Joe Morris MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Small Businesses: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of small and medium businesses in the North East eligible for cost- reduction support programmes following the Willow Review.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting businesses of all sizes in the transition to net zero. We are helping SMEs countrywide access sustainability benefits through initiatives such as the new Business Growth Service, the UK Business Climate Hub (UKBCH...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: NorthumberlandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate the Department has made of the number of small and medium sized businesses in Northumberland that will be eligible for the new cost-reduction support programmes announced in 2025 followin
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting businesses of all sizes in the transition to net zero. We are helping SMEs countrywide access sustainability benefits through initiatives such as the new Business Growth Service, the UK Business Climate Hub (UKBCH...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: HexhamDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate the Department has made of the number of small and medium businesses in Hexham constituency that will be eligible for the new cost-reduction support programmes announced in 2025 following
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting businesses of all sizes in the transition to net zero. We are helping SMEs countrywide access sustainability benefits through initiatives such as the new Business Growth Service, the UK Business Climate Hub (UKBCH...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Promotion: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90985More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Department plans to take to monitor participation in trade promotion programmes by SMEs in the North East.
Answer: I refer my hon. friend to the answer I provided to UIN 89172 on 18th November: Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Promotion: NorthumberlandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90984More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor participation in trade promotion programmes by SMEs in Northumberland.
Answer: I refer my hon. friend to the answer I provided to UIN 89172 on 18th November: Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Promotion: HexhamDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor participation in trade promotion programmes by SMEs in Hexham constituency.
Answer: I refer my hon. friend to the answer I provided to UIN 89172 on 18th November: Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of investor-state dispute settlement provisions on the UK's climate targets.
Answer: The UK is party to 78 Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership that contain Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS provides an independent means to resolve disputes with states whe...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Intensive Industries: HexhamDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reduced electricity costs for employers on employment growth in energy- intensive sectors in Hexham constituency.
Answer: Government delivers electricity cost relief schemes that provide support to businesses in energy intensive sectors across the country, helping UK businesses to remain competitive and protect thousands of well paid, British jobs. The British Industry Super...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: HexhamDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Office for Investment is taking to help increase private sector investment in Hexham constituency.
Answer: The Office for Investment is piloting an Investment Opportunities Accelerator in partnership with the North East Combined Authority. This programme aims to facilitate and expedite investment prospects by working collaboratively with regional partners, rel...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Rural AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85401 on Public Houses: Rural Areas, what his planned timeframe is for publishing the outcome from the Call for Evidence on Reforming the licensing
Answer: The Government is inviting views and evidence to inform the development of a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system. A Call for Evidence ran for four weeks until 6 November. This attracted a significant number of responses and work is now und...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of Employment: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to improve parental rights for workers in the North East.
Answer: Through the Employment Rights Bill, we are strengthening rights for parents by making Paternity Leave and Unpaid Parental Leave ‘day one’ rights for qualifying employees, removing restrictions on taking Paternity Leave after Shared Parental Leave, strengt...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of foreign direct investment projects on economic growth in the North East in the last (a) five years and (b) ten years.
Answer: DBT’s Official Statistics on inward investment at Inward investment results - GOV.UK show the number of Foreign Direct Investment projects and new jobs created in the North East as per the tables below. 2015-162016-172017-182018-192019-20FDI projects77696...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: NorthumberlandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Office for Investment is taking to help promote Northumberland as an investment destination.
Answer: The Office for Investment is piloting an Investment Opportunities Accelerator with North East Combined Authority to unlock and accelerate investment opportunities working in collaboration with regional partners, Whitehall departments and industry. The Nor...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Office for Investment is taking to help promote the North East as an investment destination.
Answer: The Office for Investment is piloting an Investment Opportunities Accelerator with North East Combined Authority to unlock and accelerate investment opportunities working in collaboration with regional partners, Whitehall departments and industry. The Nor...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements and TreatiesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86822More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what review process the Department has in place to assess the suitability of (a) the UK-Singapore Bilateral Investment Treaty and (b) other trade and investment treaties.
Answer: The UK’s International Investment Agreements (IIAs) aim to enhance opportunities for UK businesses to expand overseas, with commitments that seek to limit the barriers they face, make it easier to navigate local rules, and ensure investments are treated l...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFossil Fuels: Dispute ResolutionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86821More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the level of the UK's exposure to Investor State Disputes in the fossil fuel industry.
Answer: Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provides an independent means for investors to resolve disputes with states where they believe they have experienced arbitrary, discriminatory, or unfair treatment or expropriation without compensation. An independ...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what conversations his Department has had with relevant stakeholders to improve access to finance for small and medium businesses in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the
Answer: Representatives of the British Business Bank’s UK Network hold regular discussions with relevant stakeholders to improve access to finance in the North-East, as well as providing intelligence that helps inform future market interventions. North-East busin...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of small and medium sized businesses that have secured angel investment in the last 12 months in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) New
Answer: Surveys by the UK Business Angels Association indicate that around 90% of business angels invest using either the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) or Small Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS). Therefore, while the Department does not collect data on ang...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordManufacturing Industries: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement on manufacturing output in the North East.
Answer: A wide variety of manufacturing companies in the North East will benefit from this FTA, including those producing cars, who will benefit from tariffs reduced from over 100% to 10% under the quota, and wind turbines, whose tariff will drop from 11% to 0%.I...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade AgreementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations he has received from stakeholders on reforms to the Constitutional Reform and Governance process for approving trade deals.
Answer: Although the department has received representations from NGOs, academia, trade bodies and Parliamentary Committees on this subject over the year, we believe the scrutiny provisions under CRaG remain fit for purpose and have no plans to reform these mecha...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: JapanDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-Japan Investment Memorandum of Cooperation on the UK’s digital transformation.
Answer: The UK-Japan Investment Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) aims to strengthen bilateral investment relations and drive economic growth by creating opportunities for UK businesses to grow and scale in the Japanese market, particularly in sectors such as those...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClean Energy: JapanDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK-Japan Investment Memorandum of Cooperation on the UK’s clean energy sector.
Answer: The UK-Japan Investment Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) aims to strengthen bilateral investment relations and drive economic growth by creating opportunities for UK businesses to grow and scale in the Japanese market, particularly in sectors such as those...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: TaiwanDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises on the UK- Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership.
Answer: My department is working closely with the Taiwanese authorities to embed stakeholder views into the delivery of the UK–Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP). This includes industry’s feedback on the ETP from the British Office Taipei’s annual business s...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment: TaiwanDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on (a) the UK- Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership and (b) offshore wind.
Answer: My department is working closely with the Taiwanese authorities to embed stakeholder views into the delivery of the UK–Taiwan Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP). This includes industry’s feedback on the ETP from the British Office Taipei’s annual business s...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: North EastDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85989More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Government funding provided to the Pub Is The Hub organisation on pubs in (a) Northumberland and (b) the North East.
Answer: Government recognises the important role rural pubs and those in deprived areas can play in supporting their communities and the work of Pub Is The Hub in helping them improve their resilience by providing additional community services. That is why the Go...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
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