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1199250

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date	02/06/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government by which date local authorities will be expected to distribute the combined funding from the Small Business Grant Fund, the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grant Fund and the Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund; and if not all of the funds available have been spent by that date, what will happen to the amount not distributed.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL5104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with all local authorities to help them make payments to businesses in scope of the Small Business Grants Fund (SBGF) and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund (RHLGF) as quickly and effectively as possible. As of 7 June £10.22 billion has been paid out to over 832,000 eligible business properties. On 1 May, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced a further up to £617 million available to Local Authorities in England to support businesses that are out of scope of the existing schemes.</p><p>Where a local authority has funding remaining after having paid grants to all eligible businesses, they will need to undertake a reconciliation exercise with government. We will be providing further details of this, and timing for the delivery of remaining funding to eligible businesses, in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 16:11:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1199405

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Pre-pack Administration Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to re-implement powers to make connected party pre-pack sales mandatorily referable for independent oversight, now that the powers they had to do so in section 129 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 have lapsed.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL4892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service is working with regulators and other insolvency industry stakeholders to examine whether existing non-legislative regulation for the practice of prepack administration can be further developed to provide additional scrutiny of connected party sales.</p><p> </p><p>Government will monitor the outcome of this work to determine if further action is needed.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 15/06/2020 15:38:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1199406

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Pre-pack Administration Review
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when they expect to publish the results of their review into pre-pack sales.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL4893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service is undertaking further work with regulators and the insolvency industry. It expects to publish its findings later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 15/06/2020 15:37:40 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1199407

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Businesses: Retail Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that businesses in the retail sector have access to finance.
tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
uin	HL4894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a host of measures to help businesses access finance with £330 billion worth of government backed and guaranteed loans including:</p><p> </p><p>A Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) which enables SMEs with a turnover of up to £45 million access vital financial support. The Chancellor has extended CBILS so that all viable businesses affected by COVID-19, and not just those unable to secure regular commercial financing, will now be eligible should they need finance to keep operating during this difficult time.</p><p> </p><p>A Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) providing finance to mid-sized and larger UK businesses with a group turnover of more than £45 million. We have increased the maximum amount available through CLBILS to a borrower and its group from £50 million to £200 million.</p><p> </p><p>A Bounce Back Loans Scheme which provides loans of up to £50,000 to benefit small businesses with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 15/06/2020 15:34:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1199413

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	EU Intellectual Property Office: Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to restrict European Economic Area 'address for service' at the Intellectual Property Office if no reciprocal rights are offered by the EU Intellectual Property Office at the end of the transition period.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL4928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is aware that this is an important issue for stake holders, in particular UK-based patent and trade mark attorneys.</p><p> </p><p>Officials at the Intellectual Property Office are having ongoing conversations with representative bodies over how to best address this matter once the transition period ends.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 11:38:27 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1199414

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Intellectual Property: UK Relations with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what cross-departmental discussions have taken place on the UK approach to intellectual property in negotiations on the future UK–EU relationship.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL4929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government’s negotiation approach to intellectual property in the future UK-EU relationship has been discussed in many cross-departmental fora, both bilaterally and as part of multi-departmental groups. This includes but is not limited to engagement between: the Intellectual Property Office (the lead executive agency), the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Number 10 Taskforce Europe, Cabinet Office, the Ministry of Justice, the Department for International Trade, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and the Office for Life Sciences. Discussions have also taken place at ministerial committees considering the UK-EU future relationship negotiation approach.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 12:10:33 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1199415

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Intellectual Property: UK Relations with EU
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has any plans to meet with the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys to discuss their concerns about the UK's approach to intellectual property in negotiations on the future relationship with the EU.
tabling member printed	Lord Clement-Jones
uin	HL4930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Minister for Intellectual Property will be meeting with the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys and other IP stakeholders to discuss this and other topics later this month.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 16:36:54 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3396 label Biography information for Lord Clement-Jones

1199421

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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 Job Retention Scheme: Maternity Leave
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether people on maternity leave beyond the period of 39 weeks' statutory maternity pay are able to return to work before the intended end of their leave and then be furloughed; if so, whether they would need to give eight weeks' notice to return to work early in order to qualify for furlough arrangements; and if not; what assessment they have made of the disparity in circumstances for these women compared to those still in receipt of maternity pay who have to give eight weeks' notice before returning to work in order to be furloughed.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL5009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Employed mothers are required to take at least two weeks Statutory Maternity Leave (or four weeks of they are a factory worker) immediately after giving birth. Generally speaking, if an employed mother wishes to return to work before the end of her Maternity Leave (which is 52 weeks), she is required to give at least 8 weeks’ notice of the date that she intends to return to work, irrespective of whether she is on paid or unpaid Maternity Leave. However, the employer can agree to the employee returning on shorter or no notice.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 15/06/2020 15:39:35 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1199433

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Weather
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the jetstream on recent weather events; and what plans they have to conduct research into the role of the jetstream in extreme weather events.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL5034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Extended spells of dry sunny weather during spring are primarily a consequence of the large-scale circulation and buckling of the jet stream allowing for the development of persistent high-pressure systems close to the UK. In spring 2020 the jet stream shifted to the north-west of the UK and successive areas of high pressure dominated the country, leading to sunny, warm and dry conditions. Weather conditions in February 2020 were also due to a change in the jet stream. In this instance, a strengthening of the jet over the UK delivered multiple storms and record rainfall. In both cases, the conditions were predicted in some detail days ahead in Met Office short-range weather forecasts and also anticipated in its long-range outlooks.</p><p> </p><p>The role of the jet stream in influencing UK weather is well understood. The next step is to understand what is driving the behaviour of the jet steam when there are extremes. There is strong evidence from research by the Met Office that global connections from the tropics were responsible for the behaviour of the jet stream during February 2020. Work is ongoing to examine what influenced the jet stream during spring 2020. Future research by the Met Office will examine current variability in the jet stream and the effect on UK weather.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 11:07:22 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1199441

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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: Research
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent steps they have taken to attach conditions to funding they have allocated for the development of vaccines and medical equipment to help tackle COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL5088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government has established the Vaccines Taskforce to coordinate the work going on across government, academia and industry to accelerate the development and manufacture of a COVID-19 vaccine. The development of a vaccine is at the early stages but progressing rapidly.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for the development of vaccines has been provided for in line with the guidance set out in HM Treasury’s Green Book. Due to the commercial sensitivity of the contracts, it would not be possible to comment on individual elements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 16/06/2020 11:07:47 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick