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1137065

registered interest
date	05/07/2019
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	Care Workers: Conditions of Employment
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 provide more details on his plans for dedicated employment rights for care workers.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	273332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges of balancing work and care. Improving support for carers to do so is a key part of the action plan that we published in June 2018</p><p>The Department is working with colleagues across Government to consider the question of dedicated employment rights for carers alongside existing employment rights (such as the right to request flexible working and the right to time off for family and dependants). We intend to bring forward a consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/07/2019 14:53:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1136568

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: G4S
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) number and (b) value of contracts his Department has awarded to G4S since July 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	272878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>BEIS records show that we have not awarded any contracts to G4S since it formed in July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/07/2019 15:07:03 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1136578

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Boilers: Hydrogen
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 ensuring that new gas boilers are hydrogen-ready.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	272772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government considers that hydrogen technologies have the potential to make an important contribution to decarbonising heating.</p><p>The Department commissioned Frazer Nash to prepare the report ‘Appraisal of Domestic Hydrogen Appliances’, published in 2018, which discusses the feasibility and merits of hydrogen-ready appliances as well as the adaption of existing natural gas appliances and new designated hydrogen fuelled appliances.</p><p>The Department is also currently delivering the Hy4Heat innovation programme; an ongoing programme assessing the feasibility of hydrogen heating applications in buildings. This programme supports the design, development and testing of domestic hydrogen appliances, including investigating the potential for products, such as hydrogen-ready boilers, to facilitate conversion:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/appraisal-of-domestic-hydrogen-appliances" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/appraisal-of-domestic-hydrogen-appliances</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/07/2019 15:06:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1136582

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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 Stations: Construction
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 recent discussions he has had with representatives of the nuclear industry on the development of new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	272733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that nuclear has an important role to play as we transition to a low-carbon economy. Ministers and officials meet developers regularly. Our commitment to new nuclear is demonstrated in the development of the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C and underpinned our landmark £200m Nuclear Sector Deal. The forthcoming Energy White Paper will set out our approach to new nuclear.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/07/2019 15:06:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1136644

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Whirlpool Corporation: Tumble Dryers
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 plans he has to require Whirlpool to pay compensation to people who personally paid for repairs or replacement of their tumbledryer due to their safety concerns prior to the recall of the product.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	272730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The priority for the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is public safety.</p><p>If any individual consumers have already paid for a replacement due to concerns over safety, they can raise the matter directly with Whirlpool.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/07/2019 16:23:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1136714

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Overtime
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 amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	272748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>BEIS does not keep a record of unpaid overtime worked in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>There may be occasions when employees have to work more than their conditioned hours. In these circumstances staff below the Senior Civil Service are be able to claim overtime or time off in lieu for the additional hours that have been worked.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/07/2019 15:06:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1135832

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Sharing Economy: Conditions of Employment
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 recent steps he has taken to protect workers rights in the gig economy.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	271367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Advances in technology and the rise of the gig economy have increased opportunities for people to work more flexibly. While we welcome these opportunities, they cannot be at the expense of workers’ rights.</p><p>That is why my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister commissioned Matthew Taylor to undertake his review of Modern Working Practices, and why we are taking the decisive action set out in the Good Work Plan to address his recommendations.</p><p>We have already made good progress. This Government have taken important steps to improve the transparency of information between workers and employers. Our research found that flexible workers, such as those in the gig economy, require stronger protections in terms of understanding the conditions of their employment before starting a job.</p><p>As such, we laid two statutory instruments in December that extends the right to a written statement to all workers and make access to a written statement a day one right.</p><p>Previously, an employee was entitled to a written statement after a month with the same employer. Our legislation means that from day one, workers in the gig economy have access to information such as maternity and paternity leave, specifics of when they are expected to work, whether the work is variable, and their eligibility for certain benefits.</p><p>This represents a significant step in the protection of workers rights in the gig economy and highlights our commitment to protecting the rights of workers across the country.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/07/2019 08:27:47 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1136192

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Clean Growth Ministerial Group
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 18 June 2019 to Question 264459 on the Clean Growth Ministerial Group, whether the Environment and Clean Growth Inter-Ministerial Group met between 16 April 2018 and 21 May 2019.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	272309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Environment and Clean Growth Inter-Ministerial Group did not meet between 16 April 2018 and 21 May 2019. Departments met to discuss clean growth, decarbonisation and wider environmental policy on a regular basis over that period, at both official and ministerial level.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 08/07/2019 15:06:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1136329

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	GKN: Kings Norton
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 he is planning to hold the meeting with GKN Aerospace and the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield on the future of GKN Aerospace in Kings Norton.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	272125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>We are currently working with both parties to find the earliest mutually convenient date and time for the meeting to take place.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/07/2019 16:33:40 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

1136332

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Post Office: Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who the six law firms are that are approved to provide legal services to Post Office Limited.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	272157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The selection of law firms to provide legal services to Post Office Limited is an operational matter for the company in which my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State plays no role. However, Post Office Limited receives legal services from the following six law firms:</p><ol><li>Linklaters LLP</li><li>Norton Rose Fullbright LLP</li><li>Pinsent Masons</li><li>DAC Beachcrofts LLP</li><li>Womble Bond Dickinson</li><li>Ashfords LLP.</li></ol> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/07/2019 15:06:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish