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1651059

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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 assessment they have made of the likely timing of a free trade agreement with the USA.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2023 answer text <p>The United States is not negotiating traditional FTAs with any country. On the 8th of June, the Prime Minister and the President announced a first-of-its-kind economic partnership. The Atlantic Declaration and accompanying Action Plan cover the full spectrum of our economic, technological, commercial and trade relations, and will explore ways to expand our bilateral trade, already worth £279 billion per year.</p><p>As part of the Declaration, we announced the immediate launch of negotiations on a Critical Minerals Agreement to ensure UK access to the US market for a strategically important sector of the UK economy and bolster vital supply chains.</p> answering member printed Lord Johnson of Lainston question first answered 20/07/2023 15:17:45 answering member 4949 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Lainston
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1651060

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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	Economic Cooperation: Saudi Arabia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for promoting economic cooperation between the UK and Saudi Arabia.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/08/2023 answer text <p>Saudi Arabia is an important trading partner for the UK, with total bilateral trade at £18.5 billion in the four quarters to Q1 2023, and as underpinned by our joint Strategic Partnership Council.</p><p> </p><p>To further promote two-way trade and investment, the UK is negotiating a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including Saudi Arabia. An FTA will boost UK exports, create new opportunities and drive greater investment. It is also expected to increase UK-GCC trade by 16% and contribute an additional £600m (compared to 2019 levels) to UK workers’ annual wages in the long run.</p> answering member printed Lord Offord of Garvel question first answered 11/08/2023 12:52:49 answering member 4931 label Biography information for Lord Offord of Garvel
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1650597

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
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: Wales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what sums they have spent on supporting the steel industry in Wales in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
uin	HL9088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>Industrial sectors, including the steel sector in Wales, have been able to bid into Government funds worth hundreds of millions of pounds to support energy efficiency and decarbonisation. In February, we announced the British Industry Supercharger – decisive measures to reduce energy costs for energy intensive industries, including steel, in line with those charged across the world’s major economies. We have provided extensive energy costs relief to the steel sector since 2013, including through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme. Steel producers will continue to receive support until 31 March 2024 through the Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS).</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 18/07/2023 13:57:59 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1650115

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Batteries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of recent deaths in Cambridge caused by an e-bike battery catching fire, what steps they will take to ban the importation of e-bike and e-scooter batteries which do not have the UL2271 battery certification.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL9019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) was notified of this incident by the National Fire Chiefs Council. OPSS are liaising with Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service and Trading Standards to provide support and to obtain details regarding the product to enable a follow up investigation to take place.</p><p>UK law requires that all consumer products must be safe before being placed on the UK market. Where products are identified that do not meet the UK’s product safety requirements, OPSS works with local Trading Standards to quickly remove them from the market.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 12/07/2023 15:13:53 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1650133

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Batteries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what research, if any, they have commissioned into the fire risk to public safety of lithium-ion batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes; and if so, whether this will be published.
tabling member printed	Lord Rogan
uin	HL9037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) has established a safety study to understand the data and evidence of the risks presented by e-bikes and e-scooters. This includes investigating incidents and taking enforcement action when needed, commissioning research, targeting unsafe products at the border and providing public safety information.</p><p> </p><p>A research project on batteries has been contracted with Warwick Manufacturing Group, part of Warwick University and a centre for innovation in science and technology. This will examine the safety of the lithium-ion batteries within Personal Light Electric Vehicles. The research will be published in due course once completed.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 21/07/2023 13:16:14 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	2478 label Biography information for Lord Rogan

1650139

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Small Businesses: Billing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address late payments made by large businesses to their smaller suppliers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Government is tackling the culture of late payments with measures including Payment Practices Reporting, the Small Business Commissioner and Prompt Payment Code.</p><p>We are currently undertaking a Payment and Cash Flow review which is examining how Government and others can continue to improve payment culture in the UK and ensure we are supporting small businesses effectively on late payments.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 17/07/2023 13:27:32 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1650140

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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	Small Businesses: Digital Technology
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to equip small and medium-sized enterprises with digital skills to help facilitate their growth.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government is ensuring that SMEs are equipped with digital skills in various ways.</p><p>We have launched eight Local Digital Skills Partnerships across England to tackle digital skills gaps including for small businesses and set up a Digital Skills Council which is focused on increasing industry uptake of digital apprenticeships, particularly for SMEs.</p><p>The Help to Grow: Management scheme is helping SMEs improve their leadership and management capability including their ability to adopt digital technology, and the Made Smarter programme supports digital transformation, including digital leadership skills, for SME manufacturers.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 17/07/2023 13:27:16 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1649524

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
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	Conditions of Employment: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, published on 11 July 2017, and the Government response to the Taylor review, published on 7 February 2018, how many employers have been prosecuted for abusing interns’ rights, and how many prosecutions are being prepared.
tabling member printed	Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway
uin	HL9001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The existing legislation and enforcement are sufficiently robust to ensure that workers undertaking work experience or internships should get the minimum wage to which they are legally entitled. HMRC have contacted over 3,200 employers advertising unpaid internships to ensure they are compliant with the law. Where HMRC come to the view that the arrangements constitute “work” under National Minimum Wage regulations, they will require the employer to pay any arrears to the worker, in addition to penalties of up to 200% of the arrears.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 17/07/2023 13:09:33 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4977 label Biography information for Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway

1649533

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
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	Business: Inflation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to boost the confidence of UK businesses during the current period of increased inflation.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Government has taken action to support small and medium-sized enterprises by reversing the National Insurance rise, saving small businesses £4,200 on average, as well as raising the Employment Allowance to £5,000.</p><p>Government also provides extensive support to all types of businesses including through Help to Grow: Management scheme, which helps SMEs across the UK learn new skills, reach more customers and boost profits.</p><p>Furthermore, businesses can access financial support provided through the British Business Bank. Our network of Growth Hubs across UK provides SMEs access to information and advice alongside our free Business Support Helpline.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 17/07/2023 12:58:37 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1649019

registered interest
date	29/06/2023
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	Companies: Remote 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 case for regulating whether publicly listed companies should hold hybrid annual general meetings which enable shareholders to attend either in person or participate digitally.
tabling member printed	Lord Lee of Trafford
uin	HL8931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>The Companies Act 2006 permits hybrid annual general meetings to be held. The format of annual general meetings is a matter for companies and their shareholders.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 11/07/2023 15:37:01 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford