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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

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

391689

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	Employment Regulations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Employment Regulations Act 1999 (Blacklists) Regulations 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	8281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The effectiveness of these regulations has not recently been assessed as we have, to date, seen no evidence of this practice recurring.</p><p>However, the Information Commissioner’s Office is currently investigating some allegations of blacklisting. The Government will be paying close attention to the outcome of these investigations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2015 15:53:36 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

391692

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	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of February 2015 to Question 222681, what licences have been issued since 1 January 2010 to UAV Engines Ltd for equipment other than UAV engines or components for exports for the use of the Israeli Defence Force or other elements of Israel's security forces; and on what date each such licence was issued.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	8353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>No licences have been granted to UAV Engines for equipment other than UAV engines or components for exports for the use of the Israeli Defence Force or other elements of Israel’s security forces since 1 January 2010.</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 15:56:05 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

391886

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	Sunday Trading
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 allow a free vote on any division in the House on the Government's proposed changes to Sunday trading regulations.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>Whipping is a matter for individual political parties and not a matter that the Government can comment on.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2015 15:50:08 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

391389

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Nigeria: Export Controls
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 to ensure the non-diversion of controlled goods to Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Stephen Phillips
uin	8072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>All export licence applications are rigorously assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, including the risk of diversion to undesirable end-users or undesirable end-use. A licence will not be granted unless the tests in the criteria are met. The risk of diversion is an important factor in deciding whether or not to grant an export licence and the assessment takes full account of the conditions prevailing in the destination and region.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 08/09/2015 15:54:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4054 label Biography information for Stephen Phillips