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533387

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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	Nurses: Training
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 make it his policy that student maintenance loan payments are paid on a monthly basis to nursing students.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	42032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>Full-time students starting nursing courses from 1 August 2017 will qualify for the same loans for living costs as other new full-time undergraduate students in 2017/18. Loans for living costs are paid to students in three equal instalments at the start of each term to help meet up-front costs while studying.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/07/2016 15:54:16 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

516156

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the proposed TTIP agreement provides equality of competition for US and EU companies in the tendering of public service contracts.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	35748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text The Procurement Chapter in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will not require the Government to outsource public services, and it will only apply to specified services sectors. The Procurement Chapter is still being negotiated – the EU and US made their first exchange of offers in February. Our aim is to enhance the opportunities for UK companies seeking to operate in the US. An assessment for the European Commission suggests that around 10% of the EU's potential economic gains could come from liberalisation of procurement in the US. Therefore, the Procurement Chapter is expected to contain an obligation not to discriminate in favour of domestic firms when procuring services. answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 10/05/2016 13:23:22 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

457995

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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 6 July 2015 to Question 5063, whether the text of the EU Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement will be subject to approval by Parliament once it has been laid.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	29902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently expects the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to be a “mixed agreement” i.e. between Canada, the EU and the EU’s Member States. This would mean that the complete draft text of the agreement would be laid before Parliament for at least 21 sitting days and during this time MPs and Lords may debate the treaty and vote on the proposed ratification.</p><p>CETA is an ambitious trade agreement. However, the Government has concluded that “overall a free trade agreement along the lines of EU-Canada would bring less advantageous terms for UK trade than those we currently enjoy, with particular issues for UK services losing access to the Single Market&quot; (Paragraph 3.65, Alternatives to membership: possible models for the United Kingdom outside the European Union; March 2016).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 19/04/2016 15:25:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

458094

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Investment: Treaties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has made to the negotiating bodies on ensuring the Government retains its ability to make public policy decisions in the public interest under investor state dispute settlement mechanisms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	29903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that investment protection treaties should not undermine the ability of states to make public policy decisions in the public interest. The European Union (EU) has competence to negotiate investment treaties on behalf of the EU and its Member States. The European Commission’s policy is that investment protection provisions should ensure a high level of protection for investors while fully preserving the right of governments to regulate and pursue legitimate public policy objectives, such as the protection of health, safety, or the environment, and has sought negotiating mandates from the Council of Ministers on this basis. The UK fully supports this approach, which has been adopted in recently negotiated Free Trade Agreements, such as the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 11/03/2016 16:29:57 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

426712

registered interest
date	06/11/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations or advice he has received on the expectation of current students and graduates to repay their student loans under the terms of the current scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	15224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>A consultation on freezing the student loan repayment threshold closed on the 14th October. Responses are being analysed and we will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 17/11/2015 11:50:58 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

424461

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the evidential basis is for the proposition that freezing the repayment threshold for plan 2 student loans is likely to result in student loans being repaid to a greater extent than under the current terms.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	13854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of the impact of freezing the repayment thresholds for borrowers are illustrated in the consultation document, which has been published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold</a></p><p>These are based on analysis using the Department’s Student Loan Repayment Model: further details on the model are available at the Department’s website <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplified-student-loan-repayment-model" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simplified-student-loan-repayment-model</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/11/2015 11:06:55 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

424462

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Students: Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's proposal to freeze the repayment threshold for plan 2 student loans on the amount of money likely to be paid back over the 30 year repayment period.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	13855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of additional loan repayments has been set out in the published consultation document which is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/freezing-the-student-loan-repayment-threshold</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/11/2015 11:06:05 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

420591

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
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	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
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 the Government is taking to ensure that EU and US car safety regulations are compatible under the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	11296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>More closely aligning the regulations for the EU and US through the EU-US Free Trade Agreement could lead to an increase in UK automotive exports to the US by up to 25%. EU and US regulators are undertaking detailed technical analysis to identify which regulations have similar overall outcomes on safety and are working to enhance future regulatory cooperation. Negotiators will look to use the results of the technical analysis to agree areas for mutual recognition, without compromising EU safety standards.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/10/2015 17:43:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

386204

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the adult further education budget on the participation rate on such courses.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>Across all our grant, loan and capital support for adult further education, we are making available over £3bn in 2015-16. Our funding mechanism is designed to allow providers the freedoms and flexibilities to decide how best to use their allocation to respond to local learner and employer demand and it would be for individual colleges to determine what provision to offer based on this demand.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/07/2015 09:22:29 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

385840

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
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	Chemicals
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 discussions his Department has had with manufacturers of anti-freeze on the addition of bittering agents to reduce ingestion by animals.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	4362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>There have been no recent discussions between the Department and manufacturers of anti-freeze on adding bittering agents to reduce ingestion by animals. Some animal welfare groups and individuals have called for bittering agents to be added to anti-freeze but Cats Protection (a leading cat welfare organisation) point to research carried out in the US that suggests that such additions would not necessarily make any difference. Antifreeze products are already required to carry appropriate safety warnings under classification and labelling (CLP) regulations.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 03/07/2015 13:06:17 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown