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1719989

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Tourism: VAT
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the removal of tax-free shopping for international visitors, what steps they are taking to support affected small and medium-sized enterprises in regional economies; and what assessment they have made of the impact on regional economies and their wider supply chains.
tabling member printed	Lord Mott
uin	HL4867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p><em> It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 10:30:13 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4984 label Biography information for Lord Mott

1720001

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Convictions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the sub-postmasters’ convictions secured by the Crown Prosecution Service had an input from the Department of Work and Pensions.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 10:30:26 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1719891

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the right to take industrial action in the UK, as set out by Convention 87 of the International Labour Organization, is protected.
tabling member printed	Lord Collins of Highbury
uin	HL4814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 09:53:58 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury

1719892

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Industrial Disputes
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what, if any, representations they have made in relation to the International Court of Justice case relating to the right to take industrial action under the International Labour Organization’s Convention 87.
tabling member printed	Lord Collins of Highbury
uin	HL4815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 09:53:50 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4222 label Biography information for Lord Collins of Highbury

1719906

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Postal Services: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the competitive landscape of the UK's postal and parcel delivery market (1) remains fair, and (2) does not lead to monopolistic practices post-takeover.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Ofcom’s duties, as the independent regulator for postal services, include furthering the interests of citizens and consumers, where appropriate by promoting competition.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom’s regulatory framework supports competition by imposing minimal intervention in competitive areas of the postal market, for example, in relation to parcel services. Ofcom also requires Royal Mail, as the designated universal service provider, to allow access to its network for the provision of certain bulk letter and large letter services and impose a number of safeguards to protect postal operators reliant on this access.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 10:02:14 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1719184

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Horizon IT System: Convictions and Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they commissioned one or more independent legal opinions before deciding not to quash the convictions and prosecutions of sub-postmasters by the Department of Work and Pensions in relation to the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL4791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) instructed Counsel to advise on its duty of post-conviction disclosure and that advice included a consideration of the nature of its prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>The advice considered cases that had been brought before the Court of Appeal in which DWP evidence was scrutinised.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 23/05/2024 16:43:34 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1718944

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with Harland and Wolff on their refinancing plans; and what is the current status of their Export Development Guarantee application.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL4725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>I am unable to comment on ongoing transactions for reasons of commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL4744 question first answered 24/05/2024 08:06:45 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1718963

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Harland and Wolff: Export Credit Guarantees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they are having with Harland and Wolff to provide the company with a UK Export Finance Guarantee; and when they expect a final decision to be made.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL4744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>I am unable to comment on ongoing transactions for reasons of commercial sensitivity.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel grouped question UIN HL4725 question first answered 24/05/2024 08:06:45 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1718617

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Vacancies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement strategies to mitigate the risks of labour shortages in the supply chain for infrastructure projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government works with the construction sector, through the Construction Skills Delivery Group, to identify and plan to meet future skills needs in the sector. We also work with the industry to support the development and adoption of digital and industrialised construction techniques, as well as robotics and autonomous systems, which will reduce the labour intensity of the sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 24/05/2024 08:27:02 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1718618

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Pay
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to reports of a discrepancy between wage growth and pay settlements, what steps they are taking to (1) ensure fair compensation for workers, and (2) address income disparities across different sectors of the economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL4720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Living Wage is part of our wider commitment to ensuring a labour market that works for everyone, both in terms of fair pay and fair working conditions.</p><p> </p><p>On 1 April 2024, the Government increased the National Living Wage for workers aged 21 years to £11.44 an hour. We are pleased to confirm that this record cash increase of £1.02 per hour means we will hit the target for the National Living Wage to equal two-thirds of median earnings for those aged 21 and over in 2024. This will end low hourly pay for this group.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 23/05/2024 16:52:43 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick