Ben Obese-Jecty MP: written questions
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4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
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Public Houses: Codes of PracticeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026 to question 5064 on Public Houses: Codes of Practice, by what date will she set out further conclusions.
Answer: As set out in the answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5064, the department continues to consider evidence on beer market access as part of a broader and ongoing process. Given the complexity of the issues involved, including the need to balance the interest...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Codes of PracticeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, on what date the beer market access review was published.
Answer: As set out in the answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5064, the department continues to consider evidence on beer market access as part of a broader and ongoing process. Given the complexity of the issues involved, including the need to balance the interest...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 3663 on Liquefied Natural Gas: Russia, by what date he plans to (a) amend, (b) suspend and (c) revoke the licences.
Answer: As he will see from the statutory instrument, the general trade licence for the maritime transportation of liquefied natural gas, under contracts with a duration of one year or less, will expire on 1 January 2027, although it can be varied, revoked or sus...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas and Oil: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 3663 on Liquefied Natural Gas: Russia, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the general trade licences for refined oil and liquid nat
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2026 to Question 3663 on Liquefied Natural Gas: Russia, by when date does he expect to introduce the next phase of the implementation of the restrictions.
Answer: The ban on the maritime transportation of LNG under long-term contracts exceeding one year and signed before June 2025, is due to come into effect on 1 January 2027 in line with the timing of the EU’s ban on the same contracts.
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2026 to question 3663 on Liquefied Natural Gas: Russia, what specific Russian LNG has been permitted for maritime transportation on the spot market.
Answer: The LNG maritime services ban licence temporarily authorises UK service provision in relation to spot market trade (under contracts of less than a year) from Russian LNG projects Sakhalin-2 and Yamal until 1 January 2027. The licence does not authorise an...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Codes of PracticeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to introduce the right for tied pubs in England to request a Guest Beer Agreement.
Answer: The Government is currently undertaking a statutory review of the Pubs Code, alongside a Post-Implementation Review, to assess how the Code has operated and its impact since its introduction in 2016.In parallel, we are carefully considering the evidence g...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses and Pubs Code Adjudicator: ReviewsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 5063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of holding a statutory review of the Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator.
Answer: The Pubs Code and Pubs Code Adjudicator is subject to a statutory review every 3 years. The third statutory review covering the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 is in progress, and the government aims to publish its report before the Summer Recess.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImports: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's Notice entitled General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil products, published on 19 May 2026, whether kerosene used for heating oil under commodity code 2710
Answer: No it is not covered.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImports: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 May 2026AnsweredUIN 4869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will set out how the volume of oil and oil products originating in Russia that are imported to the UK are tracked.
Answer: Importers are required to declare a country of origin (in line with the World Trade Organization rules of origin) in their import declaration. Trade data by country is available on HMRC’s UK Trade Info tool, available on GOV.uk.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 93473 on Imports: Russia, on what basis did his Department amend the ban announced on 16 October 2025 to exempt oil and oil products which fall wit
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 21 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's document entitled General Trade Licence Maritime Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas, published on 19 May 2026, for what reason he granted a licence that permitte
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 2 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLiquefied Natural Gas: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the General Trade Licence Maritime Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas, published on 19 May 2026, for what reason he granted a licence that permitted the provision of financial se
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Notice 'General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil products', published on 19 May 2026, for what reason has he permitted the importation of relevant processed oil products
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Notice 'General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil product', published on 19 May 2026, for what reason he has permitted the importation of oil and oil products which fall
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Notice 'General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil products', published on 19 May 2026, which specific elements of GBSAN0004 would previously have represented a breach of
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Imports of refined oil products processed in a third country using Russian crude oil were not sanctioned under t...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil products published on 19 May 2026, under what circumstances would the Secretary of State (a) revoke or (b) suspend the licence.
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOil: RussiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 May 2026AnsweredUIN 3621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the General Trade Licence for sanctioned processed oil products published on 19 May 2026, with what frequency will the Secretary of State review the licence.
Answer: On 20 May 2026, the UK introduced new sanctions to further target Russian revenues and degrade its ability to wage its illegal war in Ukraine. Alongside these measures, general trade licences for refined oil and liquid natural gas (LNG) were issued to ens...
Answered 1 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSalt: ProductionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with the hon. Member for Runcorn and Helsby on the potential closure of the Inovyn salt production facility in Runcorn.
Answer: Government maintains an ongoing dialogue with Inovyn on the issues facing the operation of their salt plant at Runcorn. I have exchanged correspondence with the Hon Member for Runcorn and Helsby on the matter earlier this year.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSalt: ProductionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the potential closure of the Inovyn salt production facility in Runcorn on the (a) chemicals and (b) pharmaceuticals industry.
Answer: Government maintains an ongoing dialogue with Inovyn on the issues facing the operation of their salt plant at Runcorn. I have exchanged correspondence with the Hon Member for Runcorn and Helsby on the matter earlier this year.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSalt: ProductionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing support to help prevent the closure of the Inovyn salt production facility in Cheshire.
Answer: Government maintains an ongoing dialogue with Inovyn on the issues facing the operation of their salt plant at Runcorn. I have exchanged correspondence with the Hon Member for Runcorn and Helsby on the matter earlier this year.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: HouthisDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of disruption to shipping by the Houthis in the Bab el Mandeb Strait on global trade.
Answer: Since the Houthi began attacks on international shipping in October 2023, global maritime trade via the Bab el Mandeb Strait (including ships coming to or leaving from the UK) has reduced very significantly. While precise trade figures for 2025 and onward...
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: FurnacesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on transitioning the UK’s remaining blast furnaces to electric arc furnaces.
Answer: In March 2025 Jingye rejected an offer of substantial financial support to convert the Scunthorpe steelworks to electric arc furnaces. More recently we have been in discussions with Jingye to find a pragmatic, realistic solution for the future of British ...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordJingye Group: ScunthorpeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Jingye on the timeline for converting the Scunthorpe steelworks to electric arc furnaces.
Answer: In March 2025 Jingye rejected an offer of substantial financial support to convert the Scunthorpe steelworks to electric arc furnaces. More recently we have been in discussions with Jingye to find a pragmatic, realistic solution for the future of British ...
Answered 26 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordObesity: DrugsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100146More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of weight-loss injections upon the levels of grocery sales within the UK.
Answer: The Government Office for Science are currently exploring existing evidence and potential future implications of weight-loss drugs.
Answered 23 Dec 2025
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