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896251

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date	02/05/2018
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	Employment: Insurance
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 effectiveness of introducing legislation in order to prevent the use of employer-mandated insurance as a means of controlling the activities of workers in the gig economy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	140850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>This Department has not made a specific assessment of the potential effectiveness of introducing legislation in order to prevent the use of employer-mandated insurance as a means of controlling the activities of workers in the gig economy.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting on the recommendations of the Taylor Review and will ensure employment law and practices keep pace with modern ways of working whilst striking the right balance between flexibility and worker protection.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 09/05/2018 11:50:16 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

837962

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	GKN: Melrose
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the effect on domestic defence supply chains of the takeover of GKN by Melrose.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	126992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>While this is a commercial matter for the companies involved, Government is closely monitoring the situation. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has spoken on an impartial basis to both companies.</p><p> </p><p>Takeovers of publicly listed companies in the UK must abide by the Takeover Code, which sets out an orderly framework for how takeovers must be conducted, and earlier this month new changes to the Code were introduced that will give companies subject to a bid more time to prepare their response.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers can only intervene in mergers on public interest grounds, covering national security, financial stability or media plurality.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 12/02/2018 17:30:37 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

833738

registered interest
date	30/01/2018
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	Gratuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has received on hospitality workers being forced to pay a proportion of table sales to their employer; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	125497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government received a wide range of evidence in relation to tipping in response to a call for evidence and a subsequent consultation. The Government is committed to ensuring all workers are paid fairly, and at least at the appropriate National Minimum Wage rate. Deductions from workers’ wages that take the wage below the National Minimum Wage rate are only permitted in exceptional circumstances set out in Government guidance entitled ‘Calculating the National Minimum Wage’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 02/02/2018 13:00:34 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

833115

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
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	Gratuities
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 prevalence of employer-mandated policies on the retention of tips in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	125431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government collected evidence on the treatment of tips and other discretionary payments in a call for evidence. The Government’s response to the evidence collected in that exercise was included in a consultation document published which sought further evidence on the same issue.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 01/02/2018 17:17:54 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

765665

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
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	Euratom
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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 12 July 2017, Official Report, columns 108-10WH, what progress has been made on delivering an alternative body to Euratom ahead of the UK's proposed withdrawal from Euratom in May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	106337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made significant progress on this. In a written ministerial statement on the 14th September, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said that we have decided to establish a domestic nuclear safeguards regime which is as comprehensive and robust as that currently provided by Euratom.</p><p>This new regime will deliver to existing Euratom standards and exceed the standards that the international community would require from the UK as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency. We have already started building additional capability within the UK’s Office for Nuclear Regulation, who will be running the regime.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2017 14:20:28 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones