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1337292

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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	Intellectual Property: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with representatives from the EU to understand whether the simultaneous disclosure of unregistered designs in the UK and EU would provide protection for those designs in the UK and EU.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	16804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK sought an agreement with the EU on reciprocal disclosure for unregistered designs. This would have been beneficial to UK design businesses. However, the</p><p>EU decided to pass up the opportunity to conclude such mutually beneficial text, which is disappointing. There are no plans to revisit this issue with our EU partners.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government recognises that this an important issue for UK designers and will consider it in our future work on the UK designs system.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 21/06/2021 16:09:03 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1271355

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the Government's new Digital Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	129989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to driving growth in the digital sector and wider economy, and to ensuring that we maximise the benefits of a digital-led economic recovery. We will ensure that the Digital Strategy supports these objectives, both in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and into the future.</p><p>We are continuing to consider the best timeframe for delivering the strategy, in light of the broader national context including the Covid-19 pandemic. We are currently working towards publishing in 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 22/12/2020 14:29:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1271356

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Intellectual Property: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Small Claims Track Cap to £25,000 in line with a Fast-Track claim.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	129990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>As part of its work on IP enforcement issues the IPO has facilitated a series of working groups over the last year looking at the enforcement framework. The cost and accessibility of court processes for IP disputes was considered as part of this review, and questions on these topics were included in the call for views which closed in November this year. The IPO is currently considering the responses received from that exercise and will carry out further assessment as necessary before any recommendations are taken forwards.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/12/2020 12:36:57 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1271357

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Digital Markets Taskforce
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 recommendation 13b in Annex G of the Digital Market’s Taskforce’s report entitled A new pro-competition regime for digital markets.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	129991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring digital markets remain competitive and deliver positive outcomes for consumers, small businesses, and society. That is why we have announced funding to establish a new Digital Markets Unit within the Competition and Markets Authority from 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>We set up the Digital Markets Taskforce in March to offer expert advice. We will now consider the recommendations, including 13b and consult on proposals for a new pro-competition regime for digital markets in early 2021.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/12/2020 12:40:11 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1271358

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Intellectual Property: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an online system to submit claims to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Small Claims Track.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	129992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>As part of its work on IP enforcement issues the IPO has facilitated a series of working groups over the last year looking at the enforcement framework. The cost and accessibility of court processes for IP disputes was considered as part of this review, and questions on these topics were included in the call for views which closed in November this year. The IPO is currently considering the responses received from that exercise and will carry out further assessment and consult other departments as necessary before any recommendations are taken forwards.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/12/2020 12:34:53 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1271360

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Intellectual Property: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Justice on the publication of judgments from the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Small Claims Track.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	129993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>As part of its work on IP enforcement issues the IPO has facilitated a series of working groups over the last year looking at the enforcement framework. The cost and accessibility of court processes for IP disputes was considered as part of this review, and questions on these topics were discussed with Ministry of Justice officials before being included in the call for views which closed in November this year. The IPO is currently considering the responses received from that exercise and will discuss any potential recommendations with other departments and the Judiciary as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/12/2020 12:32:54 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1258297

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the commercial music industry on the difficulties of procuring insurance for live music events.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	124690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>We are aware of the concerns raised by the music industry about the potential challenges associated with securing insurance for live music events.</p><p>Officials have been working closely with the affected sectors to understand the challenges faced. This includes work to build an evidence base on whether there is a clear market failure that demonstrates insurance coverage is the only barrier to live music events taking place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/12/2020 15:16:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1237081

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans the Government has to support music businesses in the event that they cannot reopen when the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme ends.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	94352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>We appreciate that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to the music sector. As you are aware, the Government has provided unprecedented support for business and workers to protect them against the current economic emergency, including the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS), the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS), the Bounceback Loan Scheme and business rates reliefs.</p><p>The Chancellor has now announced the Winter Economy Plan to protect jobs and support businesses over the coming months, once the existing SEISS and CJRS come to end. This support includes:</p><ul><li><p>the new Job Support Scheme;</p></li><li><p>an extension to the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme;</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>an extension of reduced VAT (from 20% to 5%) on concert tickets to March 2021; and</p></li><li><p>further concessions on repayment terms, payment deferrals and application windows.</p></li></ul><p>In addition, the Secretary of State provided a major £1.57 billion support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. This support package will benefit the music sector by providing support to venues and many other organisations to stay open and continue operating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/09/2020 13:22:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1229094

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA is taking to make the processing of V5 forms (a) more efficient and (b) accessible online during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	81603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has a range of services available online which offer the quickest and easiest way to transact with the DVLA. The DVLA’s online services have worked well throughout the pandemic with more than 36 million online driver and vehicle transactions processed since March. Around 97.5 per cent of DVLA’s customer interactions are digital or automated allowing businesses and motorists to transact with DVLA at a time and place that suits them.</p><p> </p><p>For vehicle keepers, the online services include notifying a change of keeper, telling the DVLA that a vehicle has been disposed of to a motor trader as well as removing and adding a personalised number plate from or to a vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA continues to add to the extensive range of digital services already available. In June, the DVLA launched a new service allowing vehicle keepers to change their address online. This service was developed and introduced at pace in response to the pandemic and has been very successful with more than 213,000 change of address transactions completed online by the end of August. Further digital service enhancements are underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/09/2020 16:21:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

1224483

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish further information on the potential further extension of visas for people unable to leave the UK to travel home after 31 July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
uin	73736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The latest information in respect of advice for visa holders can be found on GOV.UK at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-advice-for-uk-visa-applicants-and-temporary-uk-residents</a>. This is kept under review.</p><p>The Home Office has put in place a range of measures to support those affected by the covid-19 outbreak. We recognise further adjustments are likely to be required to cater for all scenarios, and we are working through these, to ensure people are not unduly affected by circumstances beyond their control.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 22/07/2020 15:37:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart