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1248987

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	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	Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce the Employment Bill announced in the Queen's Speech.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL9975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>In the Queens’ Speech, we announced we will bring forward measures to deliver on a range of Manifesto commitments.</p><p> </p><p>Our legislation will make workplaces fairer, by providing better support for working families, new protections for those in low-paid work, and by encouraging flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>It it is important that we work closely with stakeholders to make sure we get the legislation right, and we e will bring forward details of the Employment Bill in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/11/2020 17:34:03 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1470898

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	British Business Bank
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what ministerial directions they have given to the British Business Bank; and what were the contents of those directions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kramer
	uin	HL997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>A Ministerial Direction is a formal instruction by a Minister to the Chief Accounting Office of their department to proceed with a spending proposal. These are available on the GOV.UK website.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of the British Business Bank plc, a Written Direction is a formal instruction issued by or on behalf of the British Business Bank’s Shareholder, the Secretary of State for BEIS, to proceed with a requested course of action after the Board has raised its concerns through a Reservation Notice. With respect to the Government’s Covid-19 Loan Schemes, all these notices are publicly available to view on the Bank’s website and GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 16:53:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer

1470878

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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 Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish (1) the list of consultees for the draft Construction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022, and (2) the list of projects excluded by this draft Order and their respective cost estimates.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>A consultation took place with relevant construction industry and water sector stakeholders. Those consulted included construction trade and legal associations, individual contractor companies, consultancies, water utility companies and other government departments. A number of individual responses were also received. Consultees included:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Addleshaw Goddard LLP</li><li>Ashurst LLP</li><li>Balfour Beatty</li><li>BAM Construction</li><li>Build UK</li><li>Civil Engineering Contractors Association</li><li>CMS LLP</li><li>Construction Law Society</li><li>Construction Leadership Council Business Models Contractual Working Group</li><li>Costain</li><li>Crown Commercial Services</li><li>Deloitte</li><li>Diamond Transmission</li><li>EY</li><li>Infrastructure Projects Authority</li><li>KMPG</li><li>National Grid ESO</li><li>Severn Trent Water</li><li>Southern Water</li><li>Transmission Investment / Amber Infrastructure</li><li>United Utilities</li><li>Water UK Roundtable – Yorkshire Water, South West Water, Welsh Water, United Utilities.</li></ul><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In addition, engagement was undertaken with each Devolved Administration.</p><p> </p><p>No projects are either included or excluded by the design of this measure, but to benefit from the Exclusion Order they would need to be consistent with the provisions of the statutory instrument. Projects designated for delivery by way of Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) need to satisfy various selection criteria including, that the estimated whole-life totex (i.e. capital expenditure plus operations and maintenance costs) of the project is likely to exceed a threshold (currently set at £100m), and that delivering the project via DPC has the potential to offer best value for money for customers compared to delivery by the relevant water undertaker.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 14:29:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1331589

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	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	Conditions of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the case for a ‘Right to Disconnect’; and if they have made such an assessment, what the impact of such a right would be on employee mental health.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is considering the business practices, opportunities and risks associated with home and “hybrid” working, as some employers choose to embed these new ways of working into organisational business models more permanently. My Hon. Friend the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets has reconvened the Flexible Working Taskforce – a partnership across business groups, trade unions, charities, and government departments – to help inform the Government’s thinking and support employers as we navigate the impact of Covid-19 on future ways of working.</p><p><br> The Taskforce has been asked to help take forward the best of what we have learned through the pandemic about more flexible ways of working as the economy starts to fully open up.</p><p> </p><p>The Taskforce will provide wider advice on best practice, so that employers are better able to support all forms of flexible working – whether the flexibility relates to the amount, timing or location of work. As part of this advice, the Taskforce will consider the issues associated with an employee’s ability to disconnect from work when working remotely and the related mental health considerations.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/06/2021 12:44:07 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1470479

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to meet their target of women making up at least one third of the offshore wind workforce by 2030.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, the Government secured a commitment from developers and supply chain companies to work together to increase the number of women working in offshore wind to 33% by 2030, aiming for a higher 40% if feasible. This is starting from a 2018 baseline of 16%. This work is being taken forward by the Offshore Wind Industry Council.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 13:43:51 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1470478

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people to enter the offshore wind industry.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, the Government secured a commitment from developers and supply chain companies to work together to increase the number of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people working in offshore wind to 9% by 2030, aiming for a higher 12% if feasible. This is starting from a 2020 baseline of 5%. This work is being taken forward by the Offshore Wind Industry Council.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 28/06/2022 13:43:27 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1470471

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Rothschild Family Investment Management Company
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will investigate the incorporation of Rothschild Family Investment Management Company Limited, registered at Companies House on 9 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	uin	HL963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to comment on individual cases.</p><p>The Registrar of Companies has no current powers to verify information properly delivered in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 or other enactments.</p><p>However, following extensive consultation over 2020 and 2021, the Government published on 28 February 2022 a detailed White Paper setting out far-reaching reforms to Companies House.</p><p>It is the Government’s intention to bring forward appropriate legislation early in this session of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 23/06/2022 16:07:47 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1470470

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Kier Group: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the names of recipients of fines levied upon PWC and its audit partner by the Financial Reporting Council for failures in auditing the statutory accounts of Kier Group plc.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	uin	HL962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The fine imposed by the Financial Reporting Council against PWC LLP in respect of the audit of the accounts of Kier Group plc was £3.35 million, adjusted for aggravating/mitigating factors and admissions/early disposal to £1,959,750. The fine imposed against the Audit Engagement Partner, Jonathan Hook, was £90,000, adjusted for aggravating/mitigating factors and admissions/early disposal to £52,650.</p><p> </p><p>As the FRC investigation was under the FRC’s Audit Enforcement Procedure, the fines are subject to the requirement in regulation 5(7) of the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 that the Financial Reporting Council must pay them to the Secretary of State at BEIS for remittance to the exchequer.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/06/2022 11:19:44 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1470469

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Companies: Registration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many companies registered in the UK with Companies House have a PO Box as their registered office address.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	uin	HL961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>As of 15 June 2022, there are 7,633 companies on the Register who have provided a current registered office address that contains a PO Box.</p><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Companies has the power to set a company's registered office address to a default Companies House address where a statutory process to dispute the address is complete. This default address includes PO Box 4385, and as of 5 June 2022 there are 9,005 companies registered to this address.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/06/2022 11:20:18 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1470468

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	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	Rolls-Royce: Audit
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the names of recipients of fines levied upon KPMG and its audit partners by the Financial Reporting Council for failures in auditing the statutory accounts of Rolls Royce.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
	uin	HL960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2022 answer text <p>The fine imposed by the Financial Reporting Council against KPMG LLP in respect of the audit of the accounts of Rolls Royce plc was £4.2 million, adjusted for admissions and early disposal to £3.375 million. The fine imposed against the Audit Engagement Partner, Anthony Sykes, was £150,000, adjusted for admissions and early disposal to £112,500.</p><p> </p><p>As the FRC investigation was under the FRC’s Audit Enforcement Procedure, the fines are subject to the requirement in regulation 5(7) of the Statutory Auditors and Third Country Auditors Regulations 2016 that the Financial Reporting Council must pay them to the Secretary of State at BEIS for remittance to the exchequer.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/06/2022 11:16:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka