Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

748516

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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
	hansard heading	Business: Broadband
	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the quality of broadband available for use by businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	3184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Business broadband connectivity lies at the heart of the Government’s national infrastructure priorities, set out in the Industrial Strategy Green Paper earlier this year, and Ministers and officials in the Department are in regular contact with their counterparts in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to ensure business connectivity needs are addressed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 10/07/2017 15:39:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748514

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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
	hansard heading	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, what discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the financial support available to people who are self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	3182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government supports self-employed people and everyone else who wants to start and grow their own business. The GOV.UK website and the Business Support Helpline provide information on starting and running a business. Start Up Loans offer start up finance and business advice and Growth hubs also provide access to local and national support. There are 4.8 million people who are self-employed.</p><p>BEIS Ministers meet regularly with their counterparts across Government to discuss a range of policy issues of mutual interest.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 3181 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:48:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

748515

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	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
	hansard heading	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, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support his Department provides to people who are self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	3181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government supports self-employed people and everyone else who wants to start and grow their own business. The GOV.UK website and the Business Support Helpline provide information on starting and running a business. Start Up Loans offer start up finance and business advice and Growth hubs also provide access to local and national support. There are 4.8 million people who are self-employed.</p><p>BEIS Ministers meet regularly with their counterparts across Government to discuss a range of policy issues of mutual interest.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 3182 question first answered 10/07/2017 16:48:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson