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418136

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Trade Agreements: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on employment levels in the UK (a) economy and (b) transport industry.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>It is not possible at this stage in the negotiation for the Government to assess the precise impact the TiSA will have on employment levels in the UK economy, but we estimate the agreement has the potential to provide a £2-3 billion increase to the UK’s annual GDP with associated employment gains.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418137

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Trade in Services Agreement: Industrial Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the inclusion of (a) employment law and (b) trades union rights in the Trade in Services Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Employment law and trade union rights are not directly included within the TiSA negotiation. The UK government remains strongly committed to the fundamental principles and basic rights for workers arising from the International Labour Organisation (ILO).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 12:23:19 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418139

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Trade in Services Agreement: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he made of the potential effect of the Trade in Services Agreement on the transport industry; and when his Department plans to update that assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>It is not possible at this stage in the negotiation for the Government to assess the precise sectoral impact of the Trade in Services Agreement, but the European Commission are currently undertaking an impact assessment on the overall impact of the agreement. <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/policy-making/analysis/sustainability-impact-assessments/assessments/</a></p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 17/09/2015 15:49:54 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418135

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Trade in Services Agreement
	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 expects the Trade in Services Agreement to entail amendments to (a) employment law, (b) trade union law and (c) company law in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) does not directly cover employment, trade union or company law and no amendments are expected in these areas.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 12:20:27 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418134

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Trade in Services Agreement: Industrial Relations
	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 has taken in negotiations of the Trade in Services Agreement to ensure that workers' rights are protected.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) does not directly cover the laws which underpin workers’ rights in its agreement. The UK Government work closely with the Commission and the <a title="Links to an external resource" href="http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank">International Labour Organisation</a> to ensure that fundamental workers' rights are respected in the context of trade and economic expansion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 15:19:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

418138

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	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	Trade in Services Agreement: Industrial Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment has been made of the potential effect that the Trade in Services Agreement will have on (a) employment law and (b) trade union rights; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	9665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) will not directly cover employment laws or trade union rights. The UK Government works closely with the Commission and the <a title="Links to an external resource" href="http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank">International Labour Organisation</a> to ensure that employment law is respected in the context of trade and economic expansion.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 15:16:47 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

509963

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2016
	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	Insolvency Service: Cardiff
	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 people were employed in the Insolvency Service Cardiff office in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	33271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of employees working in the Insolvency Service’s Cardiff office prior to 2014 is not held and could only be ascertained at disproportionate cost. The numbers of permanent employees working in the Cardiff office since 2014 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>1 January 2014: 35</p><p>1 January 2015: 45</p><p>1 January 2016: 46</p><p> </p><p>The increase in staff numbers between 2014 and 2015 follows the closure of the Insolvency Service’s Swansea office and transfer of staff between the two offices.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/04/2016 16:25:41 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens