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1721956

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his expected timetable is for when sub-postmasters impacted by the Horizon IT System will start receiving letters on compensation entitlements.
tabling member constituency	Glastonbury and Somerton
tabling member printed	Sarah Dyke
uin	718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring justice and financial redress is delivered as swiftly as possible for postmasters affected by the Horizon IT Scandal, whether that is through the redress schemes that are already operating or the new scheme which we intend to launch before the end of this month for those whose convictions have been overturned by the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act and the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 23/07/2024 08:51:14 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
tabling member	4995 label Biography information for Sarah Dyke

1721966

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Public Houses: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support pubs in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>Eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties currently benefit from 75 per cent business rates relief, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25. The small business multiplier is frozen at 49.9p for 2024/25.</p><p> </p><p>The government identified that the current business rates system disincentivises investment, creates uncertainty and places an undue burden on our high streets. In England, the government will replace the business rates system, so we can raise the same revenue but in a fairer way.</p><p> </p><p>We will establish Skills England, a new partnership with employers at its heart and reform the apprenticeship levy, a key ask of hospitality businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The English Devolution Bill will establish a new framework for English devolution. It will give local leaders the tools they need to drive growth, including empowering communities with a strong new ‘right to buy’ for valued community assets, such as empty shops and pubs.</p> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 23/07/2024 08:35:30 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1721988

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Small Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what employee thresholds his Department uses to classify what is a (a) micro, (b) small and (c) medium sized firm.
tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>Employee thresholds used by this department to classify micro, small and medium-sized firms are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of firm</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Employee threshold</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Micro</p></td><td><p>0 to 9 employees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small</p></td><td><p>10 to 49 employees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medium</p></td><td><p>50 to 249 employees</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Harrow West answering member printed Gareth Thomas question first answered 23/07/2024 13:10:30 answering member 177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1721990

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Grievance Procedures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has plans to simplify the process for employees to raise grievances against (a) their employer and (b) fellow staff.
tabling member constituency	Broadland and Fakenham
tabling member printed	Jerome Mayhew
uin	678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>The Acas statutory Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures provides basic practical guidance to employers, employees and their representatives and sets out principles for handling disciplinary and grievance situations in the workplace. As part of our Plan to Make Work Pay we will work with Acas to consider whether there is a need to update procedures in this area.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 23/07/2024 13:46:29 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4739 label Biography information for Jerome Mayhew

1722001

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Unions: Ballots
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to allow workplace voting for trade union ballots; and whether he plans to introduce changes to secret trade union ballots.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introduce modern, secure, electronic balloting and workplace balloting for trade union ballots. In doing so, we will ensure that the secrecy of the ballot is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 24/07/2024 09:52:23 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1722004

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Trade Unions: Electronic Voting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on electronic voting for trade union ballots; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of cyber security for electronic voting.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introducing modern, secure, electronic balloting, while ensuring we maintain high standards of engagement, participation, and cyber security. Further information on the implementation of electronic balloting will be outlined in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 24/07/2024 09:49:16 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1722005

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Collective Bargaining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, in which sectors his Department plans to introduce sectoral collective bargaining.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Employment Rights Bill will be introduced in the first 100 days in Government and will play a key role in delivering aspects of the Plan to Make Work Pay. This will include legislation on sectoral collective bargaining, with Adult Social Care being the first sector for this to be introduced.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 24/07/2024 14:24:35 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1722008

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Collective Bargaining: Picketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his policy is on whether secondary picketing would apply in sectors subject to sectoral collective bargaining.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has no intention of changing the law in relation to secondary action, including secondary picketing. We are working on establishing a Fair Pay Agreement in the social care sector and will bring forward proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 24/07/2024 10:17:16 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1722009

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Government's plans to legislate on employment law within 100 days, what his planned timetable if for consulting on those legislative proposals.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the plan to Make Work Pay in full. The Employment Rights Bill will be key to delivery and we are committed to introducing this legislation to improve the rights of workers within 100 days.The details of this are in rapid development</p><p>Some parts of the plan to Make Work Pay will take longer to review and implement. Work is underway to prepare consultations on several aspects of the plan. There are also parts of the plan that will not require primary legislation to implement. Ministers are identifying the most appropriate delivery mechanisms for the commitments in the plan and are committed to carrying out full and comprehensive consultation on the implementation of the plan to Make Work Pay.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders grouped question UIN 697 698 question first answered 24/07/2024 13:25:52 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1722011

registered interest
date	18/07/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Conditions of Employment: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many separate Government consultations are planned to support implementation of the proposals relating to worker's rights; and what the planned scope of each consultation is.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the plan to Make Work Pay in full. The Employment Rights Bill will be key to delivery and we are committed to introducing this legislation to improve the rights of workers within 100 days.The details of this are in rapid development</p><p>Some parts of the plan to Make Work Pay will take longer to review and implement. Work is underway to prepare consultations on several aspects of the plan. There are also parts of the plan that will not require primary legislation to implement. Ministers are identifying the most appropriate delivery mechanisms for the commitments in the plan and are committed to carrying out full and comprehensive consultation on the implementation of the plan to Make Work Pay.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders grouped question UIN 696 698 question first answered 24/07/2024 13:25:52 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon