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749914

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	The Senior Deputy Speaker what was the cost to the House of establishing the parliamentary television channel; and what are the annual costs to the House of maintaining the service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Parliamentary broadcasting is a shared service hosted by the House of Commons with the House of Lords recharged its share of the costs. The information held by the House of Lords does not separately identify the set-up costs. For 2016-17 the resource costs recharged to the House of Lords totalled £1,104k for Parliamentary Broadcasting and £118k for the Parliamentary Broadcasting ICT Programme. Capital amounts recharged in 2016-17 were £81k for Parliamentary Broadcasting and £465k for the Parliamentary Broadcasting ICT Programme.</p> answering member printed Lord McFall of Alcluith question first answered 19/07/2017 11:22:52 answering member 4148 label Biography information for Lord McFall of Alcluith
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

732973

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Product Recalls and Safety Working Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 70328, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the final report of the Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

733143

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Products: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish his Department's working group report on product safety.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:08:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1474 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

746301

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Electrical Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing white goods safety checks in tower blocks in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has one of the highest sets of product safety requirements in the EU which requires goods to meet strict safety rules before they are put into use.</p><p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:09:17 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 1471 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

746941

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Product Recalls and Safety Working Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety will publish its report.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p> </p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:14:17 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

746949

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tumble Dryers: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with Whirlpool on the safety of tumble dryers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>I recognise the efforts Whirlpool has made to rectify the safety issue which affected certain models of tumble dryers; with over 1.5 million appliances modified or replaced.</p><p> </p><p>However, I remain concerned that there are many unregistered appliances in use across the UK and my officials remain in close contact Whirlpool and Peterborough City Council Trading Standards to ensure the company contacts those consumers with an affected machine who have not yet signed up for a repair or replacement.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:14:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

746952

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electrical Goods: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on the provision of safety tests for white goods which are located in tower blocks.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has one of the highest sets of product safety requirements in the EU which requires goods to meet strict safety rules before they are put into use.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p> </p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:14:40 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

746953

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Electrical Goods: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a statement on how best to ensure that fridge freezers and other white goods are safe for use.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK system of product safety requires white goods to meet strict safety requirements before they are put into use. Where faults occur, Trading Standards have powers to order recalls or other corrective actions.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers can check for the latest information on recalls on the GOV.UK website searching for ‘product recall campaign’.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p> </p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:14:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

746972

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Consumers: Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to improve and strengthen the UK product recall system to ensure it is focused on public safety.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016 Ministers set up a new Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety to look at options to further improve the safety of white goods and the recall system.</p><p> </p><p>The Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety submitted its final report in April 2017. I had intended to publish the report then, but the announcement of the General Election prevented me from doing so.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, I asked the Working Group to urgently review their findings and their report has been published today.</p><p> </p><p>I have also asked the Working Group to look at further potential areas of product safety and recalls where action might be required, in light of the tragic events at Grenfell Tower.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/07/2017 15:14:33 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

748517

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Business: Innovation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support available for businesses which are developing new ideas and technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Innovate UK, the Government’s innovation agency, funds and connects business-led innovation. Innovate UK currently provides funding for research, development and demonstration projects through four broad sector-based programmes and an open programme. Over 11,000 projects have been funded to date, with over 8,000 unique organisations involved and further support will be provided through the new Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund</p><p>In some cases, industries are too new and too small to have well-developed sectoral institutions, but companies could still benefit from starting to build a stronger partnership with the Government, particularly to overcome the regulatory issues that often affect new industries. The Challenger Business Programme works with businesses in these areas applying new technologies, innovative products and services, and transformational business models. The programme is founded on collaboration between businesses, regulators, and the Government. It aims to gain a full understanding of the issues facing businesses operating within emerging sectors and agree a set of actions for different partners to take forward, driving growth and boosting the UK’s comparative advantage.</p><p>Innovate UK’s connecting activity also provides direct guidance and assistance to businesses by helping them navigate the full range of support opportunities that exist, primarily through the Knowledge Transfer Network and the Enterprise Europe Network.</p><p>Start-Up Loans are available for those starting a business but lacking access to the necessary finance or support to realise their ambitions.</p><p>In terms of wider support, Start-Up Loans are available for those starting a business and the British Business Bank’s Finance Guide provides information on the different types of financial support available to businesses. There is also a network of 38 Growth Hubs which provide businesses with other sources of support.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/07/2017 11:16:19 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson