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1734350

registered interest
date	15/10/2024
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	Logistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he will include measures to strengthen the enablers of growth in the logistics sector and the infrastructure it uses in the forthcoming industrial strategy.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Mike Reader
uin	9312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>Our Strategy is unreservedly pro-business, engaging on complex issues that are barriers to investment, like skills, recruitment of international talent, data, R&amp;D, technology adoption, access to finance, competition, regulation, energy prices, grid connections, infrastructure, and planning – all through the lens of promoting investment.</p><p> </p><p>Our Industrial Strategy will channel support to eight growth-driving sectors – those in which the UK excels today and will excel tomorrow, and which present the greatest opportunity for output and productivity growth over the long-term.</p><p> </p><p>We will also look across the growth-driving sectors, progressing value chain analysis to identify ‘foundational’ sectors which are critical to a growth-driving sector’s value chain.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 18/10/2024 12:51:07 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	5316

1733638

registered interest
date	11/10/2024
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	Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the steel industry.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Nigel Farage
uin	8697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is developing a steel strategy in partnership with the steel sector and trade unions that will set out a long-term vision for a sustainable steel sector, which we plan to publish in Spring 2025.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed £500mn to Port Talbot’s transformation and up to £2.5bn for steel which will be available through the National Wealth Fund and other routes to help rebuild the sector.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 18/10/2024 12:47:37 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	5091

1733676

registered interest
date	11/10/2024
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	Pre-school Education: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2024 to Question 4008 on Childcare: Recruitment, what steps his Department is taking to (a) monitor and (b) enforce the payment of the National Living Wage in the early education and childcare sector.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	8664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is clear that anyone entitled to the minimum wage should receive it. Robust enforcement action is taken against employers who do not pay their staff correctly.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC enforces the minimum wage on behalf of DBT, and they investigate where they believe an employer is not paying the minimum wage. This includes considering all complaints from workers, conducting proactive enforcement activities in sectors considered high risk, and delivering educational activity to support employer compliance.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 17/10/2024 08:30:55 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1733287

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Department for Business and Trade: Arden Strategies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of Arden Strategies.
tabling member constituency	West Suffolk
tabling member printed	Nick Timothy
uin	8514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>Details of Senior Officials’ and Ministers’ meetings with external organisations and individuals are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.</p><p>Special Advisers are required to comply with the Special Adviser Code of Conduct at all times and are required to make declarations on meetings with senior media figures in line with published transparency guidance.</p><p>Where a Special Adviser accompanies their Minister to an official meeting with a senior media figure, the Special Adviser’s attendance does not need to be separately recorded as the Minister will be the main attendee.</p><p>Where an ‘informal’ lobbying approach is granted time or resource by Government, it should result in a diarised engagement and therefore be recorded.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 17/10/2024 14:52:26 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5062

1733292

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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 Agreements: Parliamentary Scrutiny
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 plans to take to ensure that Parliament has meaningful powers to (a) scrutinise trade negotiations as they progress and (b) (i) debate and (ii) vote on trade treaties ahead of ratification.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Clive Jones
uin	8571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting parliamentary scrutiny of the UK’s trade agreements, balancing the need for robust scrutiny with the need to ensure we can negotiate effectively in the UK’s best interests.</p><p> </p><p>Free trade agreements are subject to parliamentary scrutiny under the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, prior to ratification.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business and Trade is currently considering wider scrutiny arrangements for trade agreements, to ensure they are fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Lothian East answering member printed Mr Douglas Alexander question first answered 17/10/2024 12:49:11 answering member 632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander
tabling member	5207

1733297

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Volkswagen: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report entitled Classification of the audit at SAIC-Volkswagen (Xinjiang) Automotive Ltd, published by Volkswagen in September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Chingford and Woodford Green
tabling member printed	Sir Iain Duncan Smith
uin	8409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2024 answer text <p>No company should have forced labour in its supply chains. This Government is committed to working with international partners and businesses to ensure global supply chains are free from human and labour rights abuses. The Government is reviewing how we can best tackle forced labour in supply chains.</p> answering member constituency Lothian East answering member printed Mr Douglas Alexander question first answered 18/10/2024 13:34:54 answering member 632 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Alexander
tabling member	152 label Biography information for Sir Iain Duncan Smith

1733333

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Roads: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of insolvencies of road haulage businesses in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Cheshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Cooper
uin	8568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>Estimated numbers of companies with the SIC code 49410 that entered insolvency in the UK in each of the last five calendar years (including 2024 to date) are presented in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Companies Entering Insolvency</strong> (SIC Code 49410 – Freight Transport by Road)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024 (to 31<sup>st</sup> August)</p></td><td><p>334</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 15/10/2024 08:54:07 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5195

1733415

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his planned timetable is for the third statutory review of the Pubs Code and the Pubs Code Adjudicator.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
uin	8524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The third statutory review of the Pubs Code will commence following the end of the current three-year review period on 31 March 2025. It will consider the extent to which the Code is consistent with the principles of fair and lawful dealing of tied pub tenants by pub-owning businesses and that those tenants should not be worse off than they would be if they were not subject to any product or service tie.</p><p> </p><p>The review will consider a range of evidence and notes that the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates and the Campaign for Real Ale raised the issue of guest beers in their responses to the last statutory review. The Government also notes that the Pubs Code in Scotland will not come into force until March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 17/10/2024 08:34:15 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5100

1733416

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make a comparative assessment of the Pubs Code in (a) Scotland and (b) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
uin	8525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The third statutory review of the Pubs Code will commence following the end of the current three-year review period on 31 March 2025. It will consider the extent to which the Code is consistent with the principles of fair and lawful dealing of tied pub tenants by pub-owning businesses and that those tenants should not be worse off than they would be if they were not subject to any product or service tie.</p><p> </p><p>The review will consider a range of evidence and notes that the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates and the Campaign for Real Ale raised the issue of guest beers in their responses to the last statutory review. The Government also notes that the Pubs Code in Scotland will not come into force until March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 17/10/2024 08:35:30 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5100

1733417

registered interest
date	10/10/2024
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Pubs Code to allow tenants of pub-owning businesses to sell one beer of their choice.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
uin	8526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2024 answer text <p>The third statutory review of the Pubs Code will commence following the end of the current three-year review period on 31 March 2025. It will consider the extent to which the Code is consistent with the principles of fair and lawful dealing of tied pub tenants by pub-owning businesses and that those tenants should not be worse off than they would be if they were not subject to any product or service tie.</p><p> </p><p>The review will consider a range of evidence and notes that the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates and the Campaign for Real Ale raised the issue of guest beers in their responses to the last statutory review. The Government also notes that the Pubs Code in Scotland will not come into force until March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Ellesmere Port and Bromborough answering member printed Justin Madders question first answered 17/10/2024 08:36:40 answering member 4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders
tabling member	5100