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389922

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Government Bills
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many and which Government bills introduced in the last Parliament affected predominantly (a) England and (b) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Aldridge-Brownhills
tabling member printed	Wendy Morton
uin	7154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The following Government bills as introduced over the five years of the last Parliament affected predominantly England or England and Wales.</p><p>The proposals that were announced by my Right Honourable Friend, the Leader of the House of Commons, on 2 July on English votes for English laws provide for certification of bills and clauses or schedules by the Speaker of the House of Commons based on the devolution settlement.</p><p>This list is based on an assessment of the effects of provisions rather than the territorial extent of a bill, which concerns the legal jurisdiction to which the bill extends, which may be wider than application. For example, since England and Wales form a single legal jurisdiction a bill might extend to England and Wales but only affect England. The list does not consider whether the subject-matter of any individual clauses or schedules of a bill would be within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly or Scotland Parliament or, if appropriate, the National Assembly for Wales. As such this list is not a guide to the likely certification of these bills had the proposed certification process applied to them.</p><p>Some of the bills listed contain provisions which extend and/or apply to Northern Ireland, Scotland or, as appropriate, Wales. Under the proposals announced on 2 July, bills, clauses and schedules within them would be certified, and so any provisions which apply to Scotland and/or Northern Ireland would not have been subject to the new process.</p><p>The list refers to bills at the time of introduction and does not take into account amendments made during their passage. If the territorial extent and/or application of a bill is to be amended in such a way that would affect devolved matters, the consent of the relevant devolved legislature(s) would be sought. This is in accordance with the convention that the UK Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters except with the agreement of the devolved legislature.</p><p><br>a) On introduction, applied predominantly to England</p><p>Academies Bill (which became the Academies Act 2010)</p><p>Local Government Bill (which became the Local Government Act 2010)</p><p>b) On introduction, applied predominantly to England and Wales</p><p>Charities Bill (which became the Charities Act 2011)</p><p>Education Bill (which became the Education Act 2011)</p><p>Police (Detention and Bail) Bill (which became the Police (Detention and Bail) Act 2011)</p><p>Local Government Finance Bill (which became the Local Government Finance Act 2012)</p><p>Sunday Trading (London and Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Bill (which became the Sunday Trading (London and Olympic Games and Paralympic Games) Act 2012)</p><p>Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Bill (which became the Water Industry (Financial Assistance) Act 2012)</p><p>Defamation Bill (which became the Defamation Act 2013)</p><p>Local Audit and Accountability Bill (which became the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014)</p><p>Offender Rehabilitation Bill (which became the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014)</p><p>Modern Slavery Bill (which became the Modern Slavery Act 2015)</p><p>Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill (which became the Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Act 2015)</p><p> </p><p>The corrected totals in the Answer to Question 4228 are: a) two predominantly England-only bills; b) 11 predominantly England and Wales-only bills.</p><p>I would also like to correct my answer to the Hon Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams) of 2 July 2015, Official Report, col 1656. The number of bills in the previous Parliament that are considered to have been predominantly England-only upon introduction is two.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 16/07/2015 06:17:25 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton

389451

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Living Wage
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 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if he will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>We are the first Government ever to deliver a National Living Wage. Every employer in the country will pay the National Living Wage, including of course all Government departments.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 6547 question first answered 15/07/2015 16:54:39 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

389455

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will postpone any sales of shares in RBS by UK Financial Investments until all interest rate cases with sophisticated customers have been resolved or subject to an independent inquiry.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	6697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>As the Chancellor and the Governor of the Bank of England have said, it is in taxpayers’ interests for the government to begin now to return RBS to private ownership. The Governor has also said, there could be considerable net costs to taxpayers of further delaying the start of a sale. The government is clear that the mis-selling of financial products is wrong and those businesses affected should be appropriately compensated through the Financial Conduct Authority’s redress scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:37:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389456

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is towards any director of UK Financial Investments who had not disclosed a conflict of interest in relation to RBS customers.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	6698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:36:29 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389461

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Royal Bank of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he takes to ensure that no conflicts of interest arise between directors of UK Financial Investments and customers of RBS.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	6701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>UK Financial Investment (UKFI) adheres to the Code of Practice as set out by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, which specifically addresses the issue of actual, potential or perceived conflicts of interest.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, UKFI is subject to the Companies Act 2006, which sets out in detail the legal obligations whereby companies have a legal duty to avoid conflicts of interest</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 15/07/2015 15:37:12 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

389522

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to merge the 14 regional markets for energy distribution to create a national energy market for electricity distribution and reduce the price paid by consumers and businesses in the Highlands and Islands.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	6779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>Electricity distribution network charges vary by region and reflect the costs of running the network in that area and the number of consumers that those costs are spread over. Moving away from this ‘cost-reflective’ approach would weaken the local accountability of the network operator in ensuring expenditure is fully justified, in turn weakening downward pressures on network costs overall. In addition, a national price for electricity distribution would mean lower network charges in some areas, but increases in others. There are fuel poor consumers throughout GB, including in the areas that could be expected to see higher bills as a result of such a change.</p><p>Any decision on whether to pursue this further could therefore only sensibly be considered on the basis of robust and evidence-based analysis<em>. </em>Ofgem is currently working to inform the issue, and the Government will consider its analysis carefully. It will also be important to take full account of the final conclusions of the energy market investigation which is currently being undertaken by the Competition and Markets Authority. Its provisional findings favour more locational transmission pricing.</p><p>To help protect domestic and business consumers in the North of Scotland specifically, Government has already introduced the Hydro Benefit Replacement Scheme. It provides an annual assistance amount of over £50m to consumers in the North of Scotland. The cost of providing this discount is recovered from consumers across the whole of Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/07/2015 14:34:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

389043

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of whether the legal basis of the Low Pay Commission will need to be changed in order to set and implement the National Living Wage; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Low Pay Commission (LPC) continues to play a critical role in providing recommendations for the National Minimum Wage rates, and now has new responsibilities to help deliver the Governments’ ambition for the National Living Wage (NLW).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to set the remit for the LPC on the existing legal base.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 15/07/2015 15:32:47 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389046

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of likely savings to the public purse in each of the next five years as a result of changed to tax credits as announced in the Summer Budget 2015; and if he will estimate what those savings would be if those changes were applied only to new tax credit claimants.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The estimated savings from the changes to tax credits announced at the Summer Budget can be found in Table 2.1 of the main document.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The removal of the family element of tax credits will apply to new tax credit claims from April-17. The limiting of the child element to two children will apply to new births from April-17. We do not hold an estimate of the savings generated if the changes to tax credits announced at the Summer Budget applied only to new claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 15/07/2015 16:32:30 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

389047

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the requirement on local authorities to pay staff the National Living Wage will be treated as a new burden.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	6511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The new burdens doctrine does not apply to policies which apply the same rules to local authorities and to private sector bodies, unless these have a disproportionate effect on local government. The impact on local government of the introduction of the National Living Wage will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 15/07/2015 14:16:46 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

389049

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of (a) how many and (b) what proportion of all completions of new homes sold in England and Wales have received an A grade for energy efficiency in their Energy Performance Certificate since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	6552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>For the period Jan 2010 – 30 June 2015, 7,637 new build properties were registered as receiving an A rating. This represents approximately 1% of the new build properties lodged on the register during the same period. Because an A rating exceeds required Building Regulations standards there will be a limited proportion of new construction seeking to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The percentage of B rated properties during the same period is 66% - properties achieving a B rating will be generally more energy efficient than the majority of the pre-2010 stock.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 15/07/2015 14:30:01 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner