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1236493

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to create a new ministerial responsibility within his Department to support the mining sector.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	91745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises and values the importance of mining as a foundation industry serving a number of other vital industrial activities, and therefore this sector is covered by the responsibilities of my Hon. Friend the Minister for Business and Industry.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/09/2020 11:26:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1278077

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2021 to Question 132902, whether it is his Department's policy that pricing strategies are a matter for businesses that are in a dominant position.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	140076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Competition Act 1998 prohibits abuse of a dominant position – abusive behaviour can relate to pricing strategies, for example excessive pricing or setting artificially low prices to stifle competition.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority is responsible for investigating individual and market-wide competition issues in the UK. The Government has ensured that the CMA has significant powers to investigate and act if it finds that companies are behaving anti-competitively in a market.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 27/01/2021 17:14:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1550474

registered interest
date	12/12/2022
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	3D Printing: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether legislation regulates the (a) manufacture, (b) sale and (c) possession of 3D printing technology.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	108356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>In placing a 3D printer on the market the manufacturer will need to comply with the relevant product safety legislation such as the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 and other relevant regulations that may apply to the 3D printer product. There are currently no additional requirements in product safety legislation specifically concerning the possession of 3D manufacturing technology by consumers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 20/12/2022 15:37:21 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1347744

registered interest
date	16/07/2021
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	ACAS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of services delivered by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	34591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>BEIS officials review Acas’ performance on a regular basis as set out in the ‘Acas Framework Document’. This document sets out the broad framework within which Acas operates including the performance expectations for the services they deliver.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/07/2021 14:37:18 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1363910

registered interest
date	27/10/2021
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	ACAS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) promote awareness of the services offered by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACSA) and (b) ensure ACAS is easily contactable.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	64741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department has worked closely with Acas to promote their services through awareness campaigns, including a joint campaign on social media and radio aimed at vulnerable workers and recently publicising the launch of Acas’s disability hub on their website. Additionally, BEIS funds Acas to provide support and guidance on workplace matters, which any member of the public can access through its website and by contacting their helpline between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 03/11/2021 15:30:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1302630

registered interest
date	15/03/2021
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	ACAS: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many early conciliation requests the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has received on (a) the calculation of wages under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, (b) grievances on covid-secure measures in the workplace and (c) requests to employees who are clinically extremely vulnerable to return to the workplace since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	168960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>Since the start of the pandemic Acas received 28,925 notifications which include a wages act jurisdiction. Acas has not collected additional data on the precise issues in question.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/03/2021 17:44:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1351279

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	AEA Group: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the Government's potential role in the collapse of the AEA Technology pension scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	41040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>The State cannot be held liable for the value of private sector pension schemes. Affected individuals are covered by Pension Protection Fund compensation arrangements. This has not changed.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/09/2021 12:23:37 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1236629

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	ARM: NVIDIA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on how many occasions he and his Department have had discussions with (a) Nvidia and (b) Arm on the sale of Arm from Softbank to Nvidia.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	93606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. Details for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/beis-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data covers January to March 2020. Data for April to June 2020 will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 30/09/2020 15:24:52 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1506007

registered interest
date	07/09/2022
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	Accountancy: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to reform the remission of accountancy scheme fines levied by the Financial Reporting Council.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	49284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government Response on <em>Restoring trust in audit and corporate governance</em>, published in May, set out the Government’s intention to legislate for a new statutory enforcement regime for accountants, which would replace the Financial Reporting Council’s non-statutory Accountancy Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Under the new arrangements, all financial sanctions imposed would be paid into HM Treasury’s consolidated fund in line with the general principles applying to the treatment of fines or other penalties imposed by public bodies in central government.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 22/09/2022 08:20:10 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1233878

registered interest
date	14/09/2020
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	Accountancy: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 8 September (HL7080), whether they informed either House that an agreement would be needed with, and there would be an uncapped unspecified fee payable to, a company registered in Delaware for making instruments of UK law available to the public when the European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 were before Parliament; if not, why not; and whether Ministers were aware of this fact; and if so, when they became aware.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
uin	HL8051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s proposed agreement with the IFRS Foundation is a minor administrative matter. This is required to enable the UK’s adoption and endorsement of international accounting standards following the end of the Transition Period. All jurisdictions which use international accounting standards, including the EU, require such agreements with the IFRS Foundation.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed fee applicable is in line with HM Treasury guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/09/2020 12:10:07 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted