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1715763

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to reply to the correspondence of (a) 26 January and (b) 26 March 2024 from the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran on concerns raised by a constituent about the conduct of Post Office Limited towards postmasters.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	24783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The correspondence from the hon. Member for North Ayrshire and Arran was responded to on 8 May 2024.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 09/05/2024 08:34:16 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1715771

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	Chemicals: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that chemicals that can be used in the manufacture of choking agents are (a) tracked and (b) not sent to Russia.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	24784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>We have sanctioned the export of all chemicals and biochemicals of concern to Russia.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to our existing export controls, which already restrict the export of certain chemicals, pathogens and toxins.</p><p> </p><p>Sanctions and export controls are impacting Russia’s economy and depriving its military of key components, and we are going further by extending our capabilities..</p><p> </p><p>My department has recently announced the creation of the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) to strengthen enforcement and support industry compliance.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working closely with Ukraine and international partners to coordinate efforts to thwart Russia’s efforts to circumvent sanctions to gain access to technology to support its invasion.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 09/05/2024 16:44:14 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1715773

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will take steps to increase domestic steel production to levels that would make the UK self-sufficient.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	24790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of steelmaking in the UK. However, there are many types of steel products needed by consumers, and it is not always economically viable for any nation to be wholly self-sufficient. This means that the UK imports certain types of steel and also exports certain steel product to other countries.</p><p>We have taken action to enable a competitive landscape and level playing field, including reducing energy costs through the British Industry Supercharger, access to energy efficiency and decarbonisation funding, and remedies against unfair trading practices, while balancing the need to remain a fair and open market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 13/05/2024 15:44:22 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1715774

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	Three: Vodafone Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Competition and Market Authority investigation into the proposed merger between Vodafone and Three Mobile.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	24791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority is the UK’s independent competition regulator and its merger investigations are independent of Government.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/05/2024 14:11:04 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1715775

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	Gratuities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Millions to take home more cash as new guidance on Tipping is published, published on 22 April 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delaying the implementation of the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 to 1 October 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	24792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act will require employers to pass all tips on to workers, without deductions. The implementation date for the Act, and the accompanying statutory Code of Practice, was revised from 1st July to 1st October to ensure sufficient time for those affected by the changes to prepare.</p><p>The impacts of the new requirements were considered in the impact assessment for the Act: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3197/publications.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 14/05/2024 14:28:31 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1715827

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	Fuels: Israel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on the (a) types of fuel and (b) amount of jet fuel that has been exported to Israel for military purposes since 7 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	24834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>DBT publishes data on export licences for controlled goods on a quarterly basis, including data on end user destination, value, type (e.g. military, other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences.</p><p>However, DBT has no record of any current export licences for Israel for aircraft fuels formulated for military purposes.</p><p>There are no UK exports of any jet fuel to Israel from October 2023 to March 2024 (the latest data available) according to HMRC’s Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 21/05/2024 16:17:35 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1715828

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	UAV Engines: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information her Department holds on whether any UK-manufactured components for the Hermes 450 drone have been exported to Israel (a) in the last five years and (b) since 7 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	24835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 23/05/2024 15:10:49 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1715844

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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	UAV Engines: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) Jet-A and (b) JP-8 fuel for Hermes 450 drones has been exported to Israel in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Gordon
tabling member printed	Richard Thomson
uin	24836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Data on UK exports is published by HMRC. For the latest 12-month period where data is available (until March 2024) there were no exports of any kerosene-type jet fuel to Israel.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 14/05/2024 16:55:30 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4796 label Biography information for Richard Thomson

1715557

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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	Exports: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to UK Export Finance's Business Plan 2024-29, published on 30 April 2024, what steps she is taking to help companies in Northern Ireland Companies to export globally.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	24622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>UK Export Finance (UKEF) offers support to businesses across the whole of Northern Ireland. It has a network of Export Finance Managers who are valuable contacts for businesses with export potential, including those based in Northern Ireland. Contact details are available at: <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Ffind-an-export-finance-manager&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUKEFParly%40ukexportfinance.gov.uk%7C9cefd17001514b30007608dc6b52d04e%7C8084138e9400409ea6da46b5281e0b0a%7C0%7C0%7C638503250631137681%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2WrPgDCkVNlPQi5tBf3sTkGeFrlesD1TP6UmnMLicQo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Find an Export Finance Manager - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p> </p><p>UKEF has a proud history of supporting business in Northern Ireland. For instance, in February 2024, UKEF announced it was guaranteeing a $100 million dollar facility to EOS IT Holdings, based in Country Down.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 08/05/2024 15:45:07 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1715581

registered interest
date	02/05/2024
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	NHS: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of companies being unable to comply with the NHS England requirement for all suppliers to commit globally by 2027 to achieve net zero by 2045 on the level of business investment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	24660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>NHS England has published the net zero supplier roadmap, detailing steps for suppliers to align with NHS net zero goals. The roadmap offers extra support for SMEs (Small &amp; Medium Enterprises) and VCSEs (Voluntary, Community &amp; Social Enterprises) facing compliance challenges. My Department (DBT) has collaborated with industry and NHS partners to publish materials on the UK’s approach to achieving net zero healthcare which we have been showcasing internationally. We also work to champion net zero suppliers overseas.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/05/2024 14:54:47 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson