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809740

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date	19/12/2017
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	New Businesses
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 oral contribution the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 12 December 2017, Official Report, column 166, if he will publish the evidential basis supporting the UK's position as No 4 in the world for being the best place to start a business.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/12/2017 answer text <p>According to the World Bank <em>Ease of Doing Business </em>report 2018 the UK is ranked as 4th in the EU for the ease of starting a business and 14th in the world. This is in line with correspondence I have exchanged with the hon. Member for Sefton Central in which I clarified a response I made to this House on 12 December 2017, and I have placed a copy of this correspondence in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/12/2017 12:30:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809883

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December to Question 118248, what steps he plans to take to ensure a future trade deal with the US benefits the UK food and drink industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2018 answer text <p>The US-UK Trade and Investment Working Group is aiming to provide continuity for the UK as soon as the UK has left the EU. Work on any future trade deal will involve significant input from domestic stakeholders in order to ensure that the UK food and drink industry can continue to access markets overseas. We will work with stakeholders to ensure the benefits of trade can be widely felt and understood, managing the transition brought about by changes in the trade environment. This will ensure that we can strike the right deal with the US, which will be of benefit to the UK food and drink industry.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/01/2018 14:12:08 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809884

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Royal Mail: Privatisation
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 13 December to Question 113922, how many of the Royal Mail's 142,000 staff are not on permanent contracts; and how many shares have been sold by employees since privatisation of the Royal Mail.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Details of Royal Mail’s employee numbers and share ownership are published in Royal Mail’s Corporate Responsibility Report. The Government does not hold these records.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 27/12/2017 07:49:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809885

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Insolvency
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 plans to implement the proposed reforms to the insolvency framework.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Responses to the Government consultation revealed a wide range of often conflicting viewpoints from different stakeholders. In addition, many stakeholder responses indicated greater detail on the proposals was necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the summary of responses to the consultation in September 2016, the Government has continued to engage with a range of interested parties to further discuss and explore the important issues raised in responses to the consultation and find solutions to the challenges identified. This further engagement will ensure that any reforms, if necessary, will be fit for purpose and best achieve the Government’s aims of rescuing distressed but viable businesses, therefore preserving both value and jobs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/12/2017 10:49:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809886

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Joint Air Quality Unit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 118244, if he will publish the programme of work to be undertaken by the Joint Ait Quality Unit for the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Air Quality Unit’s programme of work for the next three years involves implementing national measures and supporting local authorities to deliver local plans for improving air quality in the shortest possible time, as set out in the Government’s plan for tackling roadside concentrations of nitrogen dioxide published on 26 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 27/12/2017 12:53:54 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809887

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117657, what guidance he plans to issue to business on the improvement made to those digital procurement platforms.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Crown Commercial Service emails all registered suppliers with details of enhancements to Contracts Finder in advance and when they are released. Contracts Finder is also featured in our programme of presentations to SMEs and industry bodies.</p><p> </p><p>As Crown Marketplace progresses past the test phase a supplier engagement strategy (which includes communications and guidance) is being developed. Crown Marketplace continues to engage closely with the supplier market including SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:02:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809888

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2017 to Question 117657, on Public Sector: Procurement, what plans he has to reduce the volume of information required for businesses that bid for public procurement contracts.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We have already taken action to ensure that bidding processes are simplified across the public sector. Pre-Qualification Questionnaires (PQQ) have been abolished for low value contracts, and a streamlined, standard Selection Questionnaire introduced for those instances where it is required.</p><p> </p><p>The standard Selection Questionnaire asks potential suppliers to initially just self-declare their status against the exclusion grounds and selection questions. This reduces the burden on organisations providing evidence against those checks and aligns with the process required in the PCR 2015 for the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to look for ways to reduce the burdens place on companies bidding for government business, especially for smaller businesses.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2017 11:03:06 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809889

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Chemicals: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on access to European markets of the regulatory framework in a free trade agreement with the US on the chemical industry in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK is seeking to maintain a deep trading relationship with the EU while maximising our opportunity to strike ambitious trade deals with other global trading partners such as the USA. Access of particular UK sectors such as the chemical industry to European markets will be addressed in the future negotiations between the UK and the EU.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/12/2017 14:21:35 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809890

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on the sustainability of sectors that do not agree sector deals.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>Businesses have emphatically welcomed our proposal to have sector deals - strategic, long term partnerships between industry and government to grow, invest and increase productivity.</p><p>The Government is prepared to work with any sector which can self-organise behind strong leadership and bring forward compelling proposals for a Sector Deal that demonstrate a significant impact to their productivity and earning power and which align with our Industrial Strategy.</p><p>There is no requirement for a sector to have a Sector Deal and we do not anticipate concluding Sector Deals with every sector. Criteria for the assessment of Sector Deal proposals are set out in our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/12/2017 16:05:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

809891

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Construction: Industrial Health and Safety
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 December 2017 to Question 118633, whether he plans to make the holding of a CSCS card a statutory requirement for employment in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	120511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Construction Skills Certification Scheme is an industry-led initiative which aims to ensure workers on construction sites are qualified to undertake the work they are to perform, and have received safety training. The industry decided to replace the previous fragmented system with a standardised one. The Government has supported this, but is not involved in its implementation, and has no plans to make this a statutory requirement.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 22/12/2017 14:49:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson