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Division number 14 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Diane Abbott Debbie Abrahams Mr Bob Ainsworth Mr Douglas Alexander Heidi Alexander Rushanara Ali Graham Allen Jonathan Ashworth Ian Austin Adrian Bailey William Bain Ed Balls Gordon Banks Mr Kevin Barron Dame Anne Begg Hilary Benn Joe Benton Luciana Berger Clive Betts Brian Binley Roberta Blackman-Woods Hazel Blears Paul...
Division number 15 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Diane Abbott Debbie Abrahams Mr Bob Ainsworth Mr Douglas Alexander Heidi Alexander Rushanara Ali Graham Allen Jonathan Ashworth Ian Austin Adrian Bailey William Bain Ed Balls Gordon Banks Mr Kevin Barron Dame Anne Begg Hilary Benn Joe Benton Luciana Berger Clive Betts Roberta Blackman-Woods Hazel Blears Paul Blomfield Mr Ben...
Jo Swinson: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave on 17 April 2013, Official Report, column 490W.
Jo Swinson: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. I refer the right hon. Member to the reply I gave on 17 April 2013, Official Report, column 489W.
Jo Swinson: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has not made an estimate of the number of companies not making a profit as a result of only being able to pay the interest on their debts or the number of companies that would be unable to meet their debt repayments if interest rates rise. The Bank of England, in its February 2013 Inflation Report, does report the number of loss-making...
Jo Swinson: The general law already provides adequate criminal penalties for copyright infringement irrespective of whether electronic rights management information has been removed from the copyright works. For example, section 107 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 already provides a criminal offence where, under section 107(2A), a person communicates a copyright work to the public, knowing...
Jo Swinson: The UK's system of corporate governance is globally respected, and plays a key role in attracting global companies to list on UK markets. It is important that companies and their advisors are held to account for their actions where these run counter to the interests of their investors. In this context, I welcome the investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the reported issues at...
Jo Swinson: During the financial year period 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13, the number of items considered lost or stolen is listed as follows. It is not possible to differentiate between lost or stolen items. All IT items issued by the Department are encrypted and once reported as stolen or lost are disabled to ensure no data are compromised. Type Lost/stolen (i) 2010-11 (a)...
Jo Swinson: Patents are granted by different national and regional authorities worldwide. For patents having effect in the United Kingdom, I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 20 May 2013, Official Report, columns 631-32W. Worldwide patent figures are available from the World Intellectual Property Organisation and published on its website at: http://www.wipo.int/ipstats/en/wipi/index.html A summary...
Jo Swinson: The total number of employees who earned more than (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000 in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013 is shown in the following table. Number of BIS Employees Paid between £80,000 and £99,999 in 2012 44 Paid over £100,000 in 2012 24 Paid between £80,000 and £99,999 in 2013 46 Paid over £100,000 in 2013 24 The table covers core BIS employees only. The...
Jo Swinson: In June 2009 the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) was merged with the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) to create the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Therefore we only have access to data from this date. The following table shows the number of staff employed in human resources functions in each of the last four years...
Jo Swinson: Post Office Ltd operates commercially at an arm's-length from its shareholder, the Government. Issues relating to licences that the company holds are an operational matter for Post Office Ltd. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, chief executive of Post Office Ltd, to respond directly to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply will be placed in the Libraries of the House.
Jo Swinson: The Government included an additional safeguard in the Postal Services Act 2011 to ensure that the Queen's head remains on stamps regardless of who owns the company in the future.
Jo Swinson: The Government's position is clear on Scottish independence: Scotland is stronger as part of the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom is stronger with Scotland in it. Parliament has guaranteed, through the Postal Services Act 2011, the future of the universal postal service throughout the UK—a six days a week, uniform priced service. This goes beyond requirements set down by European law...
Jo Swinson: The Competition Act 1998 and Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union contain prohibitions of certain anti-competitive agreements such as cartels and of the abuse of a dominant position in a market. The Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission have the power to impose fines when a prohibition has been infringed. In addition, persons who suffer loss...
Division number 11 See full list of votes (From The Public Whip)Aye Diane Abbott Debbie Abrahams Danny Alexander Mr Douglas Alexander Heidi Alexander Rushanara Ali Graham Allen Stuart Andrew Jonathan Ashworth Adrian Bailey William Bain Norman Baker Harriett Baldwin Ed Balls Gordon Banks Stephen Barclay Gregory Barker John Baron Mr Kevin Barron Gavin Barwell Hugh Bayley Margaret Beckett Dame...
Jo Swinson: I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published guidance for businesses engaged in the recovery of consumer credit debts and what it considers to be improper business practices. The OFT accepts that it can be reasonable, in England and Wales, to ask for repayment of a statute barred debt on the basis...
Jo Swinson: The Groceries Code Adjudicator Act gained Royal Assent on 25 April 2013. In common with standard legal convention, the Act will come into force two months from the date of Royal Assent. The Adjudicator's office will issue a consultation on the exercise of her powers shortly thereafter. Her investigatory powers will come into force after the final version of her guidance has been agreed and...
Jo Swinson: The Government established the National Trading Standards Board (NTSB) for England and Wales in April 2012, following our consultation on ‘Empowering and Protecting Consumers’. Since its launch, the NTSB has continued to fund the delivery of Illegal Money Lending Teams in England and Wales, which were previously directly funded by BIS. As well as tackling and prosecuting loan sharks, the...
Jo Swinson: ...their fund or intermediary delegates these rights to them and it is up to the particular fund or intermediary to decide whether to offer this service. The Government recently commissioned Professor John Kay to undertake an independent review of investment in UK equity markets. The review looked at the relationships between shareholders, the companies they invest in and the intermediaries...