{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Lord+Mendelsohn&answeringDeptId=201&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-10", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Lord+Mendelsohn&answeringDeptId=201&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-10", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Lord+Mendelsohn&answeringDeptId=201&_metadata=all&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-10", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Lord+Mendelsohn&_page=0&answeringDeptId=201&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-10", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Lord+Mendelsohn&answeringDeptId=201&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-10", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Lord+Mendelsohn&answeringDeptId=201&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-10", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780337", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780337/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Both the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department for International Trade have staff working in a wide range of policy development and delivery activities which support small businesses across the UK. The information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:50:39.453Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants in (1) the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and (2) the Department for International Trade, were responsible for small business policy in each year since 2010, broken down by grade.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2701"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780338", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780338/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Small Business Commissioner\u2019s complaints handling service, dependent on secondary legislation, is expected to be launched by the end of the year, subject to the will of Parliament. The service will be supported by an advice website which is also planned to launch at the same time and will provide details on how complaints from small businesses will be dealt with.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Commissioner, Paul Uppal, and his team are in the process of setting up the office and engaging across the business community and with stakeholders to raise awareness of the SBC service.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:38:41.8Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Business Commissioner"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 19 October (HL1856), how long after the planned launch date of 1 October they expect the Small Business Commissioner complaints scheme to launch; and what marketing activity they are carrying out to ensure that small businesses are aware that complaints dating back to April 2017 may be made retrospectively, once the service has launched.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2702"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780339", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780339/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Details of the employers prosecuted for National Minimum Wage offences up to the end of 2016/17 are included in Table 1 below and are also published in Annex C of the 2017 Government Evidence to the Low Pay Commission on compliance and enforcemen<\/a>t.<\/em> HMRC does not have any records of prosecutions in relation to interns.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1: NMW Prosecutions, 2007/08 to 2016/17<\/p>

<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Name of employer<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Trading Name<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Area<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Offence<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Date<\/strong><\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

1<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

T Aguda<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Rascals Day Nursery Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Walthamstow<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (a)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

28/08/2007<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Torbay Council<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Torquay<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

01/10/2007<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

R Singh<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Pound Mania<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Nottingham<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

30/04/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

David Jackson<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Jackson\u2019s Butchers<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Sheffield<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4).<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

02/07/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Pauline Smout<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Jackson\u2019s Butchers<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Sheffield<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

02/07/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Zaheer Ibrahim<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

The Jewel in the Crown<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Nottingham<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

21/07/2008<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Ahmed Yassine<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

The Pheonix Hotel<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Rotherham<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31 (2); 31 (5) (b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

13/02/2009<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

B G Optical<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Manchester<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(2); 31(3); 31(4); 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

23/06/2010<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Widescope Security<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

London<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(5)(b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

26/02/2013<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Amanda Barrett<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Amanda\u2019s Precious Bubbles Day Nursery Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Birmingham<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(2)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

11/05/2016<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

11<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Richard Hunt<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

The Rock Hotel (Weymouth) Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Weymouth<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

13/05/2016<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

12<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

L.UK/Euro (Brighton) Ltd<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

3D Telecon<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Oldham<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(5)(a)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

04/08/2016<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

13<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Dida Brothers Car Wash<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

Southampton<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(2)<\/ins><\/p><\/td>

08/12/2016<\/ins><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Name of employer<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>

Trading Name<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>

Area<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>

Offence<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td>

Date<\/strong><\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>

1<\/del><\/p><\/td>

T Aguda<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Rascals Day Nursery Ltd<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Walthamstow<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (a)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

28/08/2007<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Torbay Council<\/del><\/p><\/td>

<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Torquay<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (b)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

01/10/2007<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/del><\/p><\/td>

R Singh<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Pound Mania<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Nottingham<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (b)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

30/04/2008<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/del><\/p><\/td>

David Jackson<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Jackson\u2019s Butchers<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Sheffield<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4).<\/del><\/p><\/td>

02/07/2008<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Pauline Smout<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Jackson\u2019s Butchers<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Sheffield<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31 (1); 31 (2); 31 (3); 31 (4)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

02/07/2008<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Zaheer Ibrahim<\/del><\/p><\/td>

The Jewel in the Crown<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Nottingham<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31 (5) (b)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

21/07/2008<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Ahmed Yassine<\/del><\/p><\/td>

The Pheonix Hotel<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Rotherham<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31 (2); 31 (5) (b)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

13/02/2009<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/del><\/p><\/td>

B G Optical<\/del><\/p><\/td>

<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Manchester<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(2); 31(3); 31(4); 31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

23/06/2010<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Widescope Security<\/del><\/p><\/td>

<\/del><\/p><\/td>

London<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(5)(b)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

26/02/2013<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Amanda Barrett<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Amanda\u2019s Precious Bubbles Day Nursery Ltd<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Birmingham<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(2)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

11/05/2016<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

11<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Richard Hunt<\/del><\/p><\/td>

The Rock Hotel (Weymouth) Ltd<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Weymouth<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31(5)(a); 31(5)(b)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

13/05/2016<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

12<\/del><\/p><\/td>

L.UK/Euro (Brighton) Ltd<\/del><\/p><\/td>

3D Telecon<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Oldham<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(5)(a)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

04/08/2016<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

13<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Dida Brothers Car Wash<\/del><\/p><\/td>

<\/del><\/p><\/td>

Southampton<\/del><\/p><\/td>

31(1); 31(2)<\/del><\/p><\/td>

08/12/2016<\/del><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: BEIS/HMRC enforcement data<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780339/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Attachment to HL2703.pdf"} , "title" : "Evidence and analysis to the Low Pay Commission"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780339/answer/previousversion/21502", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780339/answer/previousversion/21502/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Attachment to HL2703.pdf"} , "title" : "Evidence and analysis to the Low Pay Commission"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T13:56:21.617Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-16T11:59:25.293Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Minimum Wage: Prosecutions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many successful prosecutions were made against employers for failing to pay the National Minimum Wage for internship roles in each year since 2010; and what were the details of those prosecutions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2703"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780341", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780341/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Government launched a £1.75m communications campaign in January 2016, which aimed to raise awareness among employers and to encourage workers who are entitled to the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage \u2013 including interns - to check their pay. The campaign ran across radio, billboards, digital and print media and directed workers to a dedicated campaign website.<\/p>

<\/p>

HMRC works with a broad range of employers, agents and worker groups to support compliance and raise awareness of worker rights through a combination of webinars, targeted mail shots, face to face contact, digital contact and project work with sector specific bodies. As part of their Promote programme, HMRC has written to employers who advertise unpaid internships, reminding them of their obligations to comply with NMW legislation.<\/p>

<\/p>

Earlier this year, Matthew Taylor completed his independent review into the UK\u2019s modern employment practices. The Government will give careful consideration to his recommendation to improve the interpretation of the law and to increase enforcement action relating to unpaid internships. We will respond in full later this year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2616", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Henley"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Henley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-10T12:47:28.247Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Minimum Wage: Publicity"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the details of their awareness-raising campaign to promote compliance with National Minimum Wage legislation as it relates to internships; what assessment they have made of the impact of HMRC's Promote programme on reducing the number of unpaid internships; and what other action they are taking to reduce the number of unpaid internships.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2705"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/772440", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/772440/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Government is committed to ensuring that the UK continues to lead the world in fusion research[1]. We have taken action to secure the future of the Joint European Torus (JET) facility by guaranteeing the UK\u2019s share of JET costs until the end of 2020, and are working closely with the UK Atomic Energy Authority to engage positively with EU partners. The relevant Written Ministerial Statement on the JET underwrite can be found here: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-06-27/HCWS13/<\/a> .<\/p>

<\/p>

[1] A 2016 independent review by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) found the UK fusion research programme to be \u2018of world-class quality, in facilities, people and impact\u2019.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Prior of Brampton"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/772440/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Attachment to HL2133.pdf"} , "title" : "Written Ministerial Statement"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-24T11:44:27.047Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Joint European Torus"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to seek to maintain the activities of, and ensure completion of ongoing experiments at, the Joint European Torus (JET) nuclear fusion facility at Culham in Oxfordshire after the end of the current contract between the European Commission and the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2133"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/771268", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/771268/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy set out in his statement to Parliament on 10 October 2017, Ministers and senior officials across government have had extensive engagement with the government of the United States regarding this trade dispute. The total of significant interaction amounts to twenty-five calls and meetings. This includes with senior members of the US Administration and Congress.<\/p>

My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has discussed the matter a number of times with President Trump, stressing the importance of Bombardier\u2019s operations in Belfast and asking the US Government to do all they can to encourage Boeing to drop its complaint. Cabinet Ministers, including the Business Secretary, Foreign Secretary, Defence Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Trade Secretary and the Northern Ireland Secretary, have reinforced the UK\u2019s serious concerns with, among others, the US Secretary of Commerce, the US Secretary of State, the US Treasury Secretary, the US Trade Representative and other members of the US Administration, as well as the EU Trade Commissioner.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Prior of Brampton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-23T11:40:59.637Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Bombardier: USA"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how many interactions, and with which officials, have they had with the government of the United States regarding the trade dispute brought by Boeing against Bombardier.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL2069"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767937", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767937/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

On 2 October my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State announced the appointment of Paul Uppal as the UK\u2019s first Small Business Commissioner (SBC). Mr Uppal and his team will provide general advice and information to small businesses on matters such as resolving payment disputes, including signposting small businesses through the SBC\u2019s website to existing support and dispute resolution services.<\/p>

<\/p>

The SBC complaints scheme is dependent on secondary legislation, which is currently being considered by Parliament. Small businesses will be able to submit complaints once the service fully launches, including complaints relating to issues from 1<\/del> 6<\/ins> April 2017. The office of the SBC will be operational by the end of 2017, subject to the will of Parliament.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Prior of Brampton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "true", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767937/answer/previousversion/16191", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-19T14:11:50.367Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ], "questionFirstMinisteriallyCorrected" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-13T15:03:27.89Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Business Commissioner"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the commitment set out in the document Small Business Commissioner: Policy for Secondary Legislation, published in February, that the Small Business Commissioner's complaints scheme will formally begin on 1 October, whether small businesses may now submit complaints; and through what process they can do so.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL1856"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767938", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767938/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Payment Practices Reporting online service has been launched on the GOV.UK website, and is now available to all businesses in scope of the requirements without the need for an invitation. The Department is now working to raise awareness of the existence of the service, including by contacting business representative bodies. Before the service was launched, 350 invitations were issued. The Department does not hold information on how many of these invitations were issued to businesses in scope of the requirement.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Prior of Brampton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-17T15:29:44.233Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Business: Billing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 29 June (HL53), stating that the Payment Practices Reporting online service will be available for users to begin reporting their payment practices from October, whether that online service has yet been launched and advertised; and out of the estimated 15,200 businesses in scope to comply with the payment practices and performance reporting requirements, how many have so far been issued an invitation to use the service.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL1857"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759575", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/759575/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

At around 5.5m, small and medium-sized businesses comprise 99.9% of UK businesses. The Government recognises the importance of small and medium-sized businesses and the valuable contribution that they make to our economy.<\/p>

To avoid overburdening businesses the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 has, amongst other things, reduced regulatory burdens, improved payment practices across the public sector and improved access to finance.<\/p>

In many instances it would be difficult to quantify the monetary benefit directly attributable to the support provided under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, rather than by other business activities.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Prior of Brampton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-09-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-09-20T10:17:56.747Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Small Businesses: Government Assistance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the monetary benefit to individual small and medium-sized enterprises from support provided under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL1545"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758559", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/758559/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

£246m of funding from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has been committed to the \u2018Faraday Challenge\u2019 to develop world leading batteries, designed and manufactured in the UK, to fully exploit the industrial opportunity of vehicle electrification. The scope of research is expected to focus on themes including safety, cost reduction, performance and recyclability.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/127", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Prior of Brampton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-09-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-09-13T12:27:24.487Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-09-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Electric Vehicles: Batteries"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Faraday Challenge will promote research and development of new technologies to support the sustainable disposal or recycling of used electric vehicle batteries.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Mendelsohn"} ], "uin" : "HL1430"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "next" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?tablingMember.label=Biography+information+for+Lord+Mendelsohn&_page=1&answeringDeptId=201&max-answer.dateOfAnswer=2017-11-10", "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 23, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }