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1796546

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date	23/04/2025
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	Confectionery: Shops
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the regulation of American-style candy shops in the United Kingdom particularly in relation to (1) their links with criminal activity, including money laundering, (2) the prosperity of high streets, and (3) public health.
tabling member printed	Lord Bailey of Paddington
uin	HL6763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2025 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting vibrant high streets that contribute to a thriving everyday economy, growth and community cohesion. Illegitimate businesses can undercut and undermine legitimate ones that are seeking to contribute to their high street and local economy.</p><p>Money laundering through cash-based high street businesses is a known issue that government continues to focus on. While businesses such as candy shops are not regulated under the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs), they interact with MLRs regulated businesses such as banks, who are required to undertake customer due diligence, and under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) must submit reports to the National Crime Agency if they suspect money laundering.</p><p>The government works closely with law enforcement and regulators to monitor trends in criminal behaviour – and how these may relate to changes in the make-up of our high streets – to ensure resources are deployed towards the most significant threats.</p><p>Supporting people to stay healthier for longer is at the heart of the Government’s Health Mission. We are committed to tackling the obstacles driving obesity. We have already laid secondary legislation to restrict advertisements of less healthy food and drink to children on TV and online, announced changes to the planning framework for fast food near schools and we are taking steps to ensure the Soft Drinks Industry Levy remains effective and fit-for-purpose. We are also committed to banning the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under 16s.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 08/05/2025 16:35:03 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	4987 label Biography information for Lord Bailey of Paddington

1795947

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the provisions proposed in the Employment Rights Bill on the proportion of apprenticeships offered by employers to (1) existing employees, (2) new hires, and (3) 16–24 year olds; and what evidence regarding employers' decisions to award apprenticeship contracts they have used in this assessment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL6757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>In October, Government published 24 Impact Assessments representing a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill. This analysis shows that the Bill is expected to benefit younger workers, typically disproportionately represented in low paid, low quality, insecure jobs.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 07/05/2025 17:00:45 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

1795960

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	Trade Agreements: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in negotiations on a bilateral trade deal with the United States of America.
tabling member printed	Lord Kempsell
uin	HL6711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>We continue to have productive discussions with the US on securing a wider economic deal, including through a call between the Prime Minister and President Trump on 18 April. The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has also been engaging with the US Administration including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to discuss this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 07/05/2025 10:47:39 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	4988 label Biography information for Lord Kempsell

1795966

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	UK Internal Trade: Minerals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential importance of a UK domestic critical minerals supply strategy to underpin economic growth and the UK industrial base.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL6729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>A secure supply of critical minerals is vital for the UK's economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition. Building on the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre’s updated criticality assessment, government will work hand in hand with industry to publish a new Critical Minerals Strategy this year.</p><p>The Strategy will refine our approach to domestic production and will be explicitly targeted to UK strengths and delivering for businesses.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 07/05/2025 10:47:11 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1795967

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	UK Internal Trade: Minerals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to engage with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland to develop a UK-wide critical minerals supply strategy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL6730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>A secure supply of critical minerals is vital for the UK's economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition.</p><p>Government is engaging widely in developing the new Critical Minerals Strategy, including in partnership with the devolved governments, to make this Strategy a UK-wide effort.</p><p>The Critical Minerals Strategy will be published in 2025, aligning with the multi-year Spending Review and the new Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch grouped question UIN HL6732 question first answered 07/05/2025 11:04:25 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1795968

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	UK Internal Trade: Minerals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the benefits of critical minerals supply from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL6731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>Whilst Government has not made an economic assessment of the benefits of critical minerals supply from any specific region to the rest of the UK, the new Critical Minerals Strategy will set out how increasing our domestic production of critical minerals in all areas of the UK will support our economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition.</p><p> </p><p>As part of her industry engagement, Minister Sarah Jones MP, met with Ionic Technologies, a cutting-edge permanent magnet recycler based in Belfast, who are a real asset to critical minerals supply across the UK. The world-leading critical minerals innovation led out of Queen’s University Belfast also demonstrates how Northern Ireland can contribute to UK critical minerals supply.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 07/05/2025 11:51:47 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1795969

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	UK Internal Trade: Minerals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have engaged with the Northern Ireland Executive about critical minerals supply.
tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
uin	HL6732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>A secure supply of critical minerals is vital for the UK's economic growth and security, industrial strategy, and clean energy transition.</p><p>Government is engaging widely in developing the new Critical Minerals Strategy, including in partnership with the devolved governments, to make this Strategy a UK-wide effort.</p><p>The Critical Minerals Strategy will be published in 2025, aligning with the multi-year Spending Review and the new Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch grouped question UIN HL6730 question first answered 07/05/2025 11:04:25 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1795983

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	Public Companies: Meetings
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the entitlement of a shareholder to choose whether to attend public company annual general meetings in person or digitally.
tabling member printed	Lord Lee of Trafford
uin	HL6720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>It is clear that the use of digital or “virtual” platforms can provide benefits to both companies and shareholders in the context of annual general meetings and indeed “hybrid” meetings, which provide a combination of physical and virtual access, are already relatively commonplace. While the Government committed last Autumn to clarifying the law around wholly virtual general meetings, we fully recognise the importance of shareholder rights. Therefore, the appropriate safeguards will be considered as part of any legislative changes. My officials will continue to develop this policy and work towards a position that balances the interests of all relevant stakeholders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 07/05/2025 15:55:05 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford

1795984

registered interest
date	22/04/2025
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	Iron and Steel: Production
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total annual production of crude steel in tonnes by (1) the UK, (2) other G7 countries, (3) China, and (4) India, in 2024.
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL6671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>In 2024, the United Kingdom produced 4,011,973 tonnes of crude steel. The G7 countries collectively produced 247,817,568 tonnes of crude steel. Table 1 below provides detailed steel production figures for the rest of G7 countries. Meanwhile, China produced 1,005,090,000 tonnes of crude steel, and India produced 149,421,000 tonnes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Crude Steel Production by G7 Countries (excl. UK), 2024</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crude steel production (tonnes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>10,754,987</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>12,349,087</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>20,001,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>37,234,082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>79,456,590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>84,008,866</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://worldsteel.org/data/annual-production-steel-data/?ind=P1_crude_steel_total_pub/CHN/IND/WORLD_ALL" target="_blank">Source: World Steel Association</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Jones of Whitchurch question first answered 07/05/2025 10:57:42 answering member 3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

1794051

registered interest
date	12/04/2025
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	World Expo: Dubai
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the costs and benefits of the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai; and whether the findings of that assessment will be made publicly available.
tabling member printed	Lord Freyberg
uin	HL6618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2025 answer text <p>DBT conducted an evaluation of the UK presence at Expo 2020 Dubai. This provided accountability and learning to inform continuous improvements. The lessons are directly feeding into planning and delivery of the UK presence at Expo 2025 Osaka.</p> answering member printed Baroness Gustafsson question first answered 07/05/2025 15:08:35 answering member 5373 label Biography information for Baroness Gustafsson
tabling member	2593 label Biography information for Lord Freyberg