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872339

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Pyramid Selling
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 ensure that misleading claims about the financial benefits of multi-level marketing schemes are tackled.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	134253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPRs) prohibit pyramid selling schemes and traders in all sectors from making misleading claims. This would include misleading claims about the financial benefits of multi-level marketing schemes. Enforcement of the CPRs is by local authority Trading Standards Services.</p><p>Alleged breaches of the legislation should be reported in the first instance to the Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 04 05 06 (<a href="http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/" target="_blank">www.citizensadvice.org.uk/</a>). The helpline offers a free service to consumers on their rights and can refer on complaints to Trading Standards for further enforcement action where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 04/04/2018 15:48:42 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

873639

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Aviation: Noise
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 support and encourage aviation companies to research and develop new aircraft and engine technologies to reduce noise emissions.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	134753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department provides strong support for the UK aerospace sector through the Aerospace Growth Partnership. As part of this we have created a more certain environment to drive increased investment in R&amp;D, through a £1.95billion Government commitment over 13 years to 2026, matched by industry, to fund new R&amp;D projects. This funding, guided by the Aerospace Technology Institute, supports investment in new technologies to reduce aircraft noise.</p><p>A large proportion of the 206 projects contracted so far, worth over £1.8billion, are concerned with new technologies to reduce noise from aircraft engines, propellers, rotors, wings and landing gear.</p><p>These projects are focused on delivering demanding international noise reduction goals and ensure UK aerospace companies are leading the technological evolution to achieve these.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/04/2018 13:52:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

873772

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the practice of local authorities charging residents to dispose of DIY household waste.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	134886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We have not carried out an assessment of these proposals. There is a long established precedent of free access for local residents to deposit household waste at household waste recycling centres. In 2015, the Government made an order prohibiting local authorities from charging householders to deposit household waste at civic amenity sites or household waste recycling centres.</p><p> </p><p>Where local authorities charge for the deposit of non-household items at Household Waste Recycling Centres, this should be done in line with the Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012. Where charges are proposed, they should be proportionate and transparent and made in consultation with local residents so that local services meet local needs.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 134972 question first answered 18/04/2018 17:36:14 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

874579

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Business: Telecommunications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken for businesses with more than one telephone line to switch provider; and how this compares to the time taken for domestic customers to switch providers.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, the UK’s independent communications regulator (Ofcom), extended the use of a Gaining Provider Led (GPL) switching process for consumers (including small businesses with up to ten employees) switching their landline and/or broadband provider across the Openreach network, where the majority of these switches take place. These rules specify a minimum switching period of 10 working days, before a customer’s order can be activated.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom does not hold comparable data on the time it takes business and domestic customers to switch.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/04/2018 11:39:07 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

874580

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of problems switching fixed telephony provider on the competitiveness of the fixed voice market in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL6800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Ofcom, the independent communications regulator, have recently reviewed the voice only (fixed telephony) market. They found that there are some competitiveness issues in this market which have arisen due to a large majority of consumers moving to voice and broadband packages, and as a result major communications providers withdrawing from the voice only market,limiting consumer choice. Ofcom found that the consumers remaining in the voice only market are largely unengaged, with average contracts lasting over 20 years and is therefore working with the largest provider of voice only services (BT), to explore how communications with these consumers could improve their engagement.</p><p> </p><p>Switching issues within the voice only business market mainly relate to the process of porting numbers, which is the ability to retain telephone numbers as you move to a new communications provider. The Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator is independent from Ofcom and industry, and is leading discussions on how to improve porting arrangements. Further details about its role can be viewed at: http://www.offta.org.uk.</p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 16/04/2018 11:40:34 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox

874589

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Import Duties
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much food prices would decrease if the current external import tariffs were removed.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Currently the most important drivers of change in the cost of food are commodity prices, exchange rates and oil prices. These will continue to apply when we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Economic models attempt to predict the impact of food prices of changes in our trading relationships with the EU and the rest of the world. Defra economists continue to monitor this work.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 16/04/2018 15:39:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

874624

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Saudi Arabia: Arms Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia until there is an end to conflict in Yemen.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL6844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>​The British Government takes its arms export licensing responsibilities very seriously and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all relevant factors at the time of the application. The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia, in relation to International Humanitarian Law (IHL), is whether there is a clear risk that those items subject to the licence might be used in a serious violation of IHL. The situation is kept under careful and continual review.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/04/2018 14:55:08 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

874637

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Fracking: Methane
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Implementation Unit Report on Shale Gas, what estimate the Government has made of the amount of unintended methane emissions at the projected (a) 17 sites by 2020, (b) 30 to 35 sites by 2022 and (c) 155 sites by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	134939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Both the 2013 report, ‘Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Shale Gas Extraction and Use’[1] (Mackay/Stone) and the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) 2016 report ‘Onshore Petroleum: The compatibility of UK onshore petroleum with meeting the UK’s carbon budgets’[2] provided analysis on the potential implications of greenhouse gas emissions from extracting shale gas in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Mackay/Stone report concluded that the carbon footprint of UK shale gas would likely be much less than coal and comparable to imported Liquefied Natural Gas.</p><p> </p><p>The CCC report concluded that shale gas production is compatible with carbon budgets if three conditions are met:</p><p>Methane emissions from shale gas production minimised and monitored.</p><p>Gas consumption remains within carbon budget limits</p><p>Any additional shale gas emissions offset by reductions elsewhere in order to meet carbon budgets</p><p> </p><p>We believe that our robust regulatory regime and determination to meet our carbon budgets mean those tests can and will be met.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is grant funding an environmental monitoring programme led by the British Geological Survey in the Fylde (Lancashire) and Kirby Misperton (North Yorkshire), where applications for shale gas wells have been made. This programme includes the measurement of methane emissions, and would continue after the start of shale gas extraction. The evidence gathered from this programme will inform our future estimates of unintended methane emissions from potential shale gas extraction.</p><p> </p><p>During any shale gas operations the operator will be required to undertake environmental monitoring, including emissions monitoring, to demonstrate compliance with their environmental permits.</p><p> </p><p>Clauses in the Infrastructure Act make it clear that any hydraulic fracturing activity cannot take place unless appropriate arrangements have been made for monitoring emissions of methane into the air. Operators will also be required to publish the results of their methane emissions reporting.</p><p> </p><p>[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/237330/MacKay_Stone_shale_study_report_09092013.pdf</p><p>[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/committee-on-climate-change-report-and-government-response-on-the-compatibility-of-uk-onshore-petroleum-with-meeting-the-uks-carbon-budgets</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/04/2018 16:15:39 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

874639

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on increasing the size of the welcome to England signs on the English Border with Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has had no discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport about the size of boundary signs between England and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>The design and size of traffic signs, including those indicating a border, is regulated through the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016. It is for the relevant traffic authority to determine the size of signs having regard to the speed of approaching traffic, and they may do so without reference to the Department provided the design meets relevant legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/04/2018 16:34:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874641

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage private sector landlords to provide longer-term contracts.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	134943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting the rights of tenants and giving them more security.</p><p>We have published a model tenancy agreement which landlords and tenants can use as the basis for longer, family friendly tenancies, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-agreement-for-a-shorthold-assured-tenancy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/model-agreement-for-a-shorthold-assured-tenancy</a></p><p>We will shortly be launching a consultation seeking views on the benefits and barriers to landlords offering longer tenancies in the private rented sector. This work will inform any next steps, including costs, of how we can support landlords to offer more secure tenancies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/04/2018 16:16:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel