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391679

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Arms Trade: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what licences have been issued to (a) Instro Precision, (b) Ferranti Technologies and (c) Elite KL for exports for the use of the Israeli Defence Force or other elements of Israel's security forces on what dates since 1 January 2010; and what the date of each such licence was.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	8285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>Six Standard Individual Export Licences for military goods have been granted to the named companies for ultimate end-use by the Israeli Defence Forces since 1 January 2010. I am unable to disclose more specific details as to do so might reveal commercially sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/09/2015 15:55:18 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

391680

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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 his Department is taking in negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (a) to protect and (b) to ensure benefits to the UK entertainment industry.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	8257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The EU-US free trade deal, like other EU trade deals, excludes the audiovisual sector from commitments to open EU markets to foreign competition. The Government is working closely with the European Commission to ensure that the wider entertainment industry benefits from this deal. There are also potential benefits through increased access to the US market and reductions in red tape, particularly for smaller businesses and individual artists.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 14/09/2015 13:24:01 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

391681

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Met Office
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 retaining full public ownership of the Met Office; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	8269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8212 8270 8271 8272 8350 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391682

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Ordnance Survey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether officials in his Department have worked to assess the feasibility of a sale of his Department's stake in Ordnance Survey Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	8270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8212 8269 8271 8272 8350 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391683

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Land Registry: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any officials in his Department have examined the feasibility of privatising the Land Registry.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	8271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8212 8269 8270 8272 8350 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:52 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391684

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Land Registry
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 retaining full public ownership of the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	8272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the effective and efficient management of publicly owned assets and keeps ownership of all assets under review. Where there is no longer a strong policy reason for continued public ownership or where there is potential for an asset to operate more sensibly and efficiently in the private sector, the Government will continue to look into the potential sale of public sector assets.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8212 8269 8270 8271 8350 question first answered 11/09/2015 13:18:53 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

391685

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Electronic Commerce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will bring forward regulations to clarify the legal protections that third party companies receive with regard to stock and stock lists which are held by online retailers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	8232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>No, given the rights and obligations of businesses holding stock on behalf of third parties are well-established and in the event of a dispute it is for the courts to determine the outcome, based on the facts of the case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 07/09/2015 08:42:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

391686

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Working Hours: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost to the British economy of the EU Working Time Directive in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	8197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Balance of Competence Review, published in July 2014, said that costs would dramatically rise if the flexibility afforded by the individual opt-out were no longer available. Respondents to the Balance of Competence Review’s Call for Evidence felt that the ECJ judgments surrounding on-call working, accrual and carry-over of annual leave as well as payment for annual leave posed further significant costs.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2015 15:49:16 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

391687

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Science: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the total amount that will be available to ring-fenced science and research funding organisations in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government protected the science ring-fence in cash terms for financial year 2015/16 at £4.6bn. In addition the Chancellor announced in December 2014 a long-term commitment to investment in science infrastructure at £1.1bn per annum in real terms to 2021.</p><p>Decisions on the amount and allocation of funding beyond 2015/16 will be made as part of the Spending Review. We cannot pre-judge the Spending Review outcome.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8264 question first answered 11/09/2015 12:33:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

391688

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Science: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if his Department will conduct a review into the adequacy of capital investment spending as part of the science research budget allocation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government protected the science ring-fence in cash terms for financial year 2015/16 at £4.6bn. In addition the Chancellor announced in December 2014 a long-term commitment to investment in science infrastructure at £1.1bn per annum in real terms to 2021.</p><p>Decisions on the amount and allocation of funding beyond 2015/16 will be made as part of the Spending Review. We cannot pre-judge the Spending Review outcome.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 8265 question first answered 11/09/2015 12:33:04 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham