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Intellectual Property Bill [HL]: Second Reading (22 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...Ladyton, for his many comments. He made an important point about celebrating this IP Bill as an important area of law that affects the whole of the UK, and I welcome his comments about the importance of the union to Scotland. This Bill is UK-wide and the Government hope that people across the UK will welcome the benefits to business that it will bring. The introduction of criminal...

Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Trade Agreements (22 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Lord Harrison: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what meetings Ministers have had with their European counterparts on the subject of agricultural subsidies in the context of the European Union-United States trade agreement.

EU: UK Trading Deficit — Question (21 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Lord Vinson: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to reduce, and raise public awareness of, the United Kingdom’s £46 billion annual trading deficit with the European Union, as set out in the Treasury Pink Book.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Offshore Industry: Safety (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the Health and Safety Executive of the draft European Union Directive on Safety in the offshore oil and gas sector; (2) what assessment he has made of the effect of the restructuring of the Health and Safety Executive on the offshore oil and gas (a) industry and (b) workforce; and...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Horses: Exports (21 May 2013)

David Heath: holding answer 20 May 2013 Banning the export of live horses would be illegal and undermine the principle of the free movement of goods enshrined in the treaty on the functioning of the European Union. There are therefore no systems or checks in place to prevent this activity. However, the Government will continue to ensure that the requirements of the welfare in transport legislation (EU...

Written Answers — Education: Teachers: Pay (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Dan Rogerson: ...ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions in 2013 (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) departmental officials have met representatives of teaching organisations and trade unions to discuss the 2013 School Teachers' Pay and Conditions document.

Written Answers — Education: Teachers: Pensions (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Dan Rogerson: ...ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions in 2013 (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) departmental officials have met representatives of teaching organisations and trade unions to discuss the Teachers' Pension Scheme.

Mesothelioma Bill [HL] — Second Reading (20 May 2013) See 7 other results from this debate

Lord Freud: ...through everything now, but I will try to pick up the main themes. I need to add something that I admitted to earlier, my thanks-which several Lords have mentioned-to the victims' groups and the trade unions for all the work they have done and for which I am personally most grateful. Before I get into the drier stuff of this, I must add that many noble Lords talked about the human stories....

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 16 — Review of civil partnership (20 May 2013)

Tim Loughton: ...something for which people have a requirement. Opposite-sex civil partnerships are not something cooked up in this country. Let us look at various overseas experiences. In South Africa the Civil Union Act 2006 gave the option for some same-sex and opposite-sex couples to register a civil union by way of a marriage or a civil partnership on the same basis. In France, as has been mentioned,...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members' Business: Clause 2 (Special advisers: serious criminal convictions) (20 May 2013)

Judith Cochrane: ...Agreement and accepted the logic for the early release on licence of prisoners convicted of paramilitary offences before 1998.  Not only did we support the Good Friday Agreement, we supported the St Andrews Agreement, which committed the two Governments to working with businesses, trade unions and ex-prisoner groups to produce guidance for employers in order to reduce barriers to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Offshore Safety Inspections (North Sea) (20 May 2013)

Tom Greatrex: ...next month will be the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster, which precipitated the present health and safety approach taken in the North sea. Does he share the concern expressed by the trade unions operating in the North sea that the Health and Safety Executive’s energy division was set up without any consultation with the unions, and that the division undertakes not only...

Written Answers — Education: Teachers: Pay (20 May 2013)

David Laws: The Secretary of State regularly meets leaders in education, trade unions and professional associations to discuss, among other issues, teachers' pay. He has also received and continues to receive a range of correspondence on the issue of pay reform, which includes performance-related pay. In addition, formal consultation responses were received following the recommendations of the...

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Exports: North East (20 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many UK Trade and Investment export trips were made from the North East to (a) the European Union and (b) Eastern Europe; and how many companies from the North East and of what size went on them in each of the last three years.

[Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] — Careers Guidance (16 May 2013)

Alex Cunningham: ...for itself. Sadly, many young people today face the same level of support that I had, and it is simply not good enough. Some may be doing all right, but the evidence suggests that most certainly are not. My trade union, Unison, which has seen the number of members working in the careers service collapse, is worried for our young people and reminds us: “The absence of regulatory...

Written Ministerial Statements — Business, Innovation and Skills: Balance of Competences (16 May 2013)

Vincent Cable: ...Skills (BIS), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Intellectual Property Office, (IPO), with HMRC taking a lead co-ordinating role. The review will consider the balance of competence over intra-EU trade in goods, the customs union and the protection of intellectual property. The review of trade and investment is being led by BIS and will consider external trade (third country trade) and...

Written Ministerial Statements — Culture Media and Sport: Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council (16 May 2013)

Edward Vaizey: ...and Valletta (Malta) as European capital of culture for 2018. The UK will support this decision. The Council will hold an exchange of views on cultural diversity in the context of the transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) with the USA. This item has been requested by the French delegation. The French Government have expressed concern about protecting cultural diversity in...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: EU: Balance of Competences Review (16 May 2013)

Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...Skills (BIS), HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the Intellectual Property Office, (IPO), with HMRC taking a lead co-ordinating role. The review will consider the balance of competence over intra-EU trade in goods, the customs union and the protection of intellectual property. The review of trade and investment is being led by BIS and will consider external trade (third country trade) and...