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419788

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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	Arms Trade: Export Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, to which countries UK weapons manufacturers are prohibited from selling arms.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	10746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government publish on GOV.UK, on a country by country basis, details of sanctions regimes, arms embargoes and restrictions on the export of strategic goods currently implemented by the UK.</p><p>Arms embargoes ban the export of ‘arms and related material’. This covers military ammunition, weapons and goods. They may be imposed by a number of organisations, including the UN, the EU or the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe. They may also be imposed at national level.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/10/2015 14:57:00 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

453038

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Business: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment on the closure of the Business Growth Service.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	27511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>As a Spending Review decision, closure of the Business Growth Service (BGS) was not subject to a formal impact assessment. We do not expect closure of the BGS to have an impact on small businesses and entrepreneurs.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 02/03/2016 11:30:32 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

453045

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Business: Advisory Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses have signed agreements with the Business Growth Service in (a) the UK and (b) Kirklees.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	27510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>9,111 businesses in the UK, and 90 businesses in Kirklees, signed agreements with the Business Growth Service since the launch of the service in December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 11:25:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

453050

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Local Enterprise Partnerships: Social Enterprises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with local enterprise partnerships on supporting social enterprises.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	27378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Cabinet Office officials have been working with Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) - including the hon. Member’s LEP, Leeds City Region - and the Big Lottery Fund to agree European Social Fund match-funding arrangements. This funding will invest in local projects tackling the root causes of poverty, promoting social inclusion, local jobs and growth. Social enterprises and charities are well placed to get involved in these opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 11:22:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

453054

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Small Businesses: Government Assistance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what discussions he has had with social enterprises and other small and medium-sized enterprises about the potential effect of the closure of the Growth Accelerator Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	27418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills continues to have discussions with businesses and their representatives. They have told us that there is strong appetite in the private sector to fill the gap in the market and develop sustainable offers of support.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 29/02/2016 11:26:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

515709

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has plans to regulate the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	35533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to further regulate the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.</p><p>Carbon monoxide detectors fall under the General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) 2005 which states any product placed on the market must be safe. Trading Standards will remove products that do not meet the requirements of the GPSR.</p><p>These types of carbon monoxide detectors are obsolete and no longer generally available.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 15:13:04 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

515710

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2016
	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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward regulations on the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	35534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to bring forward regulations on the sale of black spot carbon monoxide detectors.</p><p>Carbon monoxide detectors fall under the General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR) 2005 which states any product placed on the market must be safe. Trading Standards will remove products that do not meet the requirements of the GPSR.</p><p>These types of carbon monoxide detectors are obsolete and no longer generally available.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/05/2016 15:13:42 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

173346

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	Insolvency Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Insolvency Service provides value for money for creditors of liquidated companies.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	220547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service has recently undertaken reviews of its systems and processes to identify ways to reduce costs. It also regularly reviews its fees. In addition, measures contained in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will benefit creditors by saving an estimated £20m per year from the cost of all insolvency proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 20/01/2015 15:14:49 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

173352

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from creditors of companies which go into insolvency about the Insolvency Act 1986.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	220648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>I regularly receive representations from those who are owed monies by insolvent companies. Unfortunately it is the inevitable consequence of insolvency that some creditors will remain unpaid, but the Government is committed to making sure that we have the fairest possible insolvency regime for when things go wrong. Measures contained in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill will benefit creditors by saving an estimated £20m per year from the cost of insolvency proceedings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/01/2015 11:32:35 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

173353

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent representations he has received from creditors of companies which have gone into liquidation about the priority of payments in cases of liquidation.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	220650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2015 answer text <p>I occasionally receive representations from creditors of companies in liquidation about priority of payments in those cases. In broad terms, the principle applied in insolvency cases is that creditors are treated equally, and will receive any payment they are due after the fees, costs and expenses of the liquidation have been paid. This is not an area which the Government has any current plans to change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 19/01/2015 14:59:02 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman