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The work that the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is conducting to develop an evidence base is ongoing. It is continuing to assess new and emerging data and will report in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4487", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rochester and Strood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kelly Tolhurst"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-02-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-02-03T14:53:54.627Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-01-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Fireworks: Animal Welfare"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2020 to Question 3877 on Fireworks: Animal Welfare, what the time frame is for the Office for Product Safety and Standards' review on the effect on humans and animals of the use of fireworks.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4653", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Morgan"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Portsmouth South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Stephen Morgan"} ], "uin" : "9767"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1173945", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1173945/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. As announced in the Queens\u2019 Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers\u2019 rights in over 20 years. This will include measures to introduce an entitlement to leave for unpaid carers.<\/p>

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This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. As announced in the Queens\u2019 Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers\u2019 rights in over 20 years. This will include measures to introduce an entitlement to leave for unpaid carers.<\/p>

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This Government is determined to make Britain the best place in the world to work. As announced in the Queens\u2019 Speech, we will be bringing forward an Employment Rights Bill to deliver the greatest reform of workers\u2019 rights in over 20 years. This will include measures to introduce an entitlement to leave for unpaid carers.<\/p>

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We want to make sure that the UK is the best place in the world to work and grow a business. That\u2019s why we are backing businesses right across the country, with 381,000 new businesses starting last year, and the government-owned British Business Bank currently supports more than £7bn to over 91,000 smaller businesses.<\/p>

The British Business Bank\u2019s Start-Up Loans programme provides\u202floans to entrepreneurs seeking to start and grow their own businesses. Since 2012 the programme has delivered more than 69,000 Start-Up Loans, providing more than £558m of funding, in every part of the United Kingdom. Since 2012:<\/p>