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780303

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take following their review into the role and remit of the Grocery Code Adjudicator published on 19 July.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL2667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Review found that the Adjudicator is making effective use of her statutory powers and is effectively enforcing the Groceries Code through collaborative working with the large retailers. The Government will continue to support the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) in her work.</p><p> </p><p>The Review also found that some direct suppliers are reluctant to raise legitimate grievances with the GCA due to a fear of commercial consequences. The Government will agree a strategic goal for the GCA to address this issue. The Government will also make it clear to retailers designated by the Code that it is not acceptable that direct suppliers face commercial consequences as a result of reporting potential breaches of the Code.</p><p> </p><p>We will also work with Trade Associations to help their members understand how the Code works and the role of the GCA and encourage them to raise issues with the GCA and the retailers’ Code Compliance Officers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:46:28 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

780329

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Aggregates: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the amount that marine aggregates contribute to the sand and gravel requirements of England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL2693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>Table 5 of the Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy shows that in 2016 there were 50,153,000 tonnes of sand and gravel sold in England and Wales, of which 11,770,000 tonnes were marine dredged – which is equivalent to 23%.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:48:47 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

780337

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Small Businesses
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants in (1) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (2) the Department for International Trade, were responsible for small business policy in each year since 2010, broken down by grade.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>Both the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for International Trade have staff working in a wide range of policy development and delivery activities which support small businesses across the UK. The information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:50:39 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

780338

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Small Business Commissioner
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 October (HL1856), how long after the planned launch date of 1 October they expect the Small Business Commissioner complaints scheme to launch; and what marketing activity they are carrying out to ensure that small businesses are aware that complaints dating back to April 2017 may be made retrospectively, once the service has launched.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Small Business Commissioner’s complaints handling service, dependent on secondary legislation, is expected to be launched by the end of the year, subject to the will of Parliament. The service will be supported by an advice website which is also planned to launch at the same time and will provide details on how complaints from small businesses will be dealt with.</p><p> </p><p>The Commissioner, Paul Uppal, and his team are in the process of setting up the office and engaging across the business community and with stakeholders to raise awareness of the SBC service.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:38:41 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

780339

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions were made against employers for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage for internship roles in each year since 2010; and what were the details of those prosecutions.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>Details of the employers prosecuted for National Minimum Wage offences up to the end of 2016/17 are included in Table 1 below and are also published in Annex C of the 2017 <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630197/nmw-nlw-lpc-evidence-compliance-enforcement-2017.pdf" target="_blank">Government Evidence to the Low Pay Commission on compliance and enforcemen</a>t.</em> HMRC does not have any records of prosecutions in relation to interns.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: NMW Prosecutions, 2007/08 to 2016/17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Name of employer</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Trading Name</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Area</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Offence</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Date</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">T Aguda</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Rascals Day Nursery Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Walthamstow</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (a)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28/08/2007</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Torbay Council</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Torquay</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">01/10/2007</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">R Singh</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Pound Mania</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30/04/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">David Jackson</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sheffield</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4).</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">02/07/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Pauline Smout</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sheffield</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">02/07/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Zaheer Ibrahim</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Jewel in the Crown</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21/07/2008</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Ahmed Yassine</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Pheonix Hotel</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Rotherham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31 (2); 31 (5) (b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13/02/2009</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">B G Optical</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Manchester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2); 31(3); 31(4); 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23/06/2010</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Widescope Security</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26/02/2013</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Amanda Barrett</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Amanda’s Precious Bubbles Day Nursery Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Birmingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11/05/2016</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Richard Hunt</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">The Rock Hotel (Weymouth) Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Weymouth</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13/05/2016</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">L.UK/Euro (Brighton) Ltd</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3D Telecon</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Oldham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(a)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">04/08/2016</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Dida Brothers Car Wash</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Southampton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">08/12/2016</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><thead><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Name of employer</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Trading Name</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Area</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Offence</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Date</strong></del></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">1</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">T Aguda</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rascals Day Nursery Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Walthamstow</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (a)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28/08/2007</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Torbay Council</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Torquay</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">01/10/2007</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">3</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">R Singh</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pound Mania</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nottingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">30/04/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">4</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">David Jackson</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sheffield</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4).</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">02/07/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pauline Smout</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Jackson’s Butchers</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Sheffield</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">02/07/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Zaheer Ibrahim</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Jewel in the Crown</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nottingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21/07/2008</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Ahmed Yassine</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Pheonix Hotel</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Rotherham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31 (2); 31 (5) (b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/02/2009</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">B G Optical</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Manchester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2); 31(3); 31(4); 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23/06/2010</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Widescope Security</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26/02/2013</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Amanda Barrett</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Amanda’s Precious Bubbles Day Nursery Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Birmingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11/05/2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Richard Hunt</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Rock Hotel (Weymouth) Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Weymouth</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13/05/2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">L.UK/Euro (Brighton) Ltd</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">3D Telecon</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Oldham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(5)(a)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">04/08/2016</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Dida Brothers Car Wash</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Southampton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31(1); 31(2)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">08/12/2016</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: BEIS/HMRC enforcement data</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 13:56:21 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2017 11:59:25 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL2703.pdf title Evidence and analysis to the Low Pay Commission previous answer version 21502 answering member printed Lord Henley answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL2703.pdf title Evidence and analysis to the Low Pay Commission
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

780341

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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: Publicity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the details of their awareness-raising campaign to promote compliance with National Minimum Wage legislation as it relates to internships; what assessment they have made of the impact of HMRC's Promote programme on reducing the number of unpaid internships; and what other action they are taking to reduce the number of unpaid internships.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL2705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government launched a £1.75m communications campaign in January 2016, which aimed to raise awareness among employers and to encourage workers who are entitled to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage – including interns - to check their pay. The campaign ran across radio, billboards, digital and print media and directed workers to a dedicated campaign website.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC works with a broad range of employers, agents and worker groups to support compliance and raise awareness of worker rights through a combination of webinars, targeted mail shots, face to face contact, digital contact and project work with sector specific bodies. As part of their Promote programme, HMRC has written to employers who advertise unpaid internships, reminding them of their obligations to comply with NMW legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, Matthew Taylor completed his independent review into the UK’s modern employment practices. The Government will give careful consideration to his recommendation to improve the interpretation of the law and to increase enforcement action relating to unpaid internships. We will respond in full later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:47:28 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

780355

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
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	Overseas Companies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 18 September (HL1398), whether they have plans to review the corporate governance of UK-registered companies operating outside the UK, including through subsidiaries and other connected persons.
tabling member printed	Baroness Primarolo
uin	HL2719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>UK-registered companies are subject to UK company law, which includes a statutory requirement under the Companies Act 2006 for medium sized and large companies to produce an annual strategic report. Parent companies that prepare group accounts must produce a consolidated strategic report relating to the undertakings included in the consolidation.</p><p>In the case of UK-registered quoted companies, the strategic report must include information about the company’s employees, and social, community and human rights issues, including any policies in relation to those matters and the effectiveness of those policies, to the extent necessary to assess the development, performance or position of the company’s business.</p><p>Additionally, large companies which are public interest entities that employ 500 or more employees must include in the strategic report a non-financial statement containing information on employees and respect for human rights, to the extent necessary for an understanding of the company’s development, performance and position and the impact of its activities.</p><p>As such, where a UK registered company operates outside of the UK, including through subsidiaries, its strategic report will, to the extent required by the reporting requirement, contain information in relation to its activities abroad.</p><p>The Government Response to the Corporate Governance Reform green paper consultation, published on 29<sup>th</sup> August 2017, announced a number of reforms to further strengthen and improve transparency in corporate governance at UK-registered companies, including to introduce secondary legislation requiring companies of a significant size to explain how their directors comply with the existing duty under Section 172 of the Companies Act to have regard to employee and other stakeholder interests.</p><p>The Government has no other current plans to review the corporate governance of UK-registered companies operating in the UK or overseas.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:50:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	217 label Biography information for Baroness Primarolo