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753958

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Radioisotopes: Imports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government (1) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of not reaching agreement with the EU by April 2019 on the supply of the radioisotope molybdenum-99 used to produce technetium-99m which is required for over 80 per cent of diagnostic medicine procedures in the UK; (2) what assessment they have made of the potential impact of delays or disruption to the supply of diagnostic medicine procedures that may result; and (3) what contingency plans they have put in place to mitigate such delays or disruption to that supply after Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is fully aware of the importance of molybdenum-99 and the reliance on this medical radioisotope for diagnostic procedures in the National Health Service. The United Kingdom’s ability to import medical isotopes from Europe and the rest of the world will not be affected by withdrawal from Euratom. It is in everyone’s interest to not disrupt the timely access of treatment to patients and to ensure that cross-border trade with the European Union and Euratom is as frictionless as possible.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 31/07/2017 13:38:56 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

747431

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the (1) minimum and (2) maximum level of fines that will be applicable for the reporting of misleading, false or deceptive payment practices and performance as established by the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 No. 395, and what other disciplinary action will be taken or recommended against relevant firms and individual persons.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>In England and Wales, there is no minimum, and no maximum level of fine which would be due on conviction of reporting misleading, false or deceptive payment practices or performance under the Regulations. This reflects the changes to maximum fines which may be imposed on summary conviction in England and Wales under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. In Scotland and Northern Ireland, fines cannot exceed Level 5 of the Standard Scale. The Government has no plans to take or recommend other disciplinary action against firms or individual persons.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2017 10:57:46 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

747430

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for identifying and investigating misleading, false or deceptive reporting of payment practices and performance by qualifying companies and LLPs as established by the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 No. 395.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will investigate any challenges to the accuracy of the information provided, on a case by case basis.</p><p>Anyone who is concerned that a business might not have complied, or may have made a false statement, can raise this by contacting the company directly or by contacting the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy at <a href="mailto:paymentpracticesreporting@beis.gov.uk" target="_blank">paymentpracticesreporting@beis.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/07/2017 10:57:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1204240

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the effectiveness of the Pre Pack Pool, and (2) the proportion of eligible cases being referred for review dropping to 10 per cent, according to the Pre-Pack Pool’s latest Annual Report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL5796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Pre-Pack Pool is one of a number of voluntary measures introduced in November 2015 to improve transparency and confidence in pre-pack sales in administration. The Insolvency Service has carried out an assessment of the impact of these measures and will publish its findings in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/06/2020 15:18:16 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1204234

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Insolvency: Subsidiary Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of businesses using pre-pack administration processes to buy back subsidiaries at a discounted rate while failing to repay creditors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL5791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service has carried out an assessment of the impact of voluntary measures introduced in 2015 to improve transparency and confidence in pre-pack sales to connected parties in administration. The findings will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>There is some protection in insolvency legislation for unsecured creditors in the form of the “prescribed part”, which is the amount of a company’s assets that must be reserved for the benefit of unsecured creditors when it enters administration.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/06/2020 15:15:01 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

747996

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Be Real Campaign’s research that 52 per cent of secondary school pupils regularly worry about their physical appearance; and whether they will consider promoting Be Real’s Body Confidence Toolkit for Schools in all schools in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of the work of Be Real, and provided initial funding to launch its website. Caroline Dinenage, the previous Minister for Women and Equalities, met with Be Real following the launch of their toolkit, to thank them for their important work and discuss how we can best support young people’s body image.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 the Government funded the PSHE Association to develop and publish key standards on teaching about body image in schools, which I referred to in my previous answer. That includes a list of resources on body image that have been accredited by the PSHE Association, and the Be Real body confidence toolkit has received that accreditation and so is included within the key standards resource. The PSHE Association is a trusted source for teachers and schools, and I am confident that this is an important way to support the promotion of the Be Real resource to schools.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 19/07/2017 16:07:42 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1204237

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Insolvency: Small Businesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of pre-pack administrations on SME creditors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL5793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has not carried out a specific assessment of the impact of prepacks on SMEs. However, the Insolvency Service has reviewed the impact of voluntary measures introduced in 2015 to improve transparency and confidence in pre-pack sales in administration, including the impact on creditors and its findings will be issued in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/06/2020 15:17:24 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1204236

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Insolvency: Tax Havens
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of pre-pack administrations by businesses that have previously extracted large dividends through subsidiaries based in tax havens.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL5792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>There has been no assessment by Government of the use of pre-pack administrations by businesses that have previously extracted large dividends through subsidiaries based in tax havens.</p><p> </p><p>The Insolvency Service has, however, carried out an assessment of the impact of voluntary measures introduced in 2015 to improve transparency and confidence in pre-pack sales in administration. The findings will be published in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/06/2020 15:17:13 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1204238

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	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	Insolvency
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the Pre Pack Pool Oversight Group’s suggestion that the Pre Pack Pool is “unsustainable” unless referrals of pre-pack sales to the Pool are made mandatory.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL5794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>There has been a very low number of referrals to the Pre-Pack Pool which was set up by industry to provide opinions on a voluntary basis on pre-pack sales in administration to connected parties.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government continues to work with regulators and industry stakeholders to discuss options for strengthening the professional standards for insolvency practitioners to give greater assurance to creditors where a sale is to a connected party.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 29/06/2020 15:17:40 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

752474

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve small and medium-sized enterprises’ access to redress and compensation from banks; and what assessment they have made of the recommendation by the BankingFutures initiative to expand the remit of the Financial Ombudsman to widen support for SMEs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL920
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider the issue of small and medium-sized enterprises’ access to redress and compensation from banks when the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publishes its feedback statement on its discussion paper on SMEs as users of financial services. The remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service is a matter for the FCA.</p><p> </p><p>In April, the FCA published feedback to the consultation on their Mission Statement. In this they committed to consult on widening the remit of the Financial Ombudsman Service. They will do so shortly, using a formal consultation alongside its feedback on its SME discussion paper.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/07/2017 12:29:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn