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533903

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date	08/07/2016
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	Silver: Hallmarking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have received about the decision of Birmingham Assay Office, pursuant to the Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013, to open an office in Mumbai on 18 July that will use a mark for silver to be imported into the UK that is similar to the established anchor mark used for domestic production; and whether they will publish any assessment they have made of the prospective impact of that decision on the Birmingham silversmithing trade.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
uin	HL1084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Hallmarks are not an indication of geographic origin and are already applied widely to articles manufactured in places other than the location of the four UK Assay Offices, including to articles manufactured outside the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Government has received four representations expressing concern about the decision of Birmingham Assay Office, pursuant to the Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013, to open a sub-office in Mumbai.</p><p> </p><p>An impact assessment of the costs and benefits of removing the restrictions on overseas hallmarking was published alongside the government consultation on the proposals in 2012, and covered the whole of the hallmarking sector. The Impact Assessment estimated that there would be a benefit to business of £3.44 m. A copy of the impact assessment can be found on the Parliament website accompanying the Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 13/07/2016 15:10:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

458693

registered interest
date	08/03/2016
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	Arts: Migrant Workers
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to permit exemptions to the proposed immigration skills charge for companies in the creative industries where such companies contribute through voluntary levies to the Creative Skillset Skills Investment Fund, or to the collective arrangements to fund training that are currently in force.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
uin	HL6845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is considering carefully the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations on the rate and scope of the Immigration Skills Charge. This includes considering the impact on sectors with other skills levies or charges in place. In advance of finalising the regulations that will introduce the charge from April 2017, we will take account of evidence about the likely impact on different types of organisation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/03/2016 14:02:08 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

435741

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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	Tradeshow Access Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) what was the budget for the Trade Show Access Programme (TAP) from 1 April to 30 March in (a) 2014–15, and (b) 2015–16; (2) what they expect the budget to be for the financial years (a) 2016–17, (b) 2017–18, and (c) 2018–19; and (3) whether the Minister for Trade and Investment plans to meet the Sponsors Alliance to discuss the future of the Trade Show Access Programme, and if so, when the meeting will take place.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
uin	HL4316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>The budget for the Tradeshow Access Programme was £11.05M in 2014/15 and the estimated spend in 2015/16 is £10.25M.</p><p>For 2016/17 and beyond, UKTI will be reviewing how the Tradeshow Access Programme is aligned with other Export Services as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review settlement. It is therefore not possible to confirm the budget at this stage.</p><p>I will respond positively to a request for a meeting with the Sponsors Alliance subject to diary commitments.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Maude of Horsham question first answered 15/12/2015 16:49:11 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara