The industrial dispute by Royal Mail staff is a matter for Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union. The Government encourages the parties to engage constructively to find a solution to the dispute as quickly as possible.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4115", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Margot James"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stourbridge"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Margot James"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T12:30:07.213Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes"} , "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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent ballot on industrial action at Royal Mail conducted by the Communication Workers Union; and what discussions he has had with management of Royal Mail on those implications.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4614", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Hugh Gaffney"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Hugh Gaffney"} ], "uin" : "109064"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776010", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776010/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
No Government departments have been compromised by the data breach at Equifax Inc., a US-registered company.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government has a contract with TDX Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Equifax Ltd. Equifax Ltd is a separate legal entity registered in the UK. The systems and platforms used in the UK by Equifax Ltd are entirely separated from those impacted by the cyber security incident in the US and were not affected.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matt Hancock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T11:27:40.897Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Equifax"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any Government departments were compromised by the data breach at Equifax; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "109027"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776011", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776011/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The information referenced in my previous answer was first published on 13 October 2017 and was based on information provided by local authorities. It has been amended and is updated on a regular basis as authorities advise us that they have begun to rebill for each of the relief schemes. It was last updated on 23 October and is available at the following link:<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/business-rates-relief-schemes-2017-rebilling-progress<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2017 to Question 9514, on Grenfell Tower: fires, whether his Department's work with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, the NHS, Public Health England, the voluntary and community sector, wider government and those providing care to people and children affected by the Grenfell Tower fire is predicated on World Health Organisation do not harm principles; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Prime Minister, whether she discussed Bombardier and its business interests in the US with the Secretary of State for International Trade prior to his visit to that country in July 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776014", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for International Trade"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/776014/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " WTO rules provide that members can establish a trade remedies framework and undertake investigations into alleged dumping or subsidisation of imports. To operate an independent trade policy, we will need to put in place a trade remedies framework. As an important part of a rounded trade policy, after our exit from the EU, our trade remedies framework will protect domestic industry against unfair and injurious trade practices.<\/p> The US and UK are strong partners and allies. The US is the UK\u2019s largest single trading partner and as such, our joint relationship is a crucial part of our economy and the US-UK economic relationship is crucially important.<\/p> The UK Government has maintained that Boeing\u2019s complaint to the US Department of Commerce is unjustified, and we will continue to strongly defend our case.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2017 to Question 107255, on the UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group, what the implications of the difficulties experienced by Bombardier in trading with the US are for maintaining commercial continuity when the UK leaves the EU.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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