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1305462

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2021
	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	Additional Restrictions Grant and Local Restrictions Support Grant
	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 the Government's timeframe is for local authorities to issue final payments for the Local Restrictions Grant and the Additional Restriction Grant; and if he will consider extending the final payment date for those schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	174881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to provide financial support via Local Authorities for businesses that are required to close, or which are severely affected by the restrictions put in place to tackle Covid-19 and save lives.</p><p> </p><p>At the Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer further extended the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme, providing top-up funding for Local Authorities to distribute to businesses. Final payments of the ARG must be made by 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities were expected to pay eligible businesses the full allocation of the Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) (Closed) as soon as possible after receipt of the funding. They must issue payments for the second round of the 2021 LRSG (Closed) by 30 June 2021. The first round of LRSG (Closed) payments, from 5 January, must be paid out by 30 April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to extend these deadlines.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/04/2021 16:27:41 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1519230

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Adoption: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2022 to Question 39891 on Adoption: Self-employed, and with reference to the Explanatory Notes to the Employment Act 2002, whether it remains his Department's policy that paid adoption leave (a) provides time for the adoptive child and parent to adjust to their new relationships and (b) helps reduce the number of disrupted placements; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility to statutory maternity allowance to self-employed adopters.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	59861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that it is crucial to the success of an adoption placement that an adopter takes time off work to care for and bond with their child. That is why employed adoptive parents have broadly the same rights and protections as birth parents.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have any data on the number of disrupted early placements. Adoption disruption is rare and research in 2014 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank"><em>Beyond the Adoption Order</em></a><em>)</em> suggested that any disruptions happen at a later stage, years after the adoption order has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Maternity Allowance is primarily a health and safety provision intended to support women who have recently given birth to take time off to recover physically from their pregnancy and childbirth. It would therefore not be appropriate to extend this to self-employed adopters.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 10:05:09 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1224338

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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	Airbus UK: Redundancy
	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 ensure the skills of engineers who are made redundant at Airbus are utilised as part of the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	73892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>We are working closely with Airbus to help the company through Covid-19 and into recovery. I appreciate this is a worrying time for workers at Airbus who may be affected; the Government will do all that we can to support affected workers through the Department for Work and Pensions and Job Centre Plus in England, and in Wales through the services offered through the ReAct programme.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 22/07/2020 14:43:36 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1189952

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2020
	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	Bankruptcy: 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, whether he plans to waive bankruptcy fees for people who become bankrupt as a result of the economic effects of the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	39531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>Government has no plans at this time to waive bankruptcy fees.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/05/2020 15:01:32 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1229370

	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	Beer: Small Businesses
	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 the Government is taking to support small breweries.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	82064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>We fully recognise the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on small businesses, including breweries. That is why we introduced an economic package to help small businesses, such as grants, loans and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The Government is continuing to work with the hospitality sector during the pandemic, including regular engagement with representatives from the industry.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/09/2020 16:05:49 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1462488

	registered interest
	date	12/05/2022
	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	Boilers: Natural Gas
	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 plans to take steps to ensure that residential users of communal gas boilers are protected by the energy price cap.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	1203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Queen’s Speech set out the Government’s commitment to legislating to regulate the heat networks market in this parliamentary session as part of the Energy Security Bill:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/queens-speech-2022-background-briefing-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/queens-speech-2022-background-briefing-notes</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:33:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1485299

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2022
	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	Climate Change
	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 make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK's ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty on climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	28891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty have reached an Agreement in Principle on modernisation of the Treaty. The modernised Treaty recognises the urgent need to address climate change and align with the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>After adoption of the final text later this year, the modernised Treaty will come into force once the ratification requirements of the Treaty are met. When deciding whether to seek ratification of the modernised Treaty, the Government will consider its potential impact on all relevant Government objectives.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/07/2022 15:40:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1485300

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2022
	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: Environment Protection and Human Rights
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to enable people to seek redress from companies registered in the UK whose (a) supply chains and (b) subsidiaries are found to be complicit in (i) human rights and (ii) environmental abuses.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	28892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government expects UK businesses to respect human rights and the environment in line with the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines provides a non-judicial grievance mechanism to consider complaints against UK companies which may not have observed the Guidelines in their operations and supply chains overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to propose legislation to introduce corporate liability of UK companies for human rights or environmental violations either by other companies in their supply chains or by their overseas subsidiaries</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 13/07/2022 08:39:25 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1170942

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	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	Companies: Fees and Charges
	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 plans to bring forward regulations on the amount that companies can charge when their services automatically renew; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	3782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling so-called subscriptions traps and other business practices that harm consumers.</p><p> </p><p>In response to specific complaints about these practices in telecoms, insurance, and cash savings, regulators (Ofcom and the FCA) are taking action to ensure that longstanding customers are not charged more. For example, Ofcom has agreed with most major mobile and broadband providers to give discounts to customers that have been paying high “out of contract” prices in mobile and broadband.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult on stronger enforcement powers to ensure harmful trading practices like these are tackled.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/01/2020 14:39:56 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1235485

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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	Construction: Insurance
	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 recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring construction businesses to hold public liability insurance that covers work experience students.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	91667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Work experience students are considered to be employees, and will be covered by the employers' liability insurance policy of a business, provided the insurer is a member of the Association of British Insurers, or Lloyds.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 23/09/2020 15:32:20 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire