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1612358

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Imports: Israeli Settlements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make it her policy to prevent the importation of goods originating from illegal Israeli settlements into the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	181648
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2023 answer text <p>There are no current import sanctions on goods originating from Israeli settlements. However, goods originating from Israeli settlements in the West Bank are not entitled to tariff and trade preferences under either the trade agreement between the UK and Israel, or the agreement between the UK and the Palestinian Authority.</p> answering member constituency Mid Worcestershire answering member printed Nigel Huddleston question first answered 27/04/2023 13:40:43 answering member 4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1719608

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Batteries: Lithium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to strengthen the UK supply chain in the production of lithium-ion batteries.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	27339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 23/05/2024 13:47:08 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1719609

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Batteries: Lithium
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to encourage cathode active material producers to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	27340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 23/05/2024 13:52:40 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1719610

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Magnets: Supply Chains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to encourage rare earth magnet producers to the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	27341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 23/05/2024 14:57:51 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1719611

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Minerals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the UK’s domestic critical mineral capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	27342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 23/05/2024 13:51:43 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1719612

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2024
	answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	answering dept id	214
	answering dept short name	Business and Trade
	answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
	hansard heading	Minerals: Trade Agreements
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which nations she has pursued critical mineral agreements with.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	27343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 23/05/2024 14:58:53 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1228818

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	British Business Bank: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the British Business Bank will lower its interest rates to help support businesses to expand as the economy reopens and covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	81823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Business Interruption loan schemes are delivered by the British Business Bank through accredited lenders. Individual lending decisions are at the discretion of these lenders. The accreditation agreement makes clear that the interest rate at which the lender is prepared to lend at, and any associated fees, should be based on a lender’s normal pricing framework.</p><p> </p><p>For the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS), the Government pays the interest and any lender-levied fees in the first 12 months. For BBLS the interest rate is set at 2.5% per annum.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/09/2020 15:51:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1228819

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Business: Coronavirus
	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 steps he will take to collaborate with regionally-focused private equity firms to help encourage local businesses to expand as the economy reopens and covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	81824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is already collaborating through regionally-focused private equity firms which are benefiting from funding from the government-backed British Business Bank (BBB) programmes such as the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Midlands Engine Investment Fund and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Investment Fund. As of June 2020, the BBB’s dedicated regional funds support more than £240m worth of finance.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support its regional activities further, BBB launched the £100m Regional Angels programme in 2018 – which is designed to help reduce regional imbalances in access to early stage equity finance for smaller businesses across all regions; and the UK Network – which engages with business finance stakeholders in each of the English regions and Devolved Nations, to increase small businesses’ awareness and understanding of the finance options best suited to their needs. The Future Fund is also open to companies from all regions and from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering a range of options that look at enhancing both new and existing levers to increase the supply of equity finance, particularly in regions, as part of the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review discussions in order to support local businesses to expand as the economy reopens.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 08/09/2020 15:53:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1230742

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	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	Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps increase or lift the capacity cap in future Contracts for Difference allocation rounds.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	84214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>Capacity caps can drive competitive auctions and deliver value for money for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>A capacity cap was first deployed in the third Contract for Difference auction in 2019, which secured nearly twice the capacity of the previous auction with a 30% reduction in clearing prices.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish auction parameters well in advance of the next auction in 2021, taking into account our ambitions for net zero.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/09/2020 12:57:36 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham

1230743

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2020
	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	Renewable Energy
	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 plans he has to apply any capacity caps as soft instead of hard constraints in future Contracts for Difference allocation rounds.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Derbyshire
	tabling member printed	Mrs Pauline Latham
	uin	84215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>In March this year, the Government published a consultation on proposals to amend the Contracts for Difference scheme for future allocation rounds. This included options to introduce flexibility in the use of capacity caps as either a 'hard' or 'soft' constraint. The consultation closed on 29 May and responses are being analysed. A government response to this consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/09/2020 12:59:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4025 label Biography information for Mrs Pauline Latham