investigations and conduct awareness raising activities amongst both employers and workers.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, HMRC identified record arrears of £15.6 million, for over 200,000 workers.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 196843 question first answered 04/12/2018 17:52:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 89698 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1012467

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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	Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill
	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 timetable is for the Government response to the consultation on the draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	194776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government published the draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill on 23 July. Alongside this, an Overview Document was published which, while providing an overview of the policy and how the register will work, sought views on how the clauses will be implemented in practice.</p><p>The draft Bill is expected to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint <em>ad hoc</em> Committee. The Committee will report to Parliament, following which the Government intends to respond to the Committee’s report. The response will reflect the responses to the Overview Document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 28/11/2018 15:20:14 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1058772

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	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	Draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill
	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 timetable is for the publication of the Government's response to the consultation on the draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	219477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government published the draft Registration of Overseas Entities Bill on 23 July 2018. Alongside this, an Overview Document was published which, while providing an overview of the policy and how the register will work, sought views on how the clauses will be implemented in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The draft Bill is expected to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny by a joint <em>ad hoc</em> Committee. The Committee will report to Parliament, following which the Government intends to respond to the Committee’s report. The response will reflect the responses to the Overview Document.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 14/02/2019 17:56:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1010382

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Consultation
	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 timetable is for the Government’s response to its consultations on (a) Employment status (b) Increasing transparency in the labour market (c) Agency workers and (d) Enforcement of employment rights.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	192927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has received over 400 detailed responses to the four consultations. We are very grateful to everyone who took the time to respond. Their insights have been invaluable in informing our policy development. We will be publishing our response to these consultations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/11/2018 12:49:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1028583

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
	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 18 December 2018, Public Spending, HCWS 1205, if he will publish the budget headlines under which he plans to allocate the £190 million funding in relation to preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	203915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>On 18 December, my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury confirmed Departmental allocations for EU Exit funding for 2019/20 including £190 million for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Department is undertaking an internal allocation process as part of 2019/20 planning.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/01/2019 12:06:37 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

969054

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	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	Financial Reporting Council Independent Review
	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 timeframe is for the publication of the independent review of the Financial Reporting Council.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	171387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has invited Sir John Kingman to report and publish his findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/09/2018 14:23:03 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1064448

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	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	Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Competition
	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 abuses of a dominant market position by the three multinational firms that comprise 90 per cent of the UK domestic off grid LPG market have been investigated; and what the outcome was of those investigations.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	223973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Investigations of a potential abuse of a dominant market position are a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). These are undertaken independently of Ministers. The CMA does not comment on potential investigations. According to the CMA’s public records, it has not opened an abuse of dominance case in this sector.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/02/2019 13:28:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1077690

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department has not published the names of the companies who have underpaid the national minimum wage since July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	226132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage should receive it and we will act where employers have been found to be in breach of the law. This Government continues to invest heavily in minimum wage enforcement, almost doubling the budget to £26.3 million for 2018/19, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement recommended making changes to the scheme “to increase its compliance and deterrent effect.” Work has now begun on this to ensure the scheme continues to best fulfil this purpose.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 226133 question first answered 04/03/2019 13:51:02 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1077691

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Minimum Wage: Non-payment
	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 his Department plans to publish the names of employers who have underpaid the national minimum wage since July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	226133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Everyone who is entitled to the National Minimum Wage should receive it and we will act where employers have been found to be in breach of the law. This Government continues to invest heavily in minimum wage enforcement, almost doubling the budget to £26.3 million for 2018/19, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>Last year, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement recommended making changes to the scheme “to increase its compliance and deterrent effect.” Work has now begun on this to ensure the scheme continues to best fulfil this purpose.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 226132 question first answered 04/03/2019 13:51:02 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey