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Nigel Huddleston: My department has a team which covers the Caribbean and is in regular contact with governments and businesses, actively seeking export and investment opportunities for British firms. We are working with a number of UK companies on infrastructure projects in the region and would be delighted to discuss these opportunities with any UK exporters the Member is aware of. Please contact...
Will Quince: We have been working directly with industry to understand the impact of changes to VPAS on investments into the UK life sciences sector. We remain firmly committed to VPAS and to working with the pharmaceutical industry to create an environment that facilitates innovation for the development of medicines in the UK.
Andrew Griffith: ...on opening and closing branches, and the provision of in-person services, are a commercial matter for banks and building societies. However, guidance from the FCA sets out its expectation of firms when they are deciding to reduce their physical branches or the number of free-to-use ATMs. The FCA expects firms to put in place alternatives, where this is reasonable, to ensure customer needs...
Andrew Griffith: The independent Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for the regulation of debt collection activity. Where debt collection firms take steps to recover debts that have arisen under consumer credit agreements, they are required to do so according to the FCA’s principles, rules and guidance. In particular, firms are required to treat customers fairly and to have policies in place...
Andrew Griffith: ...arrears at the end of December 2022, 6% fewer than in the same period in the previous year. Where mortgage borrowers do fall in financial difficulty, Financial Conduct Authority guidance requires firms to offer tailored support. This could include a range of measures depending on individual circumstances. The Government has also taken a number of measures aimed at helping people to...
Lord Jackson of Peterborough: To ask His Majesty's Government what legal costs were associated with the submission lodged by HM Government lawyers with the United Nations Committee on Persons with Disabilities regarding Article 4 on the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in respect of the case of Archie Battersbee.
Thomas Tugendhat: ...we launched the Telecommunications Fraud Sector Charter which includes actions to block scam calls and smishing texts. Fraud has also been brought into scope of the Online Safety Bill to make tech firms responsible for protecting their customers from fraud. Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) is also leading work on the Online Advertising Programme, which is considering further...
Julia Lopez: .... For example, Local London, which represents the London borough of Enfield, has worked with the Government on a number of initiatives. More generally, we have made it as attractive as possible for firms to build their networks in the UK by removing barriers to rollout and working with Ofcom to promote competition and investment. As a result, there is now a thriving market of over 80...
Julia Lopez: ...in certain situations, to share information more easily for the purposes of preventing, investigating or detecting economic crime by disapplying civil liability for breaches of confidentiality for firms who share information to combat economic crime.
Leo Docherty: ...the Windsor Framework. By the EU's own calculations, less than 3 percent of EU rules apply - with those that remain only applying to secure maximum free trade and market access for Northern Ireland firms. It should also be recognised that this is not a straightforward list, as some of those rules will be applied in part for the red lane but not applied in the green lane, for example. But,...
Angela Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made the impact of delays at the Senior Courts Costs Office on solicitors' firms receiving payment for (a) all cases and (b) cases at the Court of Protection.
Jonathan Lord: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on reducing market barriers for UK firms to trade at the state level in the United States.
Richard Thomson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Federation of Small Business about the role of small firms in increasing exports.
Nick Gibb: ...developed following the ITT Market Review. These two processes are distinct, and, therefore, Ofsted inspection judgements were not considered as part of the accreditation process. The Department firmly believes that the ITT accreditation process was the best way of assessing ITT providers’ potential whilst ensuring it was fair and manageable for applicants, and the Department is...
Graham Stuart: Forty seven percent of homes in England now have reached the Government’s 2035 ambition of achieving EPC C levels, up from 14% in 2010. The Government is firmly committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Government is investing £6.6 billion over this Parliament on clean heat and improving energy efficiency in buildings. A four-year, £4 billion extension of ECO with...
Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she plans to provide extra support to the Export Support Service to enable it to assist small firms; and if she will make a statement.
Alexander Stafford: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she is taking steps to require funeral firms to offer compensation to customers when funerals are cancelled at short notice.
Thomas Tugendhat: ...also enable businesses to share information more easily for the purposes of preventing, investigating or detecting economic crime by disapplying civil liability for breaches of confidentiality for firms who share information to combat economic crime. This includes for the prevention of fraud. In parallel, reforms to GDPR via provisions in the Data Protection and Digital Identity Bill will...
Julia Lopez: .... For example, Central London Forward, which represents Southwark, has actively worked with the Government on a number of initiatives. More generally, we have made it as attractive as possible for firms to build their networks in the UK by removing barriers to rollout and working with Ofcom to promote competition and investment. As a result, there is now a thriving market of over 80...
Julia Lopez: ...in certain situations, to share information more easily for the purposes of preventing, investigating or detecting economic crime by disapplying civil liability for breaches of confidentiality for firms who share information to combat economic crime.
