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1519230

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Adoption: Self-employed
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 27 July 2022 to Question 39891 on Adoption: Self-employed, and with reference to the Explanatory Notes to the Employment Act 2002, whether it remains his Department's policy that paid adoption leave (a) provides time for the adoptive child and parent to adjust to their new relationships and (b) helps reduce the number of disrupted placements; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility to statutory maternity allowance to self-employed adopters.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	59861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that it is crucial to the success of an adoption placement that an adopter takes time off work to care for and bond with their child. That is why employed adoptive parents have broadly the same rights and protections as birth parents.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have any data on the number of disrupted early placements. Adoption disruption is rare and research in 2014 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beyond-the-adoption-order-challenges-intervention-disruption" target="_blank"><em>Beyond the Adoption Order</em></a><em>)</em> suggested that any disruptions happen at a later stage, years after the adoption order has been made.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Maternity Allowance is primarily a health and safety provision intended to support women who have recently given birth to take time off to recover physically from their pregnancy and childbirth. It would therefore not be appropriate to extend this to self-employed adopters.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 10:05:09 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1485299

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
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	Climate Change
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 an assessment of the potential impact of the UK's ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty on climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	28891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty have reached an Agreement in Principle on modernisation of the Treaty. The modernised Treaty recognises the urgent need to address climate change and align with the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>After adoption of the final text later this year, the modernised Treaty will come into force once the ratification requirements of the Treaty are met. When deciding whether to seek ratification of the modernised Treaty, the Government will consider its potential impact on all relevant Government objectives.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/07/2022 15:40:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1485300

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
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	Companies: Environment Protection and Human Rights
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 bring forward legislative proposals to enable people to seek redress from companies registered in the UK whose (a) supply chains and (b) subsidiaries are found to be complicit in (i) human rights and (ii) environmental abuses.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	28892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government expects UK businesses to respect human rights and the environment in line with the OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines provides a non-judicial grievance mechanism to consider complaints against UK companies which may not have observed the Guidelines in their operations and supply chains overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to propose legislation to introduce corporate liability of UK companies for human rights or environmental violations either by other companies in their supply chains or by their overseas subsidiaries</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 13/07/2022 08:39:25 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1469253

registered interest
date	10/06/2022
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	Working Hours
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 an assessment of the implications for his policies of the (a) nature and (b) impact of the pilot of the 32 hour, four day working week, currently being undertaken by 70 UK companies.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	15733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not believe there can be a ‘one size fits all’ approach to work arrangements. That is why we put individual agency and choice at the heart of our consultation on “making flexible working the default”, which closed on 1st December 2021. We are currently reviewing the responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 16/06/2022 09:48:28 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1467150

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Insolvency Service: Bristol
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 planned closure of the Insolvency Service Office in Bristol, where will interviews for individuals in that city requiring those services be carried out following the closure of that office.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Following the closure of the Bristol Office in September 2024, interviews will be held in either a local interview facility or at one of the Insolvency Service 11 Regional Centres. Alternatively, interviews will be conducted remotely using telephone and online channels, this is already established practice where it works for the individual and the Service.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/06/2022 16:36:24 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1467151

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
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	Insolvency Service: Bristol
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the (a) Bristol Chamber of Commerce and (b) Federation of Small Businesses were consulted on the decision to close the Insolvency Service office in Bristol.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	11725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service engaged with personal and business debt advice organisations over proposals to restructure its estate for improved efficiencies.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 13/06/2022 16:36:36 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1462488

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
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	Boilers: Natural Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that residential users of communal gas boilers are protected by the energy price cap.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	1203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Queen’s Speech set out the Government’s commitment to legislating to regulate the heat networks market in this parliamentary session as part of the Energy Security Bill:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/queens-speech-2022-background-briefing-notes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/queens-speech-2022-background-briefing-notes</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 09:33:38 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1437722

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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	Coronavirus: Vaccination
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 his Department expects to start receiving supply of the Novavax covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	134035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK will only receive a supply of the vaccines it needs to meet its vaccination programme. The Government will continue to be guided by the advice of the JCVI on which vaccines should be deployed in the UK’s vaccination programmes. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) will provide advice to the Government, after taking into consideration the safety and efficacy of the Novavax vaccine.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 11/03/2022 13:51:55 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1434576

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Electricity: Prices
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 an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a long-term zero carbon electricity contracts market, as recommended in the UCL policy briefing entitled Delivering competitive industrial electricity prices in an era of transition, published on 9 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	128312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government has made great strides in decarbonising power supply. However the Government is also aware that reaching Carbon Budget 6 and the 2050 Net Zero target may require additional policy changes to ensure the right market mechanisms are in place.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering how policies should evolve and will continue to be guided by its commitment to meeting carbon budgets, maintaining energy security, and ensuring value for money for all electricity users.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/03/2022 15:24:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1417624

registered interest
date	28/01/2022
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	Postal Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of Royal Mail on delays in postal services over Christmas 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	113752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with Royal Mail on a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, the independent regulator, monitors Royal Mail’s performance and has powers to investigate and take enforcement action if Royal Mail fails to achieve its service delivery targets.</p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail is required by Ofcom to publish quality of service reports on a quarterly basis and its next report, covering the period from October to December, is expected to be published later this month.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/02/2022 17:29:49 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire