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454737

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government took to ensure that its response to its consultation, Sunday Trading, published in August 2015, took substantive account of the range of responses to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	28326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government has conscientiously taken into account all the responses and evidence submitted during the consultation in formulating our proposals.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:54:48 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

454739

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reasons the Government has not yet published its analysis of responses to its consultation, Sunday Trading, published in August 2015.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karl McCartney
uin	28327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government published its response to the consultation on 9 February, in which it sets out its analysis of responses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:52:40 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney

454748

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, for what reason the report commissioned by his Department from Ecofys on international electricity prices has not yet been published; when the Government plans to publish that report; and whether that report found that electricity price increases for energy intensive industries as a result of climate policies will be larger in the UK than any other country.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	28214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department is currently reviewing the findings of the Ecofys international energy price comparisons report. We are considering publication options but the report found that the increase in electricity prices for energy intensive industries varies considerably by country depending on their climate change policy landscape.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:59:59 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

454749

registered interest
date	24/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	28229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no plans to make any amendments to the Christmas Day (Trading) Act 2004.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 13:57:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

454014

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: Meetings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many meetings he has held with UK Trade and Investment trade envoys since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	27901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>My Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills hosted a roundtable alongside my noble Friend Lord Maude of Horsham at the House of Lords for all Trade Envoys on 9<sup>th</sup> February 2016. To the best of our knowledge, my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State has not held individual meetings with any of the Trade Envoys.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/02/2016 14:07:46 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454015

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial and other resources the Government makes available to UK Trade and Investment trade envoys.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	27902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>To fulfil their overseas and UK travel commitments, there is a dedicated budget for the Trade Envoys.</p><p> </p><p>Total cost of the programme to date has been £424,529</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 27904 question first answered 26/02/2016 13:55:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454016

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: Visits Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many overseas visits have been carried out by UK Trade and Investment trade envoys in each year since September 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	27903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of overseas visits taken by Trade Envoys since September 2012.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Overseas visits</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>93</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/02/2016 13:52:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454017

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the cost of the trade envoy programme has been since its launch in September 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	27904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>To fulfil their overseas and UK travel commitments, there is a dedicated budget for the Trade Envoys.</p><p> </p><p>Total cost of the programme to date has been £424,529</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 27902 question first answered 26/02/2016 13:55:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

454030

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Private Sector: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of his Department's UK National Contact Point in investigating complaints on private sector contract compliance with UK human rights commitments.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	28076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Multi-National Enterprise Guidelines considers complaints that UK based multinationals have not met the voluntary obligations of the Guidelines in regard to responsible business behaviour. Ministers have no role in the NCP’s investigation of complaints, but ensure that its final statements on complaints are available for scrutiny in the House Libraries. The UK NCP also reports annually to the OECD Investment Committee which is responsible for the Guidelines and their implementation.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is committed to fulfilling its obligations under the OECD Multi-National Enterprise Guidelines and maintaining a NCP which operates in line with international best practice. The UK NCP is regularly invited by the OECD to contribute to best practice sharing and the OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurria has praised its effectiveness and positive outcomes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 26/02/2016 13:51:02 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

454033

registered interest
date	23/02/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Sunday Trading: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many responses his Department received to the devolving Sunday trading rules consultation.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	28167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department received 7,171 responses to that consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 14:05:52 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds